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- From: mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary)
- Subject: Re: Data release delay?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.153758.23153@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>
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- Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
- References: <1993Jan4.091929.26972@eskimo.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:37:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan4.091929.26972@eskimo.com> delisle@eskimo.com (Ben Delisle) writes:
- >
- > In a newspaper article I read a couple days ago, I saw that
- >NASA will delay the release of data and pictuers from the Mars Observer
- >when it arrives at Mars and begins it's job. Aparently the delay will
- >be of a year or more and live feeds that have been offered with previous
- >deep space probes will be restricted.
- > Is there any truth to this, if so why has this policy been set
- >into force and by whom? This is unconscienceable and must be changed.
- >It is all out wrong. There is no reason.
- >
-
- Partly right, partly wrong. The general release of digital data
- from MO will be release approximately a year after they are returned.
- Why? To give the researchers first shot at analyzing the data. This
- has always been the case. But, images of particular interest and
- other scientific data will be released at the press conferences.
-
- But, the researchers directly involved with the MO program will
- have unprecedented access and control to their experiments. Each
- research group will have at least one workstation installed which
- will provide access to the JPL database. They can get data and
- provide commands all from their local office instead of having to
- go directly through JPL. See the collection of articles on the
- MO program in "The Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets" vol 28, no 5.
-
-
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- Ed McCreary ,__o
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