From: Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>
Subject: LFM Program 5: "Today On Mars" Script
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 19:05:47 -0600
Dear discuss-lfm members,
The following "draft" script is posted in hopes that it =20
will serve as a useful "anticipatory set" resource=20
as you plan and prepare pre-broadcast activities.=20
Keep in mind that this script is a --->draft<---- and may be=20
altered as need arises. The script contains common TV production
conventions and lingo which for the most part is easily
interpreted. (ex. V.O. =3D voice over) You should have a
good sense of the program's flow and content focus.
Hope you enjoy Thursday's broadcast! As others have noted...
you are encouraged to >>>> share <<<< your input!
Jan Wee, moderator of discuss-lfm
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LIVE FROM MARS, program 5, "Today on Mars"
Airs November 13th 1997, on PBS and NASA-TV
>SECOND< DRAFT RUNDOWN AS OF 11/9/97: NOTE, THIS >WILL< STILL=20
CHANGE, GIVEN LATE BREAKING MGS EVENTS!=20
Live sites:=20
A) NASA/JPL, 3 locations
a) Pathfinder sandbox (DONNA SHIRLEY re: Pathfinder and "future")
b) DSN (Deep Space Network)/SFOF (GLENN CUNNINGHAM re: Mars Global=20
Surveyor, and also WAYNE LEE, MGS Mission Planner)
c) TV studio (rear of Von Karman) (CAMILLE MOODY, show host=20
and kids, TBD)
B) ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY / MGS TES CONTROL (Thermal Emission=20
Spectrometer), 2 locations in same Moeur Building
a) TES model (in main room) (PHIL CHRISTENSEN and local students)
b) Computer room (direct contact with MGS) (PHIL, grad students and local=20
students)
=20
Times in (PARENS) =3D segment times
Times in <CARETS> =3D program running time
1) UNDERWRITER ANNOUNCE: VTR (00:14) <RT 00:14>
Music and announce on tape
"LIVE FROM MARS" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND
PUBLIC TELEVISION
2) TEASE: LIVE CAMILLE V.O. VTR AND LIVE IMAGES (01:30) <RT 01:44>
1.1 CAMILLE LIVE V.O. VTR AND STILL FRAMES
NOVEMBER 1996 MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR TAKES OFF FOR MARS
FOLLOWED ONE MONTH LATER BY MARS PATHFINDER
JULY 1997: PATHFINDER ARRIVES, LANDS SAFELY, AND RETURNS=20
THOUSANDS OF AMAZING IMAGES AND SCIENCE RESULTS
SEPTEMBER 1997 MGS ARRIVES, AND BEGINS A LONG SERIES OF=20
BRAKING MANEUVERS TO LOWER ITSELF INTO ORBIT, ALREADY=20
SHOWING US MAGNETIC FIELDS, CORRECTING OUR MAPS, AND=20
BRINGING AMAZING NEW IMAGES LIKE THIS ONE OF (OLYMPUS MONS)
1.2 CAMILLE TO CAMERA: LIVE
Name super: CAMILLE: THROUGH "LIVE FROM MARS", YOU WERE=20
THERE FOR THOSE EVENTS, AND TODAY YOU'RE >HERE<, AT=20
NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, MISSION CONTROL FOR BOTH=20
THESE SPACECRAFT.=20
See GLENN
WITH US IS GLOBAL SURVEYOR PROJECT MANAGER, GLENN=20
CUNNINGHAM. GLENN, WHERE EXACTLY ARE YOU?=20
1.3 GLENN ON CAMERA AT DSN
Name super: GLENN
GLENN:
CAMILLE, I'M OVER IN THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK, WHERE=20
COMMUNICATIONS FROM ALL NASA'S SPACECRAFT FLOW IN TO JPL
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL THE LATEST=20
FROM THE SPACECRAFT
1.4 DAVID SEIDEL AND PHIL AT ASU
AND I'M DAVID SEIDEL. I NORMALLY WORK AT JPL, BUT TODAY I'M HERE=20
IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AT "TES CONTROL".=20
PHIL CHRISTENSEN, WHAT=92S A "TES"?
