From: Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: LFM Program 4: Destination Mars/Script/Part Two
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 23:44:25 -0600
Dear discuss-lfm members,
PART TWO of "Destination Mars" script...
Jan Wee, moderator
9) WEB SITE:
ALONG WITH VIRTUAL VISITS AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES, "PASSPORT=20
TO KNOWLEDGE" AND ITS NASA PARTNERS OFFER EXTENSIVE ONLINE=20
RESOURCES, FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION INTERACTION AND=20
COLLABORATION. =09
DURING THE PROGRAMS, EXPERTS LIKE ROB AND TONY INTERACT LIVE,=20
BUT, OF COURSE, THERE'S ONLY TIME FOR A HANDFUL OF STUDENT=20
QUESTIONS
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BUT BY GOING TO THE "LIVE FROM MARS" WEB SITE AT=20
HTTP://QUEST.ARC.NASA.GOV/MARS STUDENTS ANYWHERE, ANY TIME,=20
CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF NASA RESEARCHERS BY E-MAIL. THEY'LL GET=20
AN INDIVIDUAL ANSWER WITHIN JUST A FEW WEEKS.
actuality
AND THERE'S A REGULAR SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE CALL "WEB CHATS" =20
DIRECT, REAL-TIME ONLINE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN UP TO 50=20
CLASSROOMS AND RESEARCHERS FROM JPL AND MANY OTHER NASA=20
CENTERS.
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ONLINE YOU CAN ALSO FIND "BIOGRAPHIES" AND "FIELD JOURNALS", SO=20
YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE SCIENTISTS WHO APPEAR ON=20
CAMERA, AND MANY MORE WHO NORMALLY WORK OUT OF SIGHT,=20
BEHIND-THE-SCREENS.=20
THIS IS THE KIND OF PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE YOU'LL FIND.
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10) Pathfinder People- Montage with R. Cook and J. Harris (SOT) (1:45)
-SOUND
In- (from Prog. 3 @ 1:08:20) I think the people have...
Out- ...such quality people. (:22)
In- And, I=92ve played on sports teams...
Out- ...like I had with this one. (:21)
In- (from Prog. 4 @ 1:23:27) There=92s a few people...
Out- ...beginning to end (:45)
In- My daughter is about...
Out- ...from Earth right not."
SEGMENT 3- TOUCHDOWN
1) Camille Standup (1:30)
JULY 4TH 1997 AFTER A 7 MONTH JOURNEY, IT WAS FINALLY THE DAY=20
AND HOUR OF TRUTH FOR THE ENTIRE PATHFINDER TEAM.=20
Scenes of the JPL control room as people wait:
AS TONY SPEAR HAD SAID, THIS WOULD BE 4 MINUTES OF SHEER=20
TERROR, FOLLOWED BY LONG MINUTES OF WAITING FOR THE FIRST=20
SIGNAL, EVEN IF PATHFINDER WAS STILL ALIVE AND INTACT.
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CAMILLE VOICE OVER
DRAWN IN BY MARS' GRAVITY, PATHFINDER ACCELERATED UP TO 16,600=20
MILES PER HOUR=85 THEN SEPARATED FROM THE CRUISE STAGE WHICH=20
HAD CARRIED IT SAFELY FROM EARTH TO MARS.
THEN, AT 3:00 A.M. MARTIAN TIME, BEFORE THE DAWN, PATHFINDER=20
ENTERED THE ATMOSPHERE ITS PROTECTIVE HEAT SHIELD BURNING=20
UP AS IT PLUNGED DOWN.=20
THREE MINUTES LATER, A PARACHUTE -- 'SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO=20
WORK IN MARS=92 THIN ATMOSPHERE -- DEPLOYED, SLOWING THE=20
SPACECRAFT, AS IT SEPARATED FROM ITS AEROSHELL. =20
A GIANT TETHER LOWERED THE LANDER TOWARD THE SURFACE. =20
ABOUT 60 FEET FROM IMPACT, AIRBAGS INFLATED, AND ROCKETS ON=20
THE BACK-SHELL FIRED. SIMULTANEOUSLY THE LANDER, WRAPPED IN=20
ITS AIRBAGS, WAS CUT LOOSE FROM ITS TETHER AND DROPPED=20
FREELY DOWN ONTO THE SURFACE, BOUNCING MORE THAN 16 TIMES,=20
AS HIGH AS A TEN STORY BUILDING, BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO REST=20
TWO AND A HALF MINUTES AFTER HITTING THE SURFACE. =20
DOWN HERE ON EARTH, THE MARS TEAM KNEW WHAT >SHOULD< HAVE=20
HAPPENED BUT NOW THEY COULD ONLY WAIT AND WATCH THEIR=20
DATA SCREENS AND LISTEN
IN FACT, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER LANDING , THE SPACECRAFT=20
BEGAN SENDING BACK A SIMPLE "I'M ALIVE" MESSAGE USING ITS LOW=20
GAIN TRANSMITTER.=20
EVEN TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, THE SIGNAL TOOK ABOUT 11=20
MINUTES TO GET FROM MARS TO NASA'S GIANT ANTENNAS, AND THEN=20
TO CONTROLLERS AT JPL. =20
BUT THEN, THERE IT WAS, SMALL BUT UNMISTAKABLE PROOF THAT=20
AFTER 21 YEARS, AN AMERICAN SPACESHIP WAS SAFELY BACK ON=20
MARS.
