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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005[OT] Woohoo! We launched!
Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now everything just has to work as it approaches the comet ... Now back to working on Kepler ... More info ... http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://discovery.nasa.gov/kepler.html  Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* So you worked on this? Wow. Cool!!! I think that is so exciting. Congrats on a successful launch. I can't help but feel that cosmically, the Tsunami is a dress run for a comet or gigantic meteor hit. Karen > Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the > flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://discovery.nasa.gov/kepler.html > So you worked on this? Wow. Cool!!! I think that is so exciting. Congrats on > a successful launch. I can't help but feel that cosmically, the Tsunami is a > dress run for a comet or gigantic meteor hit. > > Karen Yup. I have friends who worked on it pretty much from start to finish ... I only worked on it for a few months. Still, I've done just enough that I'm afraid it could be my fault if it doesn't work =P I hope you're wrong about the dress run part. But hey, Kepler, my current project, is straight out of sci-fi. We're looking for habitable planets. I figure either we find some and start working on serious space travel, or we don't find any and we start thinking more about taking care of our environment. >> Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the >> flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> -- monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros >> was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* Wow, You work at NASA??? Cool! SignatureMathew Butler to 2 kittens: Chablis & Muscat En Vino Veritas > Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the > flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://discovery.nasa.gov/kepler.html > Wow, You work at NASA??? Cool! Actually at Ball Aerospace. We do aerospace contracts. I'm just a software person who somehow ended up at an aerospace company. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the > flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now > everything just has to work as it approaches the comet ... Very cool! I watched the launch live on RealOne internet streaming here in the UK. Was amazed how long they could get reasonable images of the rocket disappearing into space - as the sky slowly went from midday blue, to deep violet, to black.... :-) Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the >> flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > disappearing into space - as the sky slowly went from midday blue, to deep > violet, to black.... :-) Hah! I wasn't able to find a place to watch it online. Honestly, though, I didn't look too hard. We're getting a live feed into the conference room, but it was overflowing already, and mostly it was images of the telemetry interface, which is pretty boring. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Hah! I wasn't able to find a place to watch it online. Honestly, though, I > didn't look too hard. We're getting a live feed into the conference room, but > it was overflowing already, and mostly it was images of the telemetry > interface, which is pretty boring. NASA TV is your friend: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ HTH Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> Hah! I wasn't able to find a place to watch it online. Honestly, though, >> I didn't look too hard. We're getting a live feed into the conference [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > HTH Thanks. I think if I'd *really* wanted to see it, I'd have looked a bit harder =P I kind of feel like if I watch it, something will go wrong. Of course the office is buzzing with gossip about what it's doing now. There have been some exciting moments, but it sounds like everything is working properly. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Thanks. I think if I'd *really* wanted to see it, I'd have looked a bit > harder =P I kind of feel like if I watch it, something will go wrong. I know what you mean :-) It's nothing like as important (well, not in the big scheme of things) but DH feels exactly the same about watching his soccer team play on TV :-) > Of course the office is buzzing with gossip about what it's doing now. There > have been some exciting moments, but it sounds like everything is working > properly. Very exciting project!! Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield >> Thanks. I think if I'd *really* wanted to see it, I'd have looked a bit >> harder =P I kind of feel like if I watch it, something will go wrong. > > I know what you mean :-) It's nothing like as important (well, not in the > big scheme of things) but DH feels exactly the same about watching his > soccer team play on TV :-) *giggle* >> Of course the office is buzzing with gossip about what it's doing now. >> There have been some exciting moments, but it sounds like everything is >> working properly. > > Very exciting project!! I just got an email from one of the high-ups on the project. This is the key part: "The bottom line is that the Deep Impact spacecraft is performing exactly as it should be. The execution of the safe mode recovery sequence went perfectly, and the execution of the remaining steps in the Launch Count Up procedure have also gone smoothly. Mission Operations are going very well. Everybody here in Florida is happy and proud." (There was an incident where some heaters were hotter than expected, so the fault protection s/w stepped in and reset the system to "safe mode," so that was an unexpected test of that functionality!) I only had a little bit to do with Deep Impact. I can only imagine that when Kepler launches, my heart will be bursting in my chest. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > I just got an email from one of the high-ups on the project. This is the key > part: > > "The bottom line is that the Deep Impact spacecraft is performing exactly as > it should be. (snip) Now just to sit back and wait.... and wait... > I only had a little bit to do with Deep Impact. I can only imagine that when > Kepler launches, my heart will be bursting in my chest. I should say so! Also been watching with great interest the news of the ESA Huygens probe landing on Titan. Those pictures should be extremely interesting to see. Deb. Signaturehttp://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield Wow, you have a *way cool* job. Looking forward to seeing the results of your work almost as much as I know you'll be! Yowie > Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the > flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Wow, you have a *way cool* job. Well, the results are cool. The steps to get there are about as exciting as most jobs. Less exciting than some =P Government agencies are big on paperwork. I definitely miss jobs where I can fix something first and ask permission after the fact. > Looking forward to seeing the results of your work almost as much as I know > you'll be! I need to find the description I saw somewhere of the accuracy involved in this mission. It's crazy. If something goes wrong, I imagine it will be that the spacecraft goes whooshing right by the target it's supposed to hit. