Comments on: Turn up your STEREO http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Peter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22707 Peter Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:03:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22707 Excellent article. There was never any intention to station the spacecraft at the Sun-Earth L4 or L5. The 22 deg/year drift was to get a view over a range of angles during the planned mission life. As for inter-planetary superhighways -- it's just marketing -- the techniques involving lunar gravity assists used to send the spacecraft into orbit around the Sun were initially developed back in the late '70's and early '80 and brought into practice with NASA's ISEE/ICE, Wind, Genesis, and MAP missions. The Japanese also had great success with Hiten and Geotail. All before some latecomers coined the term Interplanetary Super Highway. In fact, using their techniques, you'd never find the STEREO trajectory. Excellent article. There was never any intention to station the spacecraft at the Sun-Earth L4 or L5. The 22 deg/year drift was to get a view over a range of angles during the planned mission life. As for inter-planetary superhighways — it’s just marketing — the techniques involving lunar gravity assists used to send the spacecraft into orbit around the Sun were initially developed back in the late ’70’s and early ‘80 and brought into practice with NASA’s ISEE/ICE, Wind, Genesis, and MAP missions. The Japanese also had great success with Hiten and Geotail. All before some latecomers coined the term Interplanetary Super Highway. In fact, using their techniques, you’d never find the STEREO trajectory.

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22723 Troy Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:47:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22723 I laughed at the idea of a hot date looking at 3-d mars images... This mission is a good one. Refering back to the Katie Couric's notion that space is a waste of money here is one with real here and now economic benefit since protecting satellites during these coronal mass ejections can have real economic benefit. As fast as a million mph is, it still gives us 93 hours to react to the turbulant sun. And yes the orbit is neat-o! I laughed at the idea of a hot date looking at 3-d mars images…

This mission is a good one. Refering back to the Katie Couric’s notion that space is a waste of money here is one with real here and now economic benefit since protecting satellites during these coronal mass ejections can have real economic benefit. As fast as a million mph is, it still gives us 93 hours to react to the turbulant sun.

And yes the orbit is neat-o!

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22713 Melusine Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:43:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22713 I forgot, that site has a Mars anaglyph gallery page for those with glasses. http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/mars_gallery/index.htm I forgot, that site has a Mars anaglyph gallery page for those with glasses.
http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/mars_gallery/index.htm

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22712 Melusine Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:36:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22712 Somebody asked on the Spirit thread about where to get 3D glasses. By googling (yeah, that's a verb now), this first site will send you the cheap paper ones for free. The nicer ones have only a minimum order of 2 @ $14.00, which isn't bad, and after all, I'm sure you'd want two so you can cuddle up with your sweetheart and watch Mars in 3D. Or the Sun. It would be a hot date. :-/ http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/freestuff.html Somebody asked on the Spirit thread about where to get 3D glasses. By googling (yeah, that’s a verb now), this first site will send you the cheap paper ones for free. The nicer ones have only a minimum order of 2 @ $14.00, which isn’t bad, and after all, I’m sure you’d want two so you can cuddle up with your sweetheart and watch Mars in 3D. Or the Sun. It would be a hot date. :-/
http://www.rainbowsymphony.com/freestuff.html

]]> By: DCB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22717 DCB Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:18:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22717 I got my 3D glasses off a children's cereal box so I don't think they're hard to come by. I keep them in my computer desk so when the BA points us to a 3D picture I've got them handy!! :) I got my 3D glasses off a children’s cereal box so I don’t think they’re hard to come by. I keep them in my computer desk so when the BA points us to a 3D picture I’ve got them handy!! :)

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22718 Gary Ansorge Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:10:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22718 Of course, I know energy flow from the interior keeps it afloat(sorta), but it should be oblate, right? GAry 7 Of course, I know energy flow from the interior keeps it afloat(sorta), but it should be oblate, right?

GAry 7

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22719 Gary Ansorge Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:07:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/26/turn-up-your-stereo/#comment-22719 This 3D image is still in the orbital plane. How does the sun look from the poles? Always wondered how such a big ball of gas keeps from collapsing when it only rotates in one plane. Gary 7 This 3D image is still in the orbital plane. How does the sun look from the poles? Always wondered how such a big ball of gas keeps from collapsing when it only rotates in one plane.

Gary 7

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