2) Donna Shirley/Rob Manning Describe Touchdown (SOT) (2:27)
-SOUND=20
(Donna) In- Well, the fact is...
Out- ...a major motion picture. (:15)
In- And here=92s a shot of the...
Out- ...and hugging everybody. (:35)
(Rob) In- It was an incredible day...
Out- ...absolutely a thrill! (1:25)
In- and the time seemed...
Out- ...could see so much! (:12)
JULY 4TH WAS FULL OF CRITICAL ACTIVITIES. AT FIRST EVERYTHING=20
WENT EXACTLY ACCORDING TO PLAN. IT SEEMED ALMOST TOO GOOD=20
TO BE TRUE AND IT WAS.=20
WHEN THE FIRST PICTURES GOT BACK, THE MISSION TEAM REALIZED=20
THAT ONE OF THE AIRBAGS HAD NOT FULLY RETRACTED, AND WAS=20
COVERING THE RAMP SOJOURNER WOULD HAVE TO USE TO ROLL=20
DOWN ONTO THE SURFACE.
Brian Muirhead in the "Best of" tape
THAT'S WHEN THOSE LONG MONTHS OF TEST AFTER TEST KICKED IN=20
TO SAVE THE DAY. "PRACTICE" REALLY DID "MAKE PERFECT" THAT=20
WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM.
3) Donna and Rob Describe Airbag Problem (SOT) (1:04)
-SOUND
(Donna) In- After we made this perfect...
Out- ...rover wouldn=92t get fouled. (:21)
(Rob) In- It turns out, the rover team...
Out- ...never forget this for the rest of our lives! (:43)
ACROSS AMERICA THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY, IT SEEMED AS IF NEARLY=20
EVERYONE WAS WATCHING -- ON TV OR VIA THE INTERNET.=20
NASA COUNTED MORE THAN 100 MILLION "HITS" ON PATHFINDER WEB=20
SITES, DEMONSTRATING MORE INTEREST THAN FOR ANY PREVIOUS=20
EVENT "BROADCAST" ON THE INTERNET.=20
AT JPL, MEDIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD SHOWED THAT MARS WAS=20
HOT NEWS ALL AROUND THIS PLANET.=20
4) The World is Watching Package (SOT) (1:30)
-SOUND
In- (graphic)...
Out- ...(end of package) (1:30)
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5) Rob Manning on Gore Phone Call (SOT) (:23)
-Sound
In- A little later, Brian Muirhead...
Out- ...very surprised. (:23)
CAMILLE VO BRIDGE (intro Egg Drop Pkg) (:15)
PATHFINDER'S AIRBAGS WORKED ALMOST PERFECTLY TO PROTECT=20
THE SPACECRAFT..
DOWN HERE ON EARTH, NEIL TYSON AND STUDENTS USED AN ACTIVITY=20
FOUND IN THE "LIVE FROM MARS" TEACHER'S GUIDE TO EXPERIMENT=20
WITH DESIGNS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR OWN >FRAGILE< PAYLOADS. =20
6) Egg Drop Package (SOT) (2:24)
-Sound
In- (graphic)...
Out ...pyramid at the end. (:23)
In- Try to push the knot through...
Out- ...(kids walk outside) (:50)
In- (first kid throws)...
