Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.
16. (HU)MAN ON THE STREET / VTR (02:00) ET 24:30 a la Jay Leno: "Where is Mars?" "How is Mars like Earth?" "Is there life on Mars" shot on locations at each of our remote site cities: end on Denver ***NOTE: THIS STARTS IN NYC*** 17. DENVER DEMO #1 / LIVE (03:30) ET 28:00 17A Neil with STILL FRAMES of Ares Vallis, and why this site chosen (01:00) Neil: WHY DID PATHFINDER LAND WHERE IT DID? THERE ARE A BUNCH OF REASONS... FIRST, ARES VALLIS (WHICH MEANS "MARS VALLEY" IN LATIN) IS LOWER THAN LOTS OF OTHER PLACES, AND THAT GIVES MORE TIME FOR MARS' THIN ATMOSPHERE TO SLOW THE SPACECRAFT DOWN. YOU'D STILL BE GOING DANGEROUSLY FAST IF YOU CHOSE A MOUNTAIN-TOP! THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ORBITAL IMAGE, THE VALLEY IS SURROUNDED BY CHANNELS, INDICATING THAT ONCE LOTS OF WATER FLOWED DOWN INTO IT. THE SCIENTISTS HOPED THAT MEANT CHUNKS OF ROCK FROM ALL OVER THE PLANET WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVENIENTLY GATHERED HERE IN THIS ONE PLACE, WHERE SOJOURNER COULD SAMPLE THEM. CAMILLE.. Camille: MARS, WATER AND ANCIENT FLOODS-- THAT'S SOMETHING DON ASQUIN AND HIS VISITORS OUT IN DENVER HAVE BEEN EXPLORING OVER TO YOU, DON. 17B Don with hands-on demo: STREAM TABLE - WATER - LIFE - SHAPES FROM ORBIT Don: THANKS NEIL AND CAMILLE. WELL, WHAT WE HAVE HERE? (DESCRIPTION AND LOTS OF ACTION) Don: OVER TO YOU, CAMILLE. Camille: THANKS, DON! WELL, WATER ON MARS IS EVEN IMPORTANT IN SCIENCE FICTION. WE CAUGHT UP WITH SCI FI NOVELIST KIM STANLEY ROBINSON AT PLANETFEST. 18. PLANETFEST / VTR (02:00) ET 30:00 science fiction guest, with stills: Kim Stanley Robinson, "Red, Blue Green Mars" water and the red planet OMIT 19. HALF HOUR: CAMILLE / LIVE & GFX (00:30) ET 30:30 "In the next half hour "quick re-intro of sites and what's going on 20. MARVELOUS MARS #2 / VTR (00:30) ET 31:00 Earth and Mars, same and different 21. CAMILLE WELCOME BACK / LIVE (00:30) ET 31:30 Camille: WELCOME BACK TO LIVE FROM MARS, "TOUCHDOWN!" IN THIS HALF HOUR WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST OF OUR QUESTIONS WHICH HAVE COME IN VIA THE INTERNET... DAVID SEIDEL AT JPL, WHO'S WITH US NOW? 22. LIVE FROM MARS & JPL / LIVE (01:00) ET 32:30 David Seidel introduces new guest, ROB MANNING, MPF Chief Engineer David: ROB MANNING IS CHIEF ENGINEER FOR THE PATHFINDER MISSION, AND JUST A HALF HOUR FROM NOW HE'S GOING ON SHIFT AS "FLIGHT DIRECTOR." ROB, WHAT DO THOSE TWO TITLES MEAN YOU REALLY DO? Rob: Answers David: SO ROB, YOU'RE THE PERFECT PERSON TO TALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED DURING PATHFINDER'S FIRST FULL DAY ON MARS 23. "TOUCHDOWN + 1" / MSU VTR, LIVE V.O. (03:00) ET 36:30 the events of Sol 1 (first full day on Mars), intercutting images, etc. Live voice over David and Rob 24. SITE/JPL INTERACTION #3 / LIVE (04:00) ET 40:30 24A AMNH, JPL 24B E-MAIL via AMNH to JPL Camille: FIRST QUESTION TO ROB FROM NEW YORK Visitor question Neil: AND WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? Visitor question Camille: NOW OUR FIRST QUESTION COMING IN VIA E-MAIL. SASHA, WHERE'S IT FROM AND WHAT DO THEY WANT TO KNOW? Sasha: Passes along question Camille over graphic: REMEMBER THE ADDRESS FOR E-MAIL QUESTIONS DURING THE LIVE PROGRAM IS: Onair-lfm@quest.arc.nasa.gov SASHA, THE LAST E-MAIL QUESTION FOR NOW... Sasha: Passes along question 25. CAMILLE LEAD TO COSI / LIVE (00:30) ET 41:00 Camille: AS WE SAID, ASKING QUESTIONS ISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO GET CLOSE TO MARS AND THE PATHFINDER MISSION. COSI IN COLUMBUS IS HOSTING A WHOLE WEEK'S WORTH OF ACTIVITIES, KATHY? 