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May 4, 2006 1:36 PM Subscribe
That was fantastic. It was freaking amazing watching the image slowly shape over time. Then the final "thud/crunch" when it landed was nifty. I wonder if the chiming was done on purpose or just to help things seem more entertaining for those of us with autistic tendancies.
I think I just drooled on myself.
posted by daq at 1:48 PM on May 4, 2006
I think I just drooled on myself.
posted by daq at 1:48 PM on May 4, 2006
"Calm down, get a grip now ... oh! this is an interesting sensation, what is it? It's a sort of ... yawning, tingling sensation in my ... my ... well I suppose I'd better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway [...] so let's call it my stomach.
And hey, what about this whistling roaring sound going past what I'm suddenly going to call my head? Perhaps I can call that ... wind! Is that a good name? It'll do [...] Now - have I built up any coherent picture of things yet?
No.
Never mind, hey, this is really exciting, so much to find out about, so much to look forward to, [...] Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like ... ow ... ound ... round ... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground!
I wonder if it will be friends with me?"
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, chapter 18
posted by adamrice at 2:14 PM on May 4, 2006
And hey, what about this whistling roaring sound going past what I'm suddenly going to call my head? Perhaps I can call that ... wind! Is that a good name? It'll do [...] Now - have I built up any coherent picture of things yet?
No.
Never mind, hey, this is really exciting, so much to find out about, so much to look forward to, [...] Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like ... ow ... ound ... round ... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground!
I wonder if it will be friends with me?"
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, chapter 18
posted by adamrice at 2:14 PM on May 4, 2006
Did anybody else see a gigantic bowl of chocolate ice cream?
posted by cgc373 at 2:14 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by cgc373 at 2:14 PM on May 4, 2006
The various sounds appear to be audio indicators of various things happening -- images, telemetry, sensory data, etc received. How very ambient.
posted by crawl at 2:21 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by crawl at 2:21 PM on May 4, 2006
daq:
"Sounds from a left speaker trace Huygens' motion"
"There also are clicks that clock the rotational counter"
"Then there are 13 different chimes - one for each of instrument's 13 different science parts."
For a complete description, scroll down the page.
posted by Dataphage at 2:22 PM on May 4, 2006
"Sounds from a left speaker trace Huygens' motion"
"There also are clicks that clock the rotational counter"
"Then there are 13 different chimes - one for each of instrument's 13 different science parts."
For a complete description, scroll down the page.
posted by Dataphage at 2:22 PM on May 4, 2006
That was awesome.
Is there a high-res Quicktime version anywhere?
posted by killdevil at 2:24 PM on May 4, 2006
Is there a high-res Quicktime version anywhere?
posted by killdevil at 2:24 PM on May 4, 2006
Fantastic!
Thanks, crunchland.
I waited till the last second to see if something was scurrying away under the yellow-pink rectangles, but they stayed in their burrows. Sigh.
posted by bru at 2:27 PM on May 4, 2006
Thanks, crunchland.
I waited till the last second to see if something was scurrying away under the yellow-pink rectangles, but they stayed in their burrows. Sigh.
posted by bru at 2:27 PM on May 4, 2006
Between this post and the John Cage organ thing, this has beeen a great day for avant-garde art on metafilter...
posted by jrb223 at 2:38 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by jrb223 at 2:38 PM on May 4, 2006
Awesome crunchland.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:56 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by eyeballkid at 2:56 PM on May 4, 2006
Excellent.
posted by boo_radley at 3:19 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by boo_radley at 3:19 PM on May 4, 2006
Incroyable!
And there I was thinking the latest sun exploding video and hi-def picture of the sun were the coolest NASA stuff in ages.
These things are just too damn cool. I'm-a-wondering how much of NASA's budget goes on artists and how these decisions get made. Are the people behind the artistic decisions also active scientists? The unity of science and art, be there a more wonderous beast?
posted by MetaMonkey at 3:39 PM on May 4, 2006
And there I was thinking the latest sun exploding video and hi-def picture of the sun were the coolest NASA stuff in ages.
These things are just too damn cool. I'm-a-wondering how much of NASA's budget goes on artists and how these decisions get made. Are the people behind the artistic decisions also active scientists? The unity of science and art, be there a more wonderous beast?
posted by MetaMonkey at 3:39 PM on May 4, 2006
This was awesome.
