Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.
LFM's first live broadcast
NASA LAUNCHED A SPACE SHUTTLE WITHIN ONE
HOUR OF THE LIVE LFM BROADCAST. AS A RESULT, THE
LIVE NASA-TV COVERAGE OF LFM WAS PREEMPTED.
On November 19 from 1-2 PM Eastern, the first Live From Mars
television
program was broadcast over PBS.
The program was entitled "Countdown" and covered:
- Behind the scenes at Cape Canaveral: the launch of Mars Global
Surveyor and final preparation of the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft.
- Why go to Mars? the evidence of liquid water and the possibility
of life.
- Past missions -- from first dreams of
interplanetary travel to the sophisticated spacecraft of today.
More details about the broadcast video
components of
Live From Mars are available by following the link.
Below are details about the Internet services supporting these
broadcasts.
Internet service for November 19 "Countdown" program
During the program:
- Sound from the broadcast was shared live over the Internet
using Real Audio. Eventually, an archive of this sound will
be made available.
Get the Real Audio player here.
- The ability to ask questions via email.
It wasn't be active until just
before the program started. A select few (~10)
questions were read live on TV. These were chosen from the several
hundred questions we received.
- CU-SeeMe, MBONE and once-per-minute snapshots from the television
program were not available due to the shuttle launch preempting LFM on
NASA-TV.
After the program:
- A 90-minute WebChat party in LFM's unmoderated
chatroom was held.
This was for students to talk with students, not to experts.
- A 90-minute CU-SeeMe party at a special site: 198.213.9.1 was organized.
This was for students to talk with students, not to experts.
Many thanks to Roger Stryker for securing this capability.