26. COSI DEMO #1/ LIVE (02:30) ET 43:30 Kathy: WE'RE HERE ON THE MAIN EXHIBIT FLOOR OF COSI BUT FOR NOW WE'RE IMAGINING THESE EXHIBITS ARE REALLY OBJECTS ON THE SURFACE OF AN ALIEN PLANET AND THESE VISITORS -- HI, Y'ALL (they wave) -- ARE COMPONENTS OF A ROBOT EXPLORER, A ROVER SOMEWHAT LIKE SOJOURNER. WITH US ARE KID NAME #1 AND KID NAME #2 FROM WBNS'S "KIDS' NEWS NETWORK". WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? KID #1 describes the robotic exercise KID#2 says now it's time to start them off and they go Kathy: WE'LL CHECK ON JUST HOW WELL OUR HUMAN ROVER IS DOING, AND WHAT COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER PROBLEMS THEY ENCOUNTER, EACH TIME WE COME BACK TO COLUMBUS BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT ANOTHER ACTIVITY FOR YOU, WHICH ALL OF US CAN RELATE TO -- WEATHER ON MARS AND EARTH. HERE'S WBNS WEATHERMAN name to be added WBNS THANKS, KATHY. WELL, AS WE HEARD FROM DONNA AND ROB, PATHFINDER'S BEEN SENDING BACK DATA ON TEMPERATURE AND WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WEATHER STATIONS DOWN HERE ON EARTH WELL, THIS IS HUMANITY'S WEATHER STATION ON MARS PATHFINDER'S METEOROLOGY MAST HAS TEMPERATURE SENSORS AT THREE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS AND FROM IT HANG THESE LITTLE ALUMINUM CONES (picks up wind sock and uses a hair dryer) THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WIND BLOWS ON THEM ON MARS, PATHFINDER'S CAMERA TAKES PICTURES, AND DOWN HERE ON EARTH, THE MISSION SCIENTISTS COMPARE AND CONTRAST THEM TO SEE A PATTERN, AND INFER WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. DURING THIS PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO BE RECORDING TEMPERATURE AND WIND DATA, AND REPORTING IT TO NEW YORK AS ARE DENVER, AND PASADENA, SO BY THE END OF OUR PROGRAM WE HOPE TO HAVE A WEATHER REPORT FROM ALL ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, AND AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT NOW, ON MARS! Kathy: NEAT! THE UNIVERSE'S FIRST INTERPLANETARY ONLINE COLLABORATION, INVOLVING ROBOTS ON MARS AND HUMANS ON EARTH NOW, A QUESTION TO ROB FROM CHECK NAME IN COLUMBUS COSI question #1 27. SITE/JPL INTERACTION #4 / LIVE (04:00) ET 47:30 questions to Rob Manning 27A. COSI, JPL COSI question #2 Kathy: OVER TO YOU, DENVER 27B Denver, JPL Denver question #1 Denver question #2 Don: BACK TO YOU CAMILLE 28. BEHIND THE SCENES AT JPL / VTR (02:00) ET 49:30 sequences of the JPL tour 28A LIVE LEAD Camille: WELL, MOVEMENT AROUND THE LAB IS PRETTY RESTRICTED JUST NOW BUT EARLIER ROB TOOK "LIVE FROM MARS" ON A TOUR, BEHIND THE SCENES. HERE'S WHAT WE SAW 28B TOUR VTR 29. SITE/JPL INTERACTION #5 / LIVE (05:00) ET 54:30 29 A AMNH, JPL 29 B COSI, JPL 29 C E-MAIL via AMNH, JPL 29 D Denver, JPL 30. OFF TO WORK ON MARS / LIVE (02:00) ET 56:30 "Hi, Ho, Hi, Ho! " Seidel and ROB interact about Rob's duties as Flight Director, and he walks away to control the s/c! David: YOUR TEAM IS ON 24 HOUR A DAY DUTY, I GUESS. WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? Rob: begins to camera, then cut to LIVE NASA-TV feed David and Rob interaction Neil: Some interaction with Rob Camille: ROB, GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SHIFT AND MEGA-THANKS FOR FITTING US INTO WHAT MUST BE AN INCREDIBLE SCHEDULE 31 CAMILLE LEAD TO "PEOPLE" / LIVE (00:30) ET 57:00 Camille: DURING THESE BROADCASTS WE'VE ONLY GOT TIME TO MEET A FEW OF THE MANY PEOPLE IT TAKES TO MAKE A MISSION LIKE PATHFINDER FLY SO WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD TAKE YOU "BEHIND THE SCREENS" TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF THE OTHERS 32. "PATHFINDER PEOPLE" / MSU-VTR (02:30) ET 59:30 a profile of someone on the MPF team, other than the live guests (perhaps Jennifer Harris, Flight Director for the actual landing) 33. MARVELOUS MARS #3 / VTR (00:30) ET 01:00:00 Who was/is Sojourner Truth? 