The sound made me think I'd won a $100 jackpot on triple-7's, but I couldn't figure out where the money comes out of this damned machine.
posted by Hadroed at 3:41 PM on May 4, 2006
The sound made me think I'd won a $100 jackpot on triple-7's, but I couldn't figure out where the money comes out of this damned machine.
posted by Hadroed at 3:41 PM on May 4, 2006
[This. Is. Good.] I wasn't expecting literal bells and whistles. It's interplanetary pinball!
posted by steef at 3:53 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by steef at 3:53 PM on May 4, 2006
Just totally great. I need stuff like this every so often to remind me that we manage to pull off some amazing shit despite ourselves.
posted by freebird at 4:08 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by freebird at 4:08 PM on May 4, 2006
why was there a picture of a footprint from the moon landing on the far left next to the two Titan photos towards the end of the presentation..?
What is NASA trying to tell us..?
posted by WhipSmart at 4:34 PM on May 4, 2006
What is NASA trying to tell us..?
posted by WhipSmart at 4:34 PM on May 4, 2006
WhipSmart: a sense of scale. There's more goodies on Cassini's front page.
posted by steef at 4:54 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by steef at 4:54 PM on May 4, 2006
I wish they wouldn't keep doing this. Completely ruins the mystery.
posted by marvin at 7:18 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by marvin at 7:18 PM on May 4, 2006
steef, you're just buying into their cover story... WHERE IS YOUR TINFOIL HAT, MAN..??
posted by WhipSmart at 8:15 PM on May 4, 2006
posted by WhipSmart at 8:15 PM on May 4, 2006
Three things it reminds me of:
1. Baby humanity reaching out of it's cradle (with a toy xylophone).
2. Grandma's old 1972 Plymouth Valiant with a wet fanbelt.
3. At the end, an angry cat (also with a toy xylophone).
posted by Captaintripps at 4:32 AM on May 5, 2006
1. Baby humanity reaching out of it's cradle (with a toy xylophone).
2. Grandma's old 1972 Plymouth Valiant with a wet fanbelt.
3. At the end, an angry cat (also with a toy xylophone).
posted by Captaintripps at 4:32 AM on May 5, 2006
Besides being one of the coolest things I've enjoyed in awhile, this also serves as a superb exercise in the visual display of active, complex data. NASA's got some sharp thinkers over there.
Beautiful.
Oh, and, I'm with killdevil...I want a larger, high-rez version
posted by Thorzdad at 5:09 AM on May 5, 2006
Beautiful.
Oh, and, I'm with killdevil...I want a larger, high-rez version
posted by Thorzdad at 5:09 AM on May 5, 2006
I want a larger, high-rez version
Instead of a high-rez quicktime, I wonder how hard it would be to have an executable emulator of the program that produced this? And I wonder if it could use other databases, so you could land a pod on the Earth and other heavenly bodies.
posted by crunchland at 6:52 AM on May 5, 2006
Instead of a high-rez quicktime, I wonder how hard it would be to have an executable emulator of the program that produced this? And I wonder if it could use other databases, so you could land a pod on the Earth and other heavenly bodies.
posted by crunchland at 6:52 AM on May 5, 2006
I'd have to agree with Thorzdad, excellent visual display and integration of a lot of information being gathered simultaneously. It's good to be reminded that rocket scientists can be clever and artistic as well as whip smart. Very neat, thanks!
posted by nelleish at 7:12 AM on May 5, 2006
posted by nelleish at 7:12 AM on May 5, 2006
Because it was really hard to edit out the part at the end where the little green dude walks up and asks them to turn down the beeping and whistling noises.
posted by freebird at 5:24 PM on May 5, 2006
posted by freebird at 5:24 PM on May 5, 2006
I thought it was a crock just a second ago. Kraftwerk. Thought maybe somebody hoaxed me. But that was Titan, right?
Did Titan know it was being landed upon?
Did we really go all the way out there?
What a monumental step for man and woman kind!
posted by rougy at 1:15 AM on May 6, 2006
Did Titan know it was being landed upon?
Did we really go all the way out there?
What a monumental step for man and woman kind!
posted by rougy at 1:15 AM on May 6, 2006
Some hi-res fun (quicktime, 91 MB). Not quite the same though, no bells and whistles.
posted by MetaMonkey at 2:46 PM on May 6, 2006
posted by MetaMonkey at 2:46 PM on May 6, 2006
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