Name super: PHIL
PHIL:
"TES" STANDS FOR THERMAL EMISSION SPECTROMETER, ONE OF THE=20
INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD MGS IT USES A SPECIAL INFRARED CAMERA=20
TO FIGURE OUT THINGS LIKE TEMPERATURE, AND WHAT KIND OF=20
ROCKS ARE DOWN BELOW.
DAVID:
We see the kids surrounding him and Phil -- they wave!
ALSO WITH US, STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE MISSIONS VIA=20
"LIVE FROM MARS" AND THEY'LL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR PHIL, GLENN=20
AND DONNA SHIRLEY, BACK AT JPL
1.5 DONNA IN SANDBOX: JPL
HI, DAVID, CAMILLE AND EVERYBODY I'M HERE IN OUR >SIMULATED<=20
MARS, THE "SANDBOX" WHERE WE TESTED PATHFINDER AND=20
SOJOURNER.=20
SINCE WE LAST CAME TO YOU LIVE FROM HERE WE'VE HAD AN=20
AMAZINGLY SUCCESSFUL MISSION ON THE >REAL< MARS, AND I'M=20
GONNA BE SHARING RESULTS WITH YOU, AND LOOKING >AHEAD< TO=20
FUTURE MISSIONS
=20
1.6 CAMILLE LIVE V.O. WAYNE WAVES FROM DSN, AND ON CAMERA
Camera pulls back to reveal Glenn as well
ALSO WITH US, WAYNE LEE, OVER IN THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK=20
ALONG WITH GLENN CUNNINGHAM
Clouds timelapse VTR from JPL press release reel
AND A "WEATHER REPORT" FROM MARS
Camille on camera
AND MORE ON HOW >YOU< CAN CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE MISSIONS=20
AND SIMULATE IN CLASS WHAT THESE NASA SCIENTISTS ARE DOING=20
THAT'S ALL COMING UP TODAY, DURING PROGRAM 5, "TODAY ON=20
MARS"!
BY THE WAY, I'M NOT REALLY ON MARS THOUGH THAT'S "YOGI" (OR=20
WHATEVER ROCK) OVER THERE
THESE MARS MISSIONS ARE SCIENCE FACT NOT SCIENCE FICTION! SO=20
LET'S GET GOING
And throws to OPEN
3) TITLES: VTR WITH PROGRAM 5 TITLE (01:00) <RT 02:14>
Music and announce already on tape:=20
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, AN ONGOING SERIES OF ELECTRONIC=20
FIELD TRIPS TO SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERS, AND=20
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF HISTORY, NEW YORK,=20
AND
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, PRESENT
LIVE FROM MARS, PROGRAM 5, "TODAY ON MARS"
4) MGS "MISSION UPDATE" VTR (02:00) <RT 04:14>
CAMILLE VO VTR, from MGS animation, science briefings,=20
science results, etc. =20
5) GLENN Q&A #1 LIVE (03:00) 3 questions <RT 07:14>
CAMILLE
WELL, GLENN, CALL YOU PROPHETIC, BACK AT KENNEDY LAST YEAR=20
YOU SAID >AEROBRAKING< WOULD BE KEY TO THE MISSION... HOW IS=20
YOUR NEW PLAN GOING TO AFFECT THE SCIENCE RESULTS?
GLENN replies
ASU student question
GLENN replies
DIRECT to VTR question/SUMMIT=20
VTR question
GLENN replies
CAMILLE gives e-mail question address
graphic onair-lfm@quest.arc.nasa.gov
YOU DON=92T HAVE TO BE IN ARIZONA TO ASK QUESTIONS OF GLENN,=20
DONNA OR OUR OTHER GUESTS DURING THIS HOUR, SEND E-MAIL TO:
onair-lfm@quest.arc.nasa.gov
AND IF DOESN=92T GET ANSWERED, YOU'LL FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET=20
INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES VIA THE REGULAR LIVE FROM MARS SITE!
