Hi everyone, Some of you may have been following the NASA Stardust mission, which launched a problem to intercept a comet, capture comet dust, and return it to earth. The probe is expected to crash through the atmosphere and land in the Nevada desert. It's expected to streak through the sky around 1:50am Pacific time early Sunday morning, and should be viewable in Oregon, northern California, northern Nevada, and perhaps parts of Idaho and Washington state. For about 5-10 minutes, it will be the brightest thing in the sky.
Yesterday on CNN, Miles O'Brian was talking with astronomer Jack Horkheimer about the mission, and he said that NASA was hoping to get volunteers to capture the probe on video as it careens across the sky. They're interested in shooting footage from as many angles as possible, recording the time and location of each sighting. This seems like a fascinating opportunity for vloggers; the only thing is that I haven't been able to confirm this anywhere. The official NASA Stardust website doesn't mention any request for volunteer videographers, and my emails to NASA reps haven't been returned. Nonetheless, for those of you in the northwest US, it might be a cool opportunity to shoot some fake UFO footage. :-) Here's the official NASA website, in case you're interested. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html ac -- ------------------------------------ Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org (until Jan 31) As of February 1: andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
