Field work is go

[jay]

One other thing today... my travel orders for Devon Island were approved and signed. So it is highly likely that I'll be in Canada for the second half of July, continuing the spacesuited science productivity studies I began in the Arctic last summer. And hopefully doing a bit of geology around the impact crater site.

Comments

[geekchick]

Going to have the webcam again? ;)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Probably -- the NASAWatch/SpaceRef guys will be there again, and it was their camera...

[geekchick]

Hey, next time you're out here, you could swing by and visit Keith; he's just up the road. ;)

[p3aches.livejournal.com]

cool.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

cold, at times ;-)

[grynz.livejournal.com]

Yay fun!!! I wish I could go! That sounds really cool. You'll have to tell me all about it when you get back!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I'd love to, if we can figure out a way to meet... maybe lunch somewhere in the East Bay?

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

((grins)) nice that somebody gets to go.... I'm still pouting that I can't. But I do look forward to your tales of it, and the webcam :)

[geekchick]

Ask him to tell you the "unfortunate timing with the webcam" story. ;)

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Oh?? Do tell!? (grins)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Oh, all right. (raspberry in geekchick's general direction *)

Last summer, I was at Haughton Crater doing field science productivity studies (how much is discovered with remote-controlled rovers vs. humans in spacesuits). The main Haughton-Mars Project website is run by Marc Boucher, who does the SpaceRef site. So SpaceRef donated a set of four webcams, which were placed around the camp and updated once every 10 minutes.

I was chatting with geekchick one "night" (it was daylight at 1am) in the otherwise-deserted work tent. In a burst of affection, I turned around towards the camera, puckered and blew a kiss. Just then the 10-minute timer went off, so an image of me blowing a kiss was displayed on the main project webpage for the next ten minutes (much to my chagrin). I never heard any feedback, so hopefully there were few hits then.

I still have the JPG somewhere...

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

now that would be worth seeing!

[geekchick]

raspberry in geekchick's general direction

O:-)