AND THE INTERNET IS THE REASON PHIL CHRISTENSEN IS DOING HIS=20
SCIENCE OUT IN PHOENIX. OVER TO DAVID SEIDEL TO TELL US MORE
6) ASU #1: GRAPHIC & LIVE (00:45) <RT 07:59>
SEIDEL intros PHIL who is in the outside room and walks=20
into the "computer room"
PHIL explains link from ASU to MGS, and intros the graduate=20
students and students who are with him
SEIDEL:
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REVOLUTIONARY ABOUT MGS IS THE WAY=20
IT USES THE INTERNET TO HAVE ITS KEY SCIENTISTS OPERATE THEIR=20
INSTRUMENTS REMOTELY, NOT BEING BASED AT JPL PRETTY MUCH=20
FULL TIME... OVER TO PHIL CHRISTENSEN TO TELL US MORE...
PHIL gives VERY brief intro
SEIDEL:=20
GREAT, PHIL, LET'S SEE HOW TES BEGAN
7) PHIL INTROS "ASU MARS PROGRAM" (01:30) <09:29>
TES REALLY BEGAN (X) YEARS AGO... WHEN ITS PREDECESSOR=20
FLEW ABOARD THE MARS OBSERVER SPACECRAFT WHICH WAS LOST IN=20
1993 (CHECK)...
BUT THIS VERSION/INCARNATION OF TES WAS BORN IN A HUGHES=20
AIRCRAFT/SPACE SYSTEMS LABORATORY OUT IN SANTA=20
BARBARA... IN 1993
THIS IS ME IN THE CLEAN ROOM BACK IN 1994/5 WORKING WITH=20
SOME OF MY GRADUATE STUDENTS...
BUT IN ADDITION TO GRAD STUDENTS, OUR ARIZONA STATE MARS=20
PROGRAM HAS TRIED TO INVOLVE EDUCATORS AND SECONDARY=20
STUDENTS AS WELL, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WE TOOK SOME=20
TEACHERS OUT WITH US TO UCSB TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION...
A REAL HIGHPOINT IN OUR EDUCATION EFFORTS CAME WHEN WE=20
ARRANGED A FIELD TRIP TO THE SCABLANDS OF WASHINGTON STATE,=20
WHICH LOTS OF US THOUGHT WOULD RESEMBLE THE AREA AROUND=20
THE PATHFINDER LANDING SITE, AND WHICH TES WOULD IMAGE FROM=20
ORBIT.
HERE'S PATHFINDER PROJECT SCIENTIST MATT GOLOMBEK... AND=20
DONNA SHIRLEY...
IN BETWEEN CLIMBING ON AND OFF BUSES... AND PLANES... AND=20
HIKING... THERE WAS LOTS OF TIME FOR TEACHERS TO INTERACT=20
DIRECTLY WITH NASA RESEARCHERS, WHICH FOR MANY OF THEM WAS=20
THE VERY BEST PART OF THE EXPERIENCE.
BACK HOME IN ARIZONA, MY COLLEAGUE KEN EDGETT HAS RUN MANY=20
SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOPS, FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND=20
PARENTS... GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED OVER THE=20
YEARS...
BUILDING A SCALE MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM...
GETTING PARENTS AND YOUNGSTERS TO BUILD EDIBLE MODELS OF=20
THE SOJOURNER ROVER... THAT WORKED OUT REAL WELL!!!
AND GETTING TO KNOW THE PLACE PATHFINDER AND GLOBAL=20
SURVEYOR WOULD SOON BE VISITING.
THIS WAS THE SCENE HERE AT ASU WHEN WE KNEW MGS WAS SAFELY=20
THERE... WE CHEERED, OF COURSE, BUT THEN THE 16 HOUR DAYS=20
BEGAN AS WE WORKED TO CALIBRATE THE INSTRUMENT...
SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN ON CALL TO CHARACTERIZE THE=20
ATMOSPHERE, BECAUSE TES CAN TELL ITS TEMPERATURE... WHICH IN=20
TURN TELL THE MISSION TEAM HOW SAFE IT IS TO AEROBRAKE...
8) CAMILLE LEADS TO TES DESCRIPTION: LIVE (00:20) <09:49>
Talks about ROCK STARS, etc.
