Live from the Hubble Space Telescope
UPDATE #23D (Special edition on the upcoming television program)
PART 1: Television script: Pluto and weather (3 of 4)
SCRIPT OF TELEVISION PROGRAM (continued)
25. BEHIND THE SCENES AT STScI: PRE-TAPED/STScI
(01:30)
"Letterman"-like walk with hand-held camera around corridors at STScI:
BRIAN SCOTT walks the second floor balcony... looking at the HST model,
the Image processing computers, and poking head into several offices...
meeting some of the people students may have seen online sequence is designed
to echo the "Virtual Tour" and seed interest in the Journals
BRIAN:
script to come!
graphic of Web address
SASHA:
online address info for Web site, virtual tour, etc.
26. MARC's PLUTO RESULTS: LIVE/STScI (05:30)
stills playback, and pre-planned interaction STScI kids (1 or 2) stand
behind Marc on stage...
Marc, BG, Sasha, etc.
GUTSCH:
THANKS, BRIAN...
chapter graphic, with PLUTO highlighted
NOW ONTO THE FOURTH SEGMENT OF OUR PROGRAM... THE RESULTS FROM PLUTO.
MARC BUIE... PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO ONLINE AND READ A BLOW-BY-BLOW
OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN UP TO... WHAT HAVE YOU DISCOVERED?
MARC BUIE will report that the Pluto results still need further analysis.
At first look, he can see EXACTLY what he had hoped for -- a large brightening
of Pluto's surface. But he is worried that this may be an artifact of
the telescope (inherent in its resolution and NOT a fault) and these particular
observations, and so is working hard to make just what he wanted to see
go away! He will explain why this is what good science is all about: being
harder on your own data than anyone is likely to be, especially when you
get what you wanted from an observation. On the other hand, he is very
pleased to see great consistency in most places with the 1994 data that
was part of the press conference which received international attention
in early March. This means that the techniques he and his colleagues are
using are really seeing the surface of Pluto. He'll talk about repeatability
in science. And he will indicate that for all this self-scrutiny he thinks
that he can perhaps see a small brightening of one section of the image
which just might be the evidence of Pluto's atmosphere freezing out that
he was looking for.
AS WITH HEIDI, PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY AND ALL OF THIS CONTENT MAY BE MODIFIED
BY MARC BUIE DURING THE BROADCAST.
STUDENTS MAY WISH TO FOLLOW ALONG VIA THE LHST WEB SITE, WITH ITS POINTER
TO MARC'S LOWELL OBSERVATORY SITE, TO SEE HIS IMAGES DIRECTLY OVER THE
INTERNET AS HE IS DISCUSSING THEM.
27. PLUTO/MARC Q&A: LIVE/STScI& ALL SITES (05:00)
LA, PBG, JAPAN, BRAZIL (VIA VTR)
questions selected/planned to continue the focused attention to his results
BILL:
COME IN LOS ANGELES...
LA KID:
question...
MARC:
answers...
BILL:
COME IN PITTSBURGH...
PITTSBURGH KID:
question...
MARC:
answers...
graphic and question onVTR
SASHA:
THIS QUESTION WAS SENT IN ON TAPE FROM BRAZIL...
BRAZILIAN VTR:
question...
MARC:
answers...
BRIAN:
AND THIS IS FROM JAPAN, VIA CU-SEEME...
JAPANESE KID: video from monitor, audio from phone conference line
MARC:
answers...
BILL prompts STScI student question: MARC, JOHNNY (example name only)
HAD A QUESTION...
JOHNNY AT STScI:
question
MARC
answers
GUTSCH:
SO THAT'S THE VERY LATEST FROM PLUTO AND NEPTUNE... WHAT DOES OUR "VIRTUAL
STUDENT REVIEW PANEL" OUT THERE IN PITTSBURGH, LA AND JAPAN?
28. THIS SEQUENCE DROPPED
29. KIDS SUGGEST WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW NOW:
LIVE/STScI & ALL SITES (02:40)
LIVE LA, PBG, JAPAN, STScI, E-MAIL, FAX (Sasha and Brian read)
MARC, HEIDI RESPOND / INTERACT
echoes Great Planet Debate
BILL:
SASHA, WHAT HAVE WE HEARD VIA E-MAIL AND FAX?
SASHA reads question(s)
MARC or HEIDI responds:
BILL:
WHAT ABOUT LOS ANGELES?