34. RE-INTRO PROGRAM / LIVE & GFX (01:00) ET 01:00 Camille shows all live sites, via tape and a map graphic SO WE'RE BACK WITH OUR SECOND HOUR OF LIVE FOM MARS "TOUCHDOWN!" WE'RE HERE IN THE HALL OF METEORITES, ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED SITES IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK. THIS IS, IN FACT, THE LARGEST METEORITE THAT'S EVER FALLEN TO EARTH IN ONE CHUNK THE (name tb inserted) METEORITE FROM (tb inserted) AND VIA THE INTERNET, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE PLANET WATCHING VIA "REAL VIDEO," AND LISTENING VIA "REAL AUDIO" YOU CAN SEND QUESTIONS BY SENDING A MESSAGE TO: onair-lfm@quest.arc.nasa.gov AND SASHA STILES WILL PASS ALONG SOME OF THEM TO OUR GUESTS OUT AT JPL Camille continues over series of still frames from original sequence #3: WITH US LIVE VIA SATELLITE ARE OHIO'S CENTER OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY IN COLUMBUS Wipe to graphic DENVER'S MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Wipe to graphic THE PLANETARY SOCIETY'S "PLANETFEST" IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Wipe to live shot from JPL AND OF COURSE, NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY IN PASADENA CALIFORNIA, TODAY THE CLOSEST PLACE ON EARTH YOU CAN GET TO MARS, DAVID. 35. LIVE FROM JPL & MARS / LIVE (01:00) ET 02:00 David Seidel intros MATT GOLOMBEK, project scientist CAMILLE, WITH US THIS HALF HOUR IS PROJECT SCIENTIST MATT GOLOMBEK. THIS HAS BEEN AN ESPECIALLY EXCITING TIME FOR MATT, SINCE THE VALLIS ARES LANDING SITE WAS HIS SPECIAL FAVORITE FROM THE BEGINNING. MATT, HAS IT LIVED UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS? Matt answers 36. MVP#2 / LIVE & GFX (01:30) ET 03:30 Neil: MATT, WE'D LIKE YOU TO GIVE US YOUR ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING ONE OF THE M.V.P.'S FROM MARS - WHAT DO WE MEAN BY "MVP"? Roll tape: MVP graphic SO MATT, WHICH PICTURE DID YOU CHOOSE AS THIS HOUR'S MVP, AND WHY? Neil interacts with Matt and leads him through the significance of the image OMIT 37. TESTING SOJOURNER / VTR (02:00) ET 05:30 footage of Brian Cook (VR demo from April 24 LFM, SNORT test) and the NASA JPL animation: what was supposed to happen! Camille and Neil voice over. 38. SOJOURNER'S TRAVELS / LIVE JPL (01:00) ET 06:30 David and Matt David THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THERE HAS EVER BEEN A ROVING VEHICLE ON THE PLANET MARS MATT, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOJOURNER, AND WHAT SHOULD IT BE ABLE TO HELP US DO? Matt describes the vehicle, with still frames to illustrate: (pulled from mission animation) David: SO THAT'S WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN - LET'S SEE WHAT SOJOURNER HAS SHOWN US SO FAR. 39. SOJOURNER'S FIRST DAYS / MSU VTR (02:30) ET 08:30 David and Matt ad lib, live, voice over scenes culled from NASA-TV footage of the first few days of rover operations, intercut with still images and VR simulations. David: GREAT, MATT, NOW IT'S OVER TO COSI FOR QUESTIONS 40. SITE/JPL INTERACTION #6 / LIVE (04:00) ET 12:30 40A: COSI/JPL & 40B: Denver/JPL 40A: Kathy begins voice over HUMAN ROVERS activity Kathy: GREAT TO SEE HOW SOJOURNER'S BEEN DOING. OUR ROVER BUILT OF HUMANS HERE AT COSI HAS BEEN DOING GREAT ON SOME THINGS, AND FALLING OVER OBSTACLES IN OTHERS! KID NEWS REPORTER NAME #1, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING? Kid Reporter #1 with VERY BRIEF update! Kathy: WELL, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRYING TO MOVE ALONG. NOW, A QUESTION FOR MATT COSI question Kathy: TIME FOR JUST ONE LAST "QUICKIE" COSI question Kathy: OK, OVER TO DENVER 40B: Don voice over activity shots WELL, ALL THE EGGS IN OUR LANDING SIMULATION BROKE, NOT LIKE PATHFINDER, I'M