Seeds FOSSIL action
9) TES IN ACTION: VTR (02:30) <12:19>
PHIL describes how TES works, lots of graphics and=20
MGS animation, and testing of the rocks sent in by kids ("Rock Stars")
Pre-taped by KAET crew, edited in Phoenix.
"Mars down to Earth" graphic
10 ) PHIL Q&A #1 (02:00) <14:19>
DAVID AND KIDS BESIDE TES "MODEL"
PHIL IN COMPUTER ROOM
DAVID brokers ASU student question
PHIL replies
CAMILLE intros VTR question
SUMMIT VTR:
Assemble with map graphic
CAMILLE intros e-mail question
e-mail graphic=20
11) CAMILLE LEAD TO "MOLA AND MGS", LIVE (00:20) <14:29>
CAMILLE to camera
We'll be back with Phil later, but there are a number of=20
other interesting instruments on board MGS, including one=20
known as MOLA. You can read about it, and actually simulate=20
what it does in your classroom with an activity in the LFM=20
Teacher's Guide. Tim McCollum and his students at showed us how
12) MOLA AND MGS: VTR (03:00) <17:29>
Pre-taped depiction of MOLA in operation and how Tim's=20
class make their own MOLA's in showboxes
Use animation from JPL tapes.
Taped Real-time interaction between CHARLESTON and JPL/GLENN
13) MGS Q&A LIVE WITH STILL FRAMES (01:00) <18:59>
CAMILLE leads to SUMMIT VTR question for WAYNE:
WAYNE, YOU'VE BEEN THE VOICE OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM
DURING OUR PROJECT SO THIS ONE'S FOR YOU
<question>
WAYNE answers
Direct to SUMMIT VTR question=20
<question>
GLENN answers with still frames=20
Double box
Direct to ASU question (DAVID brokers)
WAYNE answers
14) CAMILLE WEB SITE PLUG AND LEAD (00:45) <19:44>
CAMILLE ON CAMERA:=20
Well, as we said, Pathfinder's mission is now winding down
and no-one really knows if plucky Pathfinder and her sidekick,=20
Sojourner, will be heard from again but they more than=20
accomplished their missions.
15) PATHFINDER SCIENCE UPDATE: CAMILLE VO VTR (03:00)=20
<22:44>
Use MISSION UPDATE graphic
Camille voice over: VTR
Pathfinder lasted 3 times its design lifetime of 30 days
and Sojourner more than >12 times< its 7 day baseline mission.=20
As a technology demonstration THE PROJECT met all its goals=20
on Sol 1, July 4th the innovative landing system of direct=20
entry, parachute and air bags worked perfectly.
Just as importantly, the YOUTHFUL, DEDICATED, ENTHUSIASTIC,=20
human flight crew worked perfectly as well.=20
When an airbag proved to be improperly retracted, months of=20
rehearsal led to an almost immediate solution
and soon, down rolled Sojourner, to set "6 wheels=20
on soil."
This was the first mission to deliver a roving vehicle outfitted=20
with science instruments to the surface of another planet
and a rover with some rudimentary onboard smarts sufficient=20
to operate semi-independently from Earth.
=20
But what about the science results?
Over 15 chemical analyses were made with Sojourner's Alpha=20
Proton X-ray Spectrometer, or rock sniffer.
They found that rocks like Barnacle Bill were unlike the=20
Martian meteorites which had fallen to Earth, and seemed to=20
give evidence that Mars had ENJOYED a more geologically active=20
past than many expected.
Pathfinder found that the morning sky was obscured with clouds,=20
not ground fogs.
The rocks around the Ares Vallis landing site were shaped and=20
distributed in ways consistent with the reason for choosing=20
it in the first place that it was the mouth of an ancient=20
flood channel.
And in an October press conference, Hank Moore, a scientist=20
on the rover team and a veteran of the Viking missions,=20
provided some amazing speculations on just what Sojourner=20
had shown us.
Henry Moore, sync:
Moore: "These conglomerates Ares Vallis flood." 06:50
But while Moore saw evidence of water, Wes Ward from the=20
U.S. Geological Survey, and on the Imaging team, saw wind
and the first clear proof of sand on Mars.=20
He thought Pathfinder and Sojourner together had found visual=20
clues to help solve some ongoing scientific puzzles/controversies.