CAMILLE gets LA student input:
MARC or HEIDI responds:
30. RESULTS OF LIVE FROM WEATHER MAPPING: LIVE/STScI + VTR / GRAPHICS
(01:00)
BG over animated results of online activity
GUTSCH:
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT PLANETARY WEATHER DATA COLLECTED BY THE HUBBLE,
BUT LAST WEEK EIGHTY SCHOOLS ACROSS AMERICA BECAME WEATHER WATCHERS, IN
ORDER TO SHOW US CLOUD MOVEMENTS AND TEMPERATURES HERE ON EARTH.
still frames from Web with dates appear one at a time, from still store:
THIS WAS MONDAY APRIL 15TH...
TUESDAY 16TH...
WEDNESDAY 17TH...
THURSDAY 18TH...
AND FRIDAY 19TH.
begin cycled motion: VTR
PUT THEM TOGETHER BY COMPUTER OR VIDEO EDITING AND YOU GET A TIMELAPSE
MOVIE OF WEATHER MOVING OVER ONE PORTION OF >THIS< PLANET.
cross fade from 4/17 map to Weather Channel still (all xferred from our
Web site to still store courtesy STScI)
YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU STUDENTS WERE RECORDING REAL DATA BY COMPARING THE
MAP OF WEDNESDAY 17TH WHICH YOU CREATED... WITH THAT BROADCAST BY THE
WEATHER
CHANNEL...
WELL DONE, WEATHER-WATCHERS!
APART FROM SHOWING THE POWER OF COLLAB-ORATION, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE
TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE SCALE OF STORMS ON EARTH AND NEPTUNE.
STScI STUDENT TBD, FROM MARYLAND SCHOOL THAT'S PART OF THE LIVE AUDIENCE
(NORTH HAGERSTOWN HIGH), YOU GUYS CONTRIBUTED SOME OF THAT DATA, WHAT
DO YOU THINK?
STScI STUDENT:
comments on size of clouds, compared to Neptune's white spots...
ALL OF THIS STUDENT-GENERATED DATA IS THERE ONLINE, AND WE HOPE MANY
OF YOU WILL GO ONLINE AND WORK WITH THE CLOUD AND TEMPERATURE DATA.
OUR THANKS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED -- WATCH YOUR NAMES
FLASH BY LATER IN THE PROGRAM!
Hubble Middle School video still BUT >ESPECIALLY< TO THOSE STUDENTS
AT HUBBLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN WHEATON, ILLINOIS.
Edwin Hubble photo
EDWIN HUBBLE ATTENDED THIS SCHOOL IN 1906... AND WE THINK HE'D BE PROUD
OF ALL YOUR EFFORTS... AND AMAZED AT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO
GATHER, MANIPULATE AND DISPLAY YOUR OBSERVATIONS SO QUICKLY.
GUTSCH on camera:
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RESULTS YOU GET FROM SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS DEPEND
ON THE TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS YOU USE TO TAKE DATA... AND THOSE ARE ALWAYS
CHANGING.
chapter graphic, WHAT'S NEXT highlighted EVEN THE HUBBLE, 300 MILES ABOVE
OUR HEAD, IS NOT GOING TO STAY THE SAME. HERE'S A LITTLE OF WHAT'S AHEAD
FOR THE HUBBLE... AND FOR SPACE SCIENCE.
31. WHAT'S NEXT FOR HST, ASTRONOMY, AND PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE? VTR (01:30)
Next Servicing Mission, Pluto Express, Mars Pathfinder
TO KEEP THE HUBBLE ON THE CUTTING-EDGE OF DISCOVERY, SOME OF THE MEN AND
WOMEN WE MET LAST TIME AT NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER ARE ALREADY
HARD AT WORK PLANNING NEW "SERVICING MISSIONS".
JUST AS IN 1993, ASTRONAUTS WILL TAKE OFF IN THE SHUTTLE TO GET THEIR
"HANDS ON THE HUBBLE". THE 1997 MISSION SHOULD BE LESS COMPLEX, BUT NASA
HOPES NO LESS SUCCESSFUL.
TRAINING HAS BEGUN: COMPUTER SIMULATIONS HELP PLAN THE TASKS. ASTRONAUTS
WILL TIRELESSLY REHEARSE IN UNDERWATER TANKS, SIMULATING LOW GRAVITY.
THEY'RE DUE TO INSTALL TWO NEW INSTRUMENTS TO IMPROVE HUBBLE'S EFFICIENCY,
AND ALLOW IT TO EXAMINE OBJECTS NOW OBSCURED BY INTERSTELLAR DUST.
ANOTHER SERVICING MISSION, SLATED FOR 1999, SHOULD BRING AN "ADVANCED
CAMERA", ADDING STILL MORE CAPABILITY.
