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The ASTC-managed MarsQuest exhibition that is being newly refurbished to
continue to tour includes two robotic rovers. The rovers in the updated
exhibition use new technology and--I'm assured--are easier to use and
maintain. Call me if you have a question about them.

Margie Marino, Manager, Exhibition Services
Association of Science-Technology Centers
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.  20005-6310
Phone: 202-783-7200, ext. 117

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From: Informal Science Education Network
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Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 7:37 AM
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Subject: Mars Rover landings

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Below is a suggestion we just got from our contacts at Cornell
University for getting live feeds of the images...  We're hoping to set
up a dedicated computer for this, since we anticipate a LOT of interest
in our community as there are many connections here to the project.

Landing dates are Saturday, Jan 3 around 11:30pm (Eastern time) and
Saturday Jan 24/Sunday morning Jan 25th depending on your time zone (but
just after midnight Eastern time).

Check out the website at http://www.athena.cornell.edu/ for ongoing
updates.

Live feed info:

"The first step in the process is to fill out the form at the following
url:  http://marsdata1.jpl.nasa.gov/muse/alliance

It requires a bunch of computer info that pertains to the machine you
will use to receive the images.

 Sign up for expanded if you want the
>images pushed to you automatically over the internet (these will be the
>raw images, sent to you at the same time as the science teams get
>them).  You might want to dedicate a machine for this now or in the
future
>as the data volume could be high (don't ask me how much yet, we're
still
>estimating!)  You'll be asked to sign a license agreement for free
>JPL-proprietary software that you can then install."

Kathy Krafft
Director of Exhibits
Sciencenter
Ithaca NY-- home of Cornell University (and the lead for the science
team for the Rover missions)




> Subject: Robotics
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:16:38 -0600
> From: Jennifer Tuxen <[log in to unmask]>
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> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology
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> Hi,
>
> I'm interested in building a Mars rover robot to add to my programming
about
> Mars.  Where is the best place to buy one?  Is anyone doing any demos
or
> workshops in honor of the Rover landings next month?  I would be
interested
> in learning about what you are doing!!
>
> Thanks,
> Jennifer Tuxen
> Sci-Port Discovery Center
>
>
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