Wes Ward, sync:
02:11:17 So here we have Sojourner, our field geologist"=20
just use a little of this to get him going and to ref. Sojourner.
17:43 The water's all gone round discharged." 18:24
PROJECT SCIENTIST MATT GOLOMBEK PUT THE POSSIBLE EVIDENCE=20
OF CONGLOMERATES AND SAND ALL TOGETHER TO CONCLUDE THAT=20
PATHFINDER HAD SHED NEW LIGHT ON ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND=20
SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME.
Golombek, sync:
41:26 "A conglomerate rocks to round them stable over a long
period of time." 41:59
42:28 "Perhaps early Mars why not." 42:43
16) DONNA Q&A #1 (04:00) <26:44>
CAMILLE brokers 1 question from ASU students
E-mail to DONNA
CHARLESTON VTR question to DONNA
E-mail to DONNA
17) CAMILLE LEADS TO "WEATHER WORLDS" (00:20) <27:04>
18 ) "WEATHER WORLDS" VTR (04:00) <31:04>
A) Pathfinder as "weather station" and what it found, includes=20
VTR sequence with TIM SCHOFIELD (clouds, wind patterns, dust devil)
data on pressure, temp, and wind/ wind direction graphic
B) VTR from classrooms showing WEATHER WORLDS in action, (includes=20
DAVID GLASER, GINNY DEXTER, and TBD) Begin with=20
"MARS DOWN TO EARTH" graphic
19 ) CAMILLE ON WEATHER WORLDS PARTICIPATION AND WEB SITE=20
(01:00) <32:04>
20 ) MGS IMAGING: VTR (03:00) <35:04>
Pre-taped sequence showing MGS's camera, CJ's kids in Pittsburgh
Real-time interaction with Mike Malin in San Diego
21 ) ASU #2 TES AND IMAGES (03:00) <38:04>
Still frames from 11/10 press conference, integrated=20
from JPL over PHIL live report!
PHIL beside the TES model, describes results to date,=20
and plans for future
22 ) ASU/PHIL Q&A #2 LIVE (02:00) <40:04>
e-mail read from JPL
ASU student
e-mail read from JPL
23 ) CAMILLE LEAD: LIVE TO CAMERA (00:20) <46:56>
CAMILLE:
WELL JUST BECAUSE PATHFINDER'S MISSION IS OVER, AND THIS IS THE=20
LAST PROGRAM IN OUR "LIVE FROM MARS" SERIES, DOES >NOT< BY=20
ANY MEANS INDICATE THE PACE OF EXPLORATION IS SLOWING FIRST=20
THERE'S "MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR" BUT THEN THERE'S THE WHOLE=20
"MARS SURVEYOR" PROGRAM, FOLLOWING IN THE ROCKET-STREAM OF=20
PATHFINDER AND MGS=85 HERE'S WHAT'S PLANNED FOR "MARS AHEAD" =20
24 ) "MARS AHEAD": VTR (04:00) <50:56>
CAMILLE VO
Still frame: MARS AHEAD
THE NEXT MISSION TO VISIT THE RED PLANET WILL BE "MARS=20
SURVEYOR 98" ONE NAME, BUT >TWO< SPACECRAFT
ONE AN ORBITER DESIGNED TO SURVEY THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION=20
OF WATER VAPOR, DUST, TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE
THE OTHER, A LANDER DESIGNED TO DIG DOWN IN SOME OF MARS'=20
MOST INTERESTING TERRAIN.
LAUNCH FOR THE ORBITER COMES IN DECEMBER 1998 HIGH ABOVE=20
EARTH, EACH ROCKET STAGE FALLS AWAY, AND THE SPACECRAFT IS=20
SPUN UP TO ACHIEVE STABILITY ON ITS JOURNEY TO MARS.
