Comments on: Cool NASA video

By: Vassilis Angelopoulos

Vassilis Angelopoulos — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:17:54 +0000

Hi folks

This is Vassilis Angelopoulos; I am the principal investigator
for the THEMIS/MIDEX mission, so I am the recipient of the
wrath regarding the “lack of ingenuity, why same names for
two NASA programs”. You are right, we did struggle with this
befitting name for the mission – justice from data – and the
potential conflict with other users of the name, and realized
that the possibility for confusion is minimal. There is indeed an
instrument on another mission called “THEMIS” but it was not
considered a problem as it goes on another planet. The THEMIS
mission goes by: THEMIS/MIDEX mission, whereas the instrument
is known as the Mars Odyssey/THEMIS instrument. It would be
really cool (scientifically) to have a multi-spacecraft mission
on Mars, but for that we’ll pick another name. Maybe the
Amazones, from Ares’ daughters?

By: Harald

Harald — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:22:34 +0000

There were flyby sounds as well as satellites passed the “camera”.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:03:29 +0000

GregD, I also heard sound effects after the vehicle had left the atmosphere. There must be a website somewhere to discuss such bad astronomy as “sound in space”…

By: GregD

GregD — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:41:15 +0000

I could be mistaken, but is there a rumble sound everytime one of the rockets fires? Shouldn’t NASA know better?

I also think the Blue Danube is called for.

By: Donnie B.

Donnie B. — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:03:42 +0000

Ahhh! It’s the langoliers!

Oh wait… no teeth. Whew.

By: jasonB

jasonB — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:24:21 +0000

B.A.

Is that trip 100% necessary? Is that keeping your carbon footprint minimized?

By: RyanG

RyanG — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:24:53 +0000

This video is begging for the Blue Danube.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:46:30 +0000

Video. Cool!
Now, all we need is a close view of a space colony being constructed,,,

GAry 7

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:30:29 +0000

Note: The url didn’t completely work so you’ll have to copy and paste to add the (satellite)

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:28:50 +0000

Thanks Phil,

Human ingenuity at work.

Wiki has a good piece on THEMIS here for those who are curious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THEMIS_(satellite)

By: ioresult

ioresult — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:20:40 +0000

I’m confused: why did they name two completely different things with the same name?
http://themis.asu.edu/
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/main/index.html