Out- ...mission accomplished...OK! (1:11)
END OF SEGMENT 3
SEGMENT 4- TOUCHDOWN PLUS SIX (10:17)
1) Camille Standup (:30)
WITH THE AIRBAG PROBLEM SOLVED, SOJOURNER WAS ABLE TO ROLL=20
DOWN ONTO THE SURFACE ON SOL 2, JULY 5TH.=20
DONNA SHIRLEY HAD BEEN ONE OF THE LEAD ENGINEERS DURING THE=20
LONG YEARS OF ROVER DEVELOPMENT, AND NOW -- AS JPL'S MOST=20
SENIOR >FEMALE< ENGINEER -- YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT FEEL SHE=20
HAD A SPECIAL PRIDE IN SOJOURNER'S ACHIEVEMENTS.
2) Donna Shirley-Sojourner=92s Day (SOT) (2:00)
-SOUND
In- She actually...
Out- ...a kid in a sandbox. (2:00)
IN ADDITION TO BRINGING YOU WORLD CLASS RESEARCHERS=20
THROUGH OUR LIVE FROM MARS PROGRAMS, WE OFFER A WEBSITE=20
WHICH IS FULL OF RESOURCES FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.=20
SASHA STILES SHARED SOME OF THE WEB SITE'S EXCITING FEATURES=20
OF WITH US
3) Sasha on Websites (SOT) (:56)
-SOUND
In- Well, as Camille said...
Out- ...the monster pan. (:26)
In- Scientists have been giving...
Out- ...Flattop and Couch. (:07)
In- Many sites also have...
Out- ...who fly the mission.
4) Camille VO Site Graphics (1:00)
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CAMILLE VO BRIDGE (:15)
"PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE" PRODUCED A PAIR OF TWO-HOUR "LIVE=20
FROM MARS" PROGRAMS AROUND THE JULY 4TH LANDING, LINKING=20
SCIENCE MUSEUMS IN NEW YORK COLUMBUS OHIO HOUSTON
DENVER BALTIMORE AND NASA'S CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE IN=20
WEST VIRGINIA DIRECTLY WITH THE MARS TEAM AT JPL.=20
ALONG WITH LIVELY INTERACTION, MANY SITES PRESENTED HANDS-ON=20
ACTIVITIES RELATING TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON MARS AND IN=20
PASADENA.=20
5) Site Activities ReCap (SOT) (2:26)
-SOUND
(C of F) In- We=92ve got a very...
Out- ...realistic as possible. (:28)
In- OK, we have this unsighted...
Out- ...our mission for today. (:12)
In- In order to do this...
Out- ...as we would have in space. (:15)
In- We=92re using blocks and weight belts...
Out- ...underwater. (:10)
In- We=92re just about done...
Out- ...back to the surface. (:10)
(COSI) In- Well, the team at MPF...
Out- ...looking at more closely. (:28)
(HMNS) In- Now we=92re almost six months...
Out- ready to land. (:08)
In- Hold on everyone...
Out- ...hope to find signs of life. (:07)
In- Vallis is waiting...
Out- ...Antares 4 has landed. (:15)
In- From the crew of...
Out- ...to come visiting soon.(wave) (:13)
CAMILLE VO BRIDGE (:15)
CAMILLE TO CAMERA
PATHFINDER'S LANDING PROVED THAT EXPLORATION COULD BE AS=20
POPULAR AS SPORTS.=20
AND SO WE BORROWED A PHRASE FROM ATHLETICS TO INTRODUCE=20
SOME MARTIAN "M.V.P.'S"
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6) Most Valuable Pictures (SOT) (2:40)
-SOUND
In- Hi, I=92m Valerie Still...
Out- ...(graphic, music fades) (:40)
(MG) In- Well, that=92s the rover movie...
Out- ...pretty spectacular. (:07)
(DS) In- This is what Brian Muirhead...
Out- ...had previously believed. (:43)
In- So that=92s why this is a very valuable...
Out- ...it=92s unique! (:04)
END OF SEGMENT 4
Segment 5 - What did we learn about Mars? Open (30 sec.)
CAMILLE TO CAMERA:
TONY SPEAR ONCE SAID THAT NASA DEFINED SUCCESS FOR=20
PATHFINDER AS "LANDING SAFELY ON MARS, AND RETURNING A SINGLE=20
PICTURE."=20
PATHFINDER SURPASSED THAT GOAL ON DAY ONE, AND KEPT GOING,=20
AND GOING, AND GOING.=20
BY THE END OF THE 30 DAY PRIMARY MISSION, PATHFINDER HAD=20
RETURNED 9,669 IMAGES, AND 1.2 BILLION BITS OF DATA. AND KEPT ON=20
GOING
THE SCIENTISTS NICKNAMED THEIR PARADE OF ROCKS "BARNACLE=20
BILL" AND "YOGI", "SCOOBY-DOO" AND "WEDGE", "REN" AND "STIMPY"=20
THEY SAID NICKNAMES WERE EASIER TO REMEMBER THAN NUMBERS.=20
IT WAS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WHICH CREATED THE IMPRESSION OF=20
YOUTHFUL ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, AND THE SHEER THRILL OF=20
DOING CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE.