ON BOARD IS AN INSTRUMENT TO HUNT FOR WATER AND SURVEY=20
MARS' ATMOSPHERE
AND THE MARS COLOR IMAGER, KNOWN AS "MARCI" (pron. MARSEY)
ONE MONTH LATER, THE LANDER DEPARTS, FOLLOWING ALONG TO=20
MARS
IN SEPTEMBER 1999, THE ORBITER ARRIVES, AND LIKE MARS GLOBAL=20
SURVEYOR AEROBRAKES, TO SLOW DOWN AND LOWER ITSELF INTO A=20
MAPPING ORBIT.=20
THEN THE CAMERA COMES INTO ITS OWN USING ITS WIDE ANGLE TO=20
IMAGE SURFACE FEATURES AND ITS NARROW ANGLE TO MEASURE=20
OZONE AND ASSAY MARTIAN MINERALS.
THEN THE LANDER ARRIVES=20
JUST AFTER JETTISONING ITS CRUISE STAGE, TWO MICROPROBES ARE=20
RELEASED. ONLY 4 POUNDS EACH, BUT PACKED WITH SOPHISTICATED=20
MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS, THEIR SHELL PROTECTS THEM FROM THE=20
HEAT, AND ORIENTS THEM AS THEY PLUNGE DOWNWARDS.
THEY IMPACT THE SURFACE AT 400 MILES PER HOUR, AND IF ALL=20
GOES WELL THEIR FRONT PART BURIES ITSELF BENEATH THE SOIL TO=20
SEARCH FOR SUBSURFACE WATER ICE=85 COMMUNICATING BACK TO=20
THE ORBITER VIA INSTRUMENTS SAFELY ENCASED IN THE AFTERBODY=20
THE LANDER ARRIVES MUCH MORE SEDATELY!=20
PROTECTED IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE BY ITS HEAT RESISTANT=20
BACKSHELL, A PARACHUTE SLOWS IT STILL MORE, BEFORE ROCKET=20
ENGINES CARRY IT THROUGH THE FINAL STAGES OF A POWERED=20
DESCENT.
IN AN EXCITING FIRST, A DESCENT IMAGING CAMERA CHARACTERIZES=20
THE SURFACE WHERE IT LANDS.=20
TOUCHDOWN SHOULD BE ABOUT 500 MILES FROM MARS' SOUTH POLE,=20
THE HIGHEST LATITUDE LANDING YET ON THE PLANET.
THE SURVEYOR LANDER HAS A ROBOTIC ARM, DESIGNED TO DIG DOWN=20
INTO WHAT'S CALLED "LAYERED TERRAIN" AN AREA WHICH=20
SCIENTISTS THINK HAS BEEN CREATED BY SUCCESSIVE MELTING AND=20
FREEZING OF THE MARTIAN POLAR CAP TRAPPING GENERATIONS OF=20
DUST WHICH MIGHT CONTAIN CLUES TO MARS' CLIMATE HISTORY.
THE SOIL GETS ANALYZED BY AN ONBOARD LABORATORY
JUST AS ON PATHFINDER, THERE'S A CAMERA SYSTEM TO IMAGE THE=20
LANDING SITE, WITH FILTERS TO REVEAL THE PRESENCE OF DIFFERENT=20
KINDS OF ROCKS
IF THE CAMERA LOOKS RATHER LIKE PATHFINDER'S "IMP" THERE'S A=20
VERY GOOD REASON.=20
JUST LIKE THE IMP, THE CAMERA WAS BUILT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF=20
ARIZONA, TUCSON.=20
"LIVE FROM MARS" VISITED A BASEMENT CLEAN ROOM, WHERE A TEAM=20
WORKING WITH PETE SMITH WAS PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON=20
THE CAMERA
ACROSS THE ROOM, OTHER RESEARCHERS WERE WORKING ON THE=20
SPECIAL "WRIST" CAMERA WHICH WILL BE ATTACHED TO SURVEYOR'S=20
ROBOT ARM, ALLOWING SCIENTISTS TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S SHE'S=20
GATHERING, FROM WHERE
IF ALL GOES WELL, THE SURVEYOR 98 LANDER AND ORBITER WILL=20
SURVIVE TO RETURN YEAR'S OF DATA LEADING ON TO THE SAMPLE=20
RETURN MISSIONS IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
THESE WILL LIKELY USE LONG-RANGE ROVERS WHICH WILL ROAM=20
MILES FROM THE LANDERS, COLLECTING ROCKS AND RETURNING=20
THEM TO BASE WAITING FOR THE FIRST TICKET HOME TO EARTH.