WE'RE SURE HEIDI HAMMEL HOPES SOME TIME ON THE "NEW AND IMPROVED HUBBLE"
WILL BE ALLOCATED, ONCE MORE, TO NEPTUNE.
BUT MARC BUIE MAY SOON GET A STILL-CLOSER LOOK AT PLUTO. A SMALL PROBE
DUBBED "PLUTO EXPRESS" IS ON THE DRAWING BOARDS AT JPL....
FAR SMALLER THAN MOST EARLIER SPACECRAFT, YOU CAN JUDGE ITS ACTUAL SIZE
BY COMPARISON TO THESE YOUNG VISITORS. IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF NASA'S NEW "SMALLER,
CHEAPER, FASTER, BETTER" DESIGN PHILOSOPHY...
A WELL-INSTRUMENTED MISSION LIKE THIS MAY BE THE ONLY WAY TO ANSWER
LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT PLUTO'S STRANGE SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERE. EVEN
THE BEST HUBBLE IMAGES CAN'T TELL US WHAT A SPACECRAFT ENCOUNTER CAN.
AS FOR MARS, WHOSE WEATHER WE TALKED OF EARLIER, TWO NEW MISSIONS ARE
DUE TO LAUNCH IN LATE 1996. ONE OF THEM, MARS PATHFINDER, IS BOTH A LANDER
AND A ROVER. ARRIVING AT MARS JULY 4 1996, IT'LL USE A PARACHUTE TO SLOW
DOWN, THEN AIR BAGS TO CUSHION ITS FINAL DESCENT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A MINIATURIZED ROVING VEHICLE, NAMED "SOJOURNER"
IN A STUDENT CONTEST, WILL BEGIN TO EXPLORE MARS' MYSTERIOUS ROCKS AND
LONG-DRY SURFACE -- DEMONSTRATING TECHNOLOGIES WHICH MAY BE USED IN FOLLOW-ON
MISSIONS, DUE FOR LAUNCH EVERY TWO YEARS.
FOR THE LIFE OF THE SPACECRAFT, WE'LL HAVE WEATHER REPORTS FROM MARS,
AND LIVE VIDEO FROM ITS SURFACE!
32. WHAT'S NEXT FOR PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE?
LIVE/STScI (00:30)
BILL:
AND WHEN NASA GOES TO MARS, >YOU< CAN COME ALONG!
"PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE" IS PLANNING THE FIRST-EVER >INTERPLANETARY<
FIELD TRIP, WORKING WITH NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY ON "LIVE FROM
MARS."
YOU'LL DISCOVER WHY SCIENTISTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT LOOKING FOR FOSSIL
EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE PAST LIFE ON THE RED PLANET... AND ABOUT ONGOING
EXPLORATION THAT JUST MIGHT TAKE HUMANS TO MARS BY 2018!
majestic ice cliff, and penguins and seals still frames
ALSO NEXT YEAR -- "LIVE FROM ANTARCTICA 2", WITH A FOCUS ON MARINE BIOLOGY
AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE... AND A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT SEALS AND PENGUINS,
AND HOW EARTH'S MOST REMOTE CONTINENT MAY AFFECT US ALL.
GO ONLINE, AND YOU'LL FIND OUT ALL ABOUT "PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE" 'S
PLANNED OFFERINGS FOR THE 1996-1997 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND.
33. EVALUATION: CAMILLE: LIVE/LA W/ GRFX AND VTR INSERT (00:45)
reference to "Astronomy Village" CD-ROM incentive
CAMILLE:
BUT WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, ABOUT HOW >THIS<
FIELD TRIP WORKED. WE'RE LEARNING HERE, TOO, AT "PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE".
graphic of evaluation pages
COPIES OF EVALUATION FORMS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE IN THE PRINTED
GUIDE, AND ALSO ONLINE. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE FILL THEM IN AND SEND THEM
TO:
graphic of address
PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, P.O. BOX 1502, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, 07902-1502
Camille on camera AND FOR THE FIRST 500 OF YOU TO RESPOND, WE'VE GOT SOME
SPECIAL "THANK YOU" INCENTIVES.
Camille with prop CD:
EITHER A COPY OF NASA'S JUST RELEASED "ASTRONOMY VILLAGE" CD-ROM FOR MAC
USERS... OR THIS BRAND-NEW MARS CD-ROM, FROM THE CENTER FOR MARS EXPLORATION,
FOR EITHER MAC OR IBM MACHINES.