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> Wow, you have a *way cool* job. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > imagine it will be that the spacecraft goes whooshing right by the > target it's supposed to hit. LOL If something goes wrong, it won't crash. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. >> I need to find the description I saw somewhere of the accuracy involved in >> this mission. It's crazy. If something goes wrong, I imagine it will be >> that the spacecraft goes whooshing right by the target it's supposed to >> hit. > > LOL If something goes wrong, it won't crash. When you put it like that, it *does* sound odd, doesn't it? Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Wow, you have a *way cool* job. > > Looking forward to seeing the results of your work almost as > much as I know you'll be! > > Yowie Ditto, way cool! SignatureCheryl >> Wow, you have a *way cool* job. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Ditto, way cool! I found the analogy, btw ... Deep Impact is launching a spacecraft to intercept the comet Tempel-1. Actually, they are two spacecraft strapped together. Just before the impact, the "flyby" will stay back and take pictures while the "impactor" slams into the comet. I think it's also taking pictures the whole time. So the analogy is ... If the comet were the size of a charcoal block, the impactor would be released 6 miles away. The impact crater would be the size of a pencil dot. The flyby would be 6 feet away, and Hubble is watching all of this from Phoenix, Arizona (we're in Colorado). Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >>> Wow, you have a *way cool* job. >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >would be 6 feet away, and Hubble is watching all of this from Phoenix, Arizona >(we're in Colorado). WOW! That is some analogy. Space is Big. The accuracy must be into a great many digits behind the decimal point. I used to shake my head at my Grandad doing carpentry measurements to the 32nd of an inch!That is nothing to this. -- CATherine > Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the > flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now > everything just has to work as it approaches the comet ... Many Congratulations! :)) WOW! This group has "Everything"! We even have our very own Rocket Scientist! Such a huge varied amount of different jobs and occupations, and one common interest..... being slaves to cats. :) Helen M >> Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of the >> flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever launch! Now [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Scientist! Such a huge varied amount of different jobs and occupations, and > one common interest..... being slaves to cats. :) No, no, no. I'm definitely not a rocket scientist. I'm a comp sci person who just happened to get a job at an aerospace company. I am *not* the person who understands the math and the physics and all that. I think my brain would explode. I do work on the flight software, which allows all of the different parts to talk to each other and do the right thing at the right time. Hopefully. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > No, no, no. I'm definitely not a rocket scientist. I'm a comp sci person who > just happened to get a job at an aerospace company. I am *not* the person who > understands the math and the physics and all that. I think my brain would > explode.//// Shhhhhhhh!!! You're a rocket scientist....you work on rockets! Helen M....who won't be told different ;o) > Shhhhhhhh!!! You're a rocket scientist....you work on rockets! I agree! I took a couple of graduate classes in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at UT and I was friends with several grad students there. They had the funniest t-shirts, including the following: Actually, it *is* rocket science! In Space, no one can hear you scream. there were other really funny, in a techno-geeky kind of way that I can't remember right now. Weird folks, those rocket scientists... SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Shhhhhhhh!!! You're a rocket scientist....you work on rockets! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > funny, in a techno-geeky kind of way that I can't remember right now. Weird > folks, those rocket scientists... Yes. I've met some of them. Very weird folks. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> No, no, no. I'm definitely not a rocket scientist. I'm a comp sci person >> who just happened to get a job at an aerospace company. I am *not* the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Helen M....who won't be told different ;o) Yes'm. I know when not to disagree =P Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >I do work on the flight software, which allows all of the different parts to >talk to each other and do the right thing at the right time. Hopefully. And you never have to worry that some overlooked piece of code will 'poke' a 'one' where a 'zero' should be. Right!! Regards and Purrs, O J >>I do work on the flight software, which allows all of the different parts to >>talk to each other and do the right thing at the right time. Hopefully. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Right!! No, actually, I do! Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >O J penned: >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >No, actually, I do! You mean you really have to worry about whether a 'one' means "fly normal" and a 'zero' means "fly inverted"? Goodness!! I thought we were past the point where 'intelligent' software would correct for things like that! Regards and Giggles, O J Regards and Purrs, O J > Well, the spacecraft Deep Impact just launched. I worked on parts of > the flight software and on testing it, so, yay! My first ever [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > http://discovery.nasa.gov/kepler.html I read this article in news scientist. "Deep Impact launch is a qualified success" http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6873 SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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