From: "cYBerKil" <cyberkil@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: What a 4th of July!
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 02:35:43 -0000
yeah, i got your message. i, myself have decided to go with the new cable modem service. i can just imagine how fast i can get those pictures! compared to your 57,600 bps this modem download at over 1,000,000 bps a second! i thought pbs was gonna cover some of the news, i havent seen any. i believe nasa has got the modem to work now. ---- From: bweimann@wallnet.com To: discuss-lfm@quest.arc.nasa.gov Date: Saturday, July 05, 1997 22:08 Subject: What a 4th of July! >Hello all, >Wasn't the CNN coverage of the landing absolutely marvelous yesterday! I >kept channel hopping and did not see anyone else mention it at all. I >find it hard to believe this. I'm assuming the networks did cover it at >least a bit, but that I must have missed their coverage. Even the pbs >stations didn't seem to be mentioning it. The Discovery channel did have >something on it, but no one could rival CNN's coverage. > >I must say the successful landing brought tears to my eyes. I was glued >to CNN all day. > >With regard to the current problems with the modem, how well I can >identify with this. I bought a new 57,000 Motorola modem so that I would >be able to d/l everything quickly and perhaps participate in the Cu-Seeme, >but after trying all day to get it to work, I finally had to give up. >According to a Motorola tech, it must be defective and I'll have to return >it to the store. Unfortunately, NASA can't return theirs.<sigh> I hope >they will have better luck than I have had. If I understand correctly, >Motorola made one of the radios they have used on the spacecraft, but I'm >not sure which one, which part, etc. I saw Donna Shirley hold it up and >mention it was from Motorola. > >They seem to be talking about the modem failure at the moment. Does anyone >know if they have successfully solved the airbags retrieval problem, so >that the rover can get off the lander? It sounds as if they may have done >it, if their main concern at the moment is the modem, however, the latest >CNN report I heard didn't say anything about the airbags, or I missed it. > > >BTW, am I the only one writing to the list, or am I not getting my >messages? Barb > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------- >bweimann@wallnet.com >----------------------------------------------------------- >