Wednesday turned out to be media day... I went out to a spot just below the crater rim, where there were ice ledges along a creek, and gave an interview to the Galafilm guys working on the Discovery Channel documentary. The latter is a six-part production... they're working on the fifth episode. There will be a five-part docu-drama done in parallel... DC is spending $20M on the whole thing, scheduled for the fall of 2006.
They asked me to do B-roll footage... walking up the creek. 3 times. Once, only filming my feet. Later, walking down the creek. The interview itself was OK, I got engaged and fairly passionate about some of the topics and hopefully didn't say anything silly.
After lunch, a CBS - Dallas, TX affiliate reporter (Mona) who handles their science and medicine stories did another interview back at camp, this time about the gravity and magnetic surveys of the crater itself.
And I led the DC folks with our flight surgeon (Jeff Jones) out to Anderson Pass for them to interview Jeff... I had more gravity point nearby.
Finally, around dinnertime another plane brought the Hamilton Sundstrand spacesuit and two engineers (for which my DAME project paid travel and shipping costs), and my sister Vicky (
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Today is sunny and 42F... waiting this afternoon for crater access (or not). If we get a permit, I'll be in there on a traverse this evening before leaving Friday afternoon for Resolute.
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