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?
(to be continued in Part 3)