[MAY OMIT THESE DETAILS:
roll VTR of the CD being used
THERE'S GREAT INFORMATION IN IT... AND MATERIAL ON THE HUBBLE. THERE'S
A COPY OF THE NIH IMAGE SOFTWARE YOU SAW OUR STUDENTS USING HERE IN LOS
ANGELES... AND >MUCH< MORE.]
Camille on camera
SO PLEASE, LET'S HEAR FROM YOU: TALK BACK TO YOUR TV, AND MAKE OUR NEXT
PROJECT EVEN BETTER!
34. SEQUENCE DROPPED
35. SEQUENCE DROPPED
PLEASE NOTE, SEQUENCE 36 BECOMES A CONTINUATION OF SEQUENCE 33, WITH
CAMILLE IN LA
36. USE THE INTERNET TO KEEP EXPLORING: LIVE/LA (00:30)
CAMILLE:
THOUGH WE CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN STUDENTS WILL NEXT GET THEIR HANDS ON THE
HUBBLE, WE >CAN< TELL YOU THERE ARE MANY OTHER INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN
WHICH STUDENTS CAN WORK WITH RESEARCH TELESCOPES HERE ON EARTH TO STUDY
PLANETS, STARS AND GALAXIES...
HST Web Site address:
THERE ARE POINTERS TO SOME OF THEM ON OUR WEB SITE...
CAMILLE on camera: we see all the LA kids around her
SO, TILL NEXT TIME, FROM ALL OF US OUT HERE IN LA... STAY COOL AND CONNECTED!
37. FAREWELL FROM PITTSBURGH: PBG/LIVE (00:30)
MARTIN AND STUDENTS AD LIB FAREWELL
38. FAREWELL FROM STScI, AND JAPAN: STScI/LIVE (01:00)
BRIAN:
IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO OUR FRIENDS IN JAPAN...
"SAYONARA, KONICHI-WA" (or the appropriate Goodbye/good early morning
saluation, spoken by Brian and reciprocated from Japan) AND THANKS FOR
BEING WITH US!
JAPANESE STUDENTS
GOODBYE... AND WHAT ABOUT "LIVE FROM THE SUN"?
HEIDI:
KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS, STUDENTS. WE WANT TO SEE YOU ONLINE AND KNOCKING
ON THE DOORS OF OUR UNIVERSITIES IN THE YEARS AHEAD, DESPERATE TO STUDY
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM!
MARC:
AND I HOPE YOU'LL ALL JOIN WITH ME IN SAYING "ON TO PLUTO" TO MAKE SURE
THAT "PLUTO EXPRESS" MISSION WE SAW EARLIER GETS APPROVED AND LAUNCHED
REAL SOON! BYE NOW (jauntily puts Indiana Jones hat on!)
SASHA:
WE'VE HAD X HUNDRED MESSAGES DURING THIS PROGRAM, AND Y FAXES... WE KNEW
WE'D ONLY GET TO A FEW OF THEM, BUT >ALL< OF THEM WILL GET ANSWERS BACK.
address graphics
AND IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND FIND OUT WHAT'S STILL AHEAD FOR "LIVE
FROM THE HUBBLE", GO ONLINE, AND
SEND E-MAIL TO: LISTMANAGER@QUEST.ARC.NASA.GOV
(pronounced "listmanager at quest dot arc dot nasa dot gov")
AND IN THE MESSAGE BODY WRITE:
SUBSCRIBE UPDATES-HST
BILL:
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO ONLINE, AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HUBBLE, THE
SCIENCE IT SO SPECTACULARLY ACHIEVES, OR WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK HERE AT
STScI OR AT NASA GODDARD. TRY "RESEARCHER Q&A" -- WE THINK YOU'LL LIKE
IT!
SO, FROM ALL OF US HERE IN BALTIMORE, OR LINKED IN ACROSS AMERICA OR
AROUND THE WORLD... MANY THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING.
REMEMBER, THE POWERFUL COMBINATION OF TV AND COMPUTER AND AN INQUIRING
MIND ARE YOUR TRUE >PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE< AND THE UNIVERSE IS WAITING
FOR >YOU<.
STAY COOL AND CONNECTED... AND BYE FOR NOW.
39.___ CREDITS: VTR (01:15)
including Teacher's Guide information, 1-800 number, updates address,
Web address
40. UNDERWRITER ANNOUNCE (00:20)
student announcer
LIVE FROM THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION PBS
K-12 LEARNING SERVICES AND PUBLIC TELEVISION.
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TOTAL RUNNING TIME MUST BE 59:30, AND NO MORE!
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