PUBLIC INTEREST STAYED HIGH, WITH OVER HALF A BILLION INTERNET=20
"VISITS" IN THE FIRST MONTH.
AS THE WEEKS PASSED, THERE WERE INTERMITTENT=20
COMMUNICATIONS UPSETS, AND BY OCTOBER BATTERIES BECAME A=20
MAJOR PROBLEM.=20
BUT BY THEN PATHFINDER HAD BECOME A STUNNINGLY SUCCESSFUL=20
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION, AS WELL AS A FASCINATING SCIENCE=20
MISSION.=20
SO WHAT HAVE PATHFINDER AND SOJOURNER TOLD US ABOUT MARS?
THE ARES VALLIS SITE HAD BEEN CHOSEN IN THE HOPE OF FINDING=20
CLEAR EVIDENCE OF LIQUID WATER. DID IT SUCCEED?
Matt Golombek answers:
MATT GOLOMBEK HAD BEEN HOPING FOR A COLLECTION OF ROCKS=20
SWEPT TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER MARS BY AN ANCIENT FLOOD. DID=20
THAT DREAM COME TRUE?
Matt Golombek and Ron Greeley, MPF Imaging Team, ASU, answer:
NEVER BEFORE COULD SCIENTISTS PICK OUT A ROCK FOR STUDY, AND=20
THEN SEND A ROBOTIC MINI-GEOLOGIST TO GO LOOK AT IT CLOSE UP.=20
WHAT WERE THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS THEY FOUND OUT USING=20
THEIR ROBOT EXPLORER?
Ron Greeley and Joy Crisp, Rover scientist, JPL, answer:
WITH THE POPULARITY OF ALL THE WILD NAMES GIVEN TO THE ROCKS,=20
WE WONDERED IF THERE'D BEEN SOME FIGHTS BEHIND THE SCENES=20
ABOUT WHO GOT TO CHOOSE
Joy Crisp answers:
AT THE MOST RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE, THE MISSION TEAM WE'D=20
COME TO KNOW THROUGH OUR YEAR-LONG PROJECT, SUMMARIZED=20
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM PATHFINDER TO DATE.
Matt Golombek provides overview and shows images of Shark, "pebbles and=20
sockets", and sand dunes:
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2) Weather, and what it would be like to stand on the surface of Mars.
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Camille VO Bridge - 10 seconds
PATHFINDER'S IMAGES MADE MARS SEEM VERY REAL TO MILLIONS OF=20
EARTHLINGS. SO REAL IN FACT, THAT MANY COULD NOW IMAGINE=20
ACTUALLY STANDING NEXT TO PATHFINDER ON THE RED PLANET.=20
WE ASKED MATT GOLOMBEK TO SPECULATE ON WHAT IT WOULD FEEL=20
LIKE
(Golombek - GHS Interview)
26:15, in - it would be remarkable...
27:55, out - kind of fun.=20
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Camille VO/Stand up - 15 seconds
IF YOU LIKED HEARING THE RESULTS DIRECTLY FROM MATT, JOY AND=20
RON, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO CHECK OUT OUR "LIVE FROM=20
MARS" WEB SITE AT HTTP://QUEST.ARC.NASA.GOV/MARS
YOU'LL FIND AN ONLINE "VIRTUAL TOUR" USING VIDEO CLIPS TO GIVE=20
YOU YOUR OWN CUSTOMIZED ITINERARY AROUND ARES VALLIS!
BUT IN REALITY, THE ANALYSIS OF PATHFINDER'S RESULTS IS JUST=20
BEGINNING. THE RESEARCHERS WILL BE BUSY FOR MANY YEARS=20
ANALYZING THE NEW DATA.
AND THERE'S MORE!
BECAUSE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR ARRIVED AT=20
MARS.=20
footage
THIS WAS THE SCENE A FEW DAYS EARLIER. THINGS WERE TENSE AT=20
JPL IN SURVEYOR MISSION HEADQUARTERS.=20
LM footage
AND IT WAS JUST AS NERVE-WRACKING AT LOCKHEED MARTIN=20
ASTRONAUTICS IN DENVER, COLORADO, WHERE THE SPACECRAFT=20
SYSTEMS WERE CONTROLLED.