ALREADY TESTS OF THIS ROVER, KNOWN AS "NOMAD", HAVE LOGGED=20
MORE THAN 133 MILES ACROSS CHILE'S RUGGED ATACAMA DESERT
BUT IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, THE HOPE IS TO=20
LAUNCH THE FIRST >HUMAN< MISSIONS TO MARS
AND IF HUMANS GO, WE'LL NEED NEW KINDS OF SPACESUITS TO=20
PROTECT THEM ON THE ROCKY MARTIAN SURFACE, AND ALLOW THEM=20
TO DO WHAT GEOLOGISTS LOVE TO DO REACH DOWN AND GATHER=20
ROCKS.
ALREADY RESEARCHERS AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOME=20
OF THE SHUTTLE ASTRONAUTS, ARE DEVELOPING SUITS TO MEET=20
THOSE CHALLENGES.
BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO TEST THE SUITS ON THE GROUND IN=20
NORMAL EARTH GRAVITY.=20
WILL THEY WORK ON MARS, WITH ITS MUCH WEAKER GRAVITY?
HERE JSC'S PHIL WEST HIS DAY JOB IS SUPPORTING EVA'S, OR SPACE=20
WALKS SHOWS US WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE KC-135 JET A.K.A THE=20
"VOMIT COMET" GOES INTO ONE OF ITS LONG, LOOPING PARABOLAS
FOR MINUTES AT A TIME, EARTH'S GRAVITY LESSENS SEE HOW MUCH=20
MORE SLOWLY THAT MARS BALL IS FALLING BACK INTO PHIL'S HAND?
THEN IT'S TIME TO TEST THE MARS THE "ADVANCED SPACESUIT=20
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR."=20
UP AND DOWN THE KC-135, THERE'S A LITTLE STRIP OF MARS RUST-
RED ROCKS, WITH A RUGGED SURFACE DESIGNED TO TEST BOOTS AND=20
SUIT.
UP AND DOWN THEY GO SOMETIMES LOSING BALANCE
PROTOTYPING NOW IN WHAT THEY CALL "SPACESUIT DYNAMICS TESTS"=20
THE FASHIONS THAT MAY THE RAGE ON MARS IN THE YEAR 2018
Dissolve back to Camille, Donna, Glenn=20
25 ) DONNA AND GLENN ON FUTURE MISSIONS: LIVE (03:00) <53:56>
CAMILLE leads to JPL kid asking e-mail question:
JPL student reads e-mail question
DONNA replies
(SEIDEL brokers ASU kid question)
DONNA replies
Straight to VTR question
GLENN replies
26) CAMILLE AND DONNA INTERACT, LIVE WITH STILL FRAMES: "WHERE=20
ARE THEY NOW?"
CAMILLE leads DONNA through comments on key people we've met=20
during LFM
DONNA, SOME FEATURE FILMS END WITH A ROUND-UP OF WHAT=20
HAPPENED TO THE CHARACTERS SINCE LAST WE MET THEM AND=20
THESE MARS MISSIONS ARE JUST AS EXCITING AS ANY FEATURE SO=20
WE THOUGHT WE'D TAKE A LEAF OUR OF THE MOVIE BOOK.
WE FIRST MET TONY SPEAR IN THAT CLEAN ROOM AT CAPE=20
CANAVERAL AND THEN SAW HIS JOY AS PATHFINDER LANDED?=20
WHAT'S TONY UP TO NOW?
DONNA replies,=20
CAMILLE:
WHAT ABOUT ROB MANNING, WHO TOOK US BEHIND THE SCENES AT=20
JPL AND WAS THE FIRST TO PASS ALONG NEWS THAT ALL WAS WELL=20
WITH PATHFINDER?