GLAD TO SAY, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT AN ACTIVITY COMING UP IN WHICH WE TRY TO SHOW THE PERILS OF LONG DISTANCE COMMUNICATION -- BUT FIRST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO MATT... Denver question #1 Matt answers Denver question #2 Matt answers 41. "WHOLE WORLD" / LIVE & MSU VTR (02:00) ET 14:30 41A: Camille BUT IT'S NOT JUST NEW YORK, DENVER AND COLUMBUS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS MISSION. AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE MEDIA SWARMING OVER JPL, THIS WHOLE PLANET IS INTERESTED IN OUR NEIGHBOR, MARS 41B: Roll MSU tape package, with short, sharp blips from journalists at JPL and PFEST: 42. WORLD/JPL INTERACTIONS / VTR & LIVE (04:00) ET 18:30 AMNH kid host leads to e-mail questions from around the world. Responses from Matt and David (as one of the "voices of JPL") Camille: AND THE INTERNET PROVIDES A WAY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO INTERACT, NOT JUST TO WATCH. HERE'S SASHA WITH E-MAIL QUESTIONS FROM ALL OVER. Sasha passes on questions from overseas and around the US. Camille: JUST AMAZING! KEEP WATCHING IRAN AND URUGUAY! NOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EARTH GOING TO MARS, BUT SOMETIMES -- AS LAST SUMMER'S EXCITEMENT ABOUT A METEORITE SHOWED -- MARS COMES TO EARTH. LAST YEAR "PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE" HAD A VIDEO CREW IN A PLACE SOME PEOPLE SAY IS AS LIKE MARS AS ANY PLACE ON THIS PLANET-- ANTARCTICA. THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW AS THEY WENT HUNTING METEORITES! 43. MESSENGERS FROM MARS / VTR (04:00) ET 22:30 Antarctic meteorite hunters, and ALH 84001 BRIAN EDIT IN LA, AND SHIP TO NYC 44. "MARS IN MY HAND" / LIVE & VTR (01:30) ET 24:00 Neil and a SNC meteorite Neil: THIS IS NOT PART OF ALH84001, BUT IT IS FROM MARS. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE AN ANALYSIS OF THE GASES TRAPPED IN IT ARE IDENTICAL TO ONES DETECTED BY THE VIKING LANDERS. NOW THESE METEORITES ARE PRETTY RARE ONLY CHECK NUMBER HAVE BEEN FOUND BUT ODDLY ENOUGH THE DENVER MUSEUM ALSO HAS ONE! DON, WHAT'S YOUR'S LIKE? Don: Describes his Martian meteorite, showing the differences and similarities, with Neil and Don pointing to details. 45. SITE/JPL INTERACTION #7 / LIVE (03:00) ET 27:00 45A: AMNH live 45B: AMNH e-mail Theme is "what have we learned from the mission that relates to the meteorite and life?" 45C: Camille: Bye to Matt Neil: NOW I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT MANY PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER: MATT, WITH BITS OF MARS COMING TO EARTH WHY DO WE NEED TO GO TO MARS? Matt answers about knowing provenance of rocks, etc. Camille: ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE HALL OF METEORITES IN NEW YORK Matt answers Sasha: AND A QUESTION TO MATT THAT'S COME IN VIA E-MAIL FROM Camille: MATT, MANY THANKS FOR JOINING US AT SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TIME! GOOD LUCK WITH THE SPACECRAFT AND THE MISSION! Matt says Bye and departs David: WE CAN TELL AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT MARS FROM THE INFORMATION THE SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN SENDING BACK, BUT IT'S NEVER REALLY LIVE FROM MARS. MARS IS ON AVERAGE SOME CHECK MILES AWAY FROM EARTH AND IT TAKES SIGNALS TRAVELING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 16 MINUTES TO GET HERE FROM THERE! OVER TO DENVER FOR AN ACTIVITY WHICH SHOWS HOW MESSAGES SOMETIMES GET GARBLED IN TRANSMISSION DON? 46. DENVER DEMO #2 / LIVE (02:30) ET 29:30 Message transmission activity Don narrates the activity, getting participants to comment, and pointing up what It all means 47. MARVELOUS MARS # 4 / VTR (00:30) ET 30:00 ALH 84001 update?