Intercut JPL and LM:
IT WAS TIME TO RE-PRESSURIZE THE SPACECRAFT ENGINES, TO FINE-
TUNE ITS ENTRY INTO MARS ORBIT. THIS WAS WHEN AN EARLIER=20
ROBOTIC MISSION HAD BEEN LOST PRESUMABLY IN AN EXPLOSION OF=20
ITS FUEL TANKS.
Waiting, then some kind of signal:
SUCCESS! ALL WAS WELL
JUST A FEW DAYS LATER CAME THE CRITICAL MOMENTS WHEN THE=20
NAVIGATION TEAM'S ACCURACY WOULD BECOME ALL-IMPORTANT.=20
TOO HIGH, AND SURVEYOR WOULD WHIZZ PAST MARS, AND OFF INTO=20
SPACE.=20
TOO LOW, AND IT WOULD DIG TOO DEEPLY INTO MARS' ATMOSPHERE=20
AND BEGIN TO BURN UP.
Animation and waiting
BUT ONCE AGAIN THE NAV. TEAM'S AIM WAS TRUE (OR PERFECT,=20
OR RIGHT ON TARGET IF "TRUE" SOUNDS WEIRD: GHS LIKES IT!), AND=20
SURVEYOR BEGAN A GRADUAL 4-MONTH LONG SERIES OF MANEUVERS=20
TO LOWER ITSELF INTO AN OPTIMUM MAPPING ORBIT.=20
Oct 8th press conference imagery and VISUALS:
WHILE THE MISSION'S NOT SUPPOSED TO RETURN SCIENCE DATA 'TILL=20
MARCH 1998, SOME FIRST RESULTS ARE IN.=20
Magnetic field image:
ALREADY GLOBAL SURVEYOR HAS SHOWN THERE'S A MAGNETIC FIELD,=20
MORE EVIDENCE THAT MARS HAS BEEN GEOLOGICALLY ACTIVE.
TES color "beachball"
ALREADY AN INFRARED DETECTOR HAS BEGUN TO CREATE A=20
TEMPERATURE MAP OF MARS, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY HELP CREATE=20
A COMPLETE SURVEY OF ROCKS AND JUST PERHAPS DETECT=20
EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT LAKES.
MOLA slice: intercut with mission animation?
AND A LASER ALTIMETER HAS BEGUN TO CHART MARS' SURFACE=20
TOPOGRAPHY, PRECISELY MEASURING THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF ITS=20
MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS.
CAMILLE ON CAMERA:
WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON "GLOBAL SURVEYOR" NEXT TIME IN OUR=20
FINAL LIVE PROGRAM, ENTITLED "TODAY ON MARS".=20
ONCE MORE, WE'LL BE LIVE AT JPL, WITH STUDENTS FROM ALL ACROSS=20
AMERICA IN REAL TIME INTERACTION WITH MISSION SCIENTISTS, ON=20
CAMERA AND VIA E-MAIL.=20
CHECK OUT THE "LIVE FROM MARS" WEB SITE FOR MORE INFORMATION.=20
YOU CAN ORDER THE "LIVE FROM MARS" TEACHER'S GUIDE -- $20.00 --=20
OR THE MULTIMEDIA KIT -- $99.00 FROM "PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE",=20
P.O. BOX 1502, SUMMIT, NJ 07902-1502 OR CALL 973.656.9403, OR FIND=20
OUT MORE ONLINE.
NEXT TIME WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT CLIMATE ON EARTH AND MARS, AND=20
BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON OUR ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY,=20
ENTITLED "WEATHER WORLDS."=20
STUDENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE COOPERATING TO PARALLEL=20
THE WORK OF MARS SCIENTISTS. YEP, STILL ANOTHER REASON TO=20
CHECK THAT WEB SITE!
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE COMING DECADES OF MARS=20
EXPLORATION, TO "SAMPLE RETURN" MISSIONS, AND TO THE FIRST=20
HUMAN VOYAGES.=20
MAYBE ONE OF YOU WATCHING TODAY WILL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO=20
SET FOOT ON MARS=85 WALKING UP TO PATHFINDER TO SEE HOW IT'S=20
WEATHERED THE YEARS=85 GENTLY KICKING SOJOURNER'S WHEELS TO=20
SEE IF SHE'S STILL GOT A FEW METERS IN HER!
SEE YOU NEXT TIME!=20
FOR "LIVE FROM MARS", I'M CAMILLE MOODY. STAY COOL AND=20
CONNECTED, AND REMEMBER, ONWARD AND UPWARD, TO MARS AND=20
BEYOND.
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