DONNA replies over still frame:
CAMILLE
WE MET JENNIFER HARRIS AS THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR ON PATHFINDER'S=20
LANDING DAY? WHAT'S SHE UP TO NOW?
DONNA replies
CAMILLE:
WHAT ABOUT DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER BRIAN MUIRHEAD?
DONNA replies:
CAMILLE:
RICHARD COOK WAS MISSION MANAGER, AND PROUD FATHER OF TWO=20
NEWBORNS, A FLESH AND BLOOD BABY ON EARTH AND PATHFINDER=20
ON MARS WHERE IS HE NOW?
DONNA replies:
CAMILLE:
AND DONNA, WHAT ABOUT YOU TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR?
DONNA replies:
CAMILLE:
AND WAYNE WE KNEW YOU AS SOMEONE HELPING NAVIGATE FROM=20
EARTH TO MARS IS YOUR JOB NOW DONE?
WAYNE replies
27) WAYNE Q&A: LIVE (02:30) <46:34>
topic is "Young people and science"
CAMILLE:
OK, WAYNE, WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOUR FROM AROUND=20
THE NATION
JPL student reads e-mail question
WAYNE replies:
Direct to VTR question
SUMMIT VTR question
WAYNE replies
SEIDEL brokers ASU kid question
WAYNE replies
28) PHIL ON THE FUTURE: LIVE (01:00) <54:56>
SEIDEL leads to JPL e-mail question
WELL PHIL CHRISTENSEN PLANS TO BE PART OF MANY OF THOSE=20
FUTURE MISSIONS SO A QUESTION TO PHIL ABOUT THE FUTURE
JPL student reads e-mail question
PHIL replies
CAMILLE: Pay off rock stars/fossil:=20
29) "ROUND-ROBIN" TO PHIL, WAYNE, DONNA, GLENN: LIVE (TBD!!! Open-
ended depending on rest of program) <56:45>
live Q&A
CAMILLE brokers questions to: GLENN, DONNA, WAYNE and=20
PHIL in this order
30) CAMILLE CLOSE: LIVE & VTR (01:30) <58:15>
CAMILLE:
SO THAT'S ALL FOR "TODAY ON MARS" BUT AS YOU KNOW NOW, MGS=20
IS GOING TO BE MAKING NEWS FOR YEARS AHEAD AND BEYOND=20
THAT, AMERICA WILL BE LAUNCHING SPACECRAFT TO MARS EVERY 2=20
YEARS.
YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG VIA THE INTERNET YOUR LAUNCHPAD?=20
Graphic http:quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars
THE "LIVE FROM MARS" WEB SITE WILL STAY ACTIVE THROUGH=20
DECEMBER 1997, AND WILL REMAIN A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR MUCH=20
LONGER, PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS AND=20
STUDENTS, AND LINKING DIRECTLY TO ALL OF NASA'S SITES DEALING=20
WITH MARS.
Graphic: 973.656.9403
AND TAPES OF ALL THE PROGRAMS REMAIN AVAILABLE TO BRING THIS=20
UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCE ALIVE =20
IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE TOOK YOU TO CAPE KENNEDY, A YEAR OF=20
>FIRST-HAND VIEWS< OF CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE AND PRETTY=20
CLEAR PROOF THAT WORKING IN RESEARCH AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY=20
CAN BE >GREAT FUN< AS WELL AS INTELLECTUALLY REWARDING.
Back to CAMILLE on camera
WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED BEING PART OF "LIVE FROM MARS"
REMEMBER THOSE MARTIAN SPACESUITS? SOMEONE'S GOTTA WEAR=20
'EM!?!=20
PERHAPS YOUR TV AND COMPUTER, ALONG WITH YOUR CURIOSITY=20
WILL BE YOUR REAL-LIFE "PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE" AND=20
ADVENTURE AND TO THE RED PLANET!
FOR "LIVE FROM MARS", I'M CAMILLE MOODY ONWARD AND UPWARD,=20
TO MARS AND BEYOND!!!=20
26 END CREDITS: VTR (01:00) <59:15>
27 UNDERWRITER ANNOUNCE: VTR (00:14) 59:29
OFF THE AIR AT 59:30=20
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