 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| HomeDiscussion GroupsSpace ScienceAstronomyAmateur AstronomySpace FlightSpace StationShuttleSpace HistorySpace PolicySETI SpaceKB.com Contact UsLink To UsSearch & Site Map |
Space Forum / Shuttle / February 2007No 'approach' pics for 116???
Anybody else notice there were no shots of the shuttle approaching ISS, showing the vehicle in its entirety? A contact at JSC dismissed my complaint as follows: The ISS crew are sent schematics that show the specific photos that are required by the engineers on the ground to look for damage. These photos are taken with several different types of camera and lens. The extreme HiRes engineering photos showing the tiles don't end up on HSF because they are for the engineers not the general public. The photos taken during approach are to look for damage so as to insure crew safety they are not "pretty" shots taken for the public. Makes me wonder why the crew are given cameras at all. Why not have a sketch-artist aboard if 'pretty' pictures are considred a waste of time, as appears the case. > Anybody else notice there were no shots of the shuttle > approaching ISS, showing the vehicle in its entirety? A contact at [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > taken during approach are to look for damage so as to insure crew > safety they are not "pretty" shots taken for the public. Best I can suggest, if you can't get it any other way, is to file a Freedom Of Information Act request which WILL get looked at and processed. NASA may grant it or they may deny it, but they are legally required to respond. NASA is required by federal law to provide the initial response confirming granting or denying of request within 20 working days. It also may take some more time (and possibly some money to cover expenses incurred) to dig up material if granted. http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/FOIA/ That website has more information about how the FOIA is implemented at NASA, as well as a link to the request form that you can fill out online. -Dan I'd have thought at the moment they would be glad to show such pictures, even if they are not that interesting. Maybe they just cannot be bothered. :-) Brian  SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >> Anybody else notice there were no shots of the shuttle >> approaching ISS, showing the vehicle in its entirety? A contact at [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > -Dan >The ISS crew are sent schematics that show the specific photos that >are required by the engineers on the ground to look for damage. These [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >taken during approach are to look for damage so as to insure crew >safety they are not "pretty" shots taken for the public. I think this simply means that none of the Station crew at the time had any artistic ability or much interest in photography. All the previous crews managed to get great engineering shots *and* a few beauty shots. Not these guys. It happens I guess. To these guys, the photography was clearly something they were forced to do and did not enjoy doing. You can see it in their matter-of-fact photos. I know people who are just useless with cameras... cutting off tops of heads, getting their thumbs in half the frame... and the STS-116/ISS-14 photos are only a little better. Photographic talent certainly isn't a priority for ISS crews, but it sure is appreciated when we get astronauts who have it. Brian >>The ISS crew are sent schematics that show the specific photos that >>are required by the engineers on the ground to look for damage. These [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Brian The crews up there joy-riding around in their shiny supertoys are in the Service of Humanity, for crying out loud! The very *least* I expect for that sort of financial layout are a minumum set of shots for the historical record. I consider missing out on such photos bordering on criminal negligence and a cause for disciplinary action. I'm hoping another short truss extension will be required for the opposite array? If THAT mission receives similar treatment we'll never see what it looked like in space, which is what this is all about. My contact also replied, and here I paraphrase, that shots of the cargo were taken on the ground prior to launch, so what's the fuss? Talk about completely missing the point. Carry that argument to its logical extreme and the Apollo moon astronauts would have only been given cameras and b&w film to photograph *rocks*. Why bother to take shots of themselves at work up there or those superb ones posing alongside the Stars and Stripes when we already had shots of them training taken here on Earth? I think maybe she's in the wrong job. I suggest the McDonalds down the road. At least I can guarantee the folks she'd be working with couldn't give a f**k about shuttle photographs, either. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.