Des savants, du public et des soucoupes volantes, par Pierre Lagrange (Le Monde diplomatique)

Pour ceux qui seront devant un écran vendredi vers 13h (et avec un peu de disponibilité et de la bande passante…)

à suivre sur le lien indiqué dans le billet ci-dessus, soit :
►https://new.livestream.com/ESA/rosettagrandfinale

Impact is expected to occur on 30 September at 10:40 UTC at the comet, with an estimated error of ± 20 minutes. As the signal travel time between Comet 67P/C-G and Earth on that day will be 40 minutes, confirmation of impact is expected at our mission control, ESOC, at 11:20 UTC / 13:20 CEST, again with an estimated error of ± 20 minutes. It is anticipated that this uncertainty will be reduced as the end of the mission approaches. All times are presently nominal and subject to final definition of the descent trajectory, as well as possible circumstances beyond our control.

Rosetta’s grand finale – frequently asked questions / Rosetta / Space Science / Our Activities / ESA
▻http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_s_grand_finale_frequently_asked_questions

il semble que l’ESA commence enfin à savoir parler au public
►http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/12/LAGRANGE/11736

http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/AstroWives.jpg

#espace #storytelling

Sur le sujet lire aussi ►http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/12/LAGRANGE/11736 #paywall @mdiplo

Communiqué de la NASA à Popular Science , le 30/01/2014 : « c’est un caillou et tout ce qu’on sait sur lui est public »
▻http://www.popsci.com/article/science/nasa-responds-martian-life-lawsuit-its-just-rock

This is an ongoing legal matter and we are limited in what we can discuss about the filing. However, NASA has been publicly sharing our ongoing research into the rock dubbed “Pinnacle Island" since we originally released the images from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity earlier this month. The rock, which NASA is studying to better understand its chemical composition, also was widely discussed during a Jan. 22 NASA Television news conference. As we do with all our scientific research missions, NASA will continue to discuss any new data regarding the rock and other images and information as new data becomes available.

La vidéo mentionnée ci-dessus, de la conférence de presse de la NASA le 22/01/2014. À 18:45, Steve Squyers, responsable du programme Rover expose les faits.
▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS919WF--8#t=1125

ça me fait penser à cet article qui détaillait les stratégies divergentes de la NASA et de l’ESA vis-à-vis du public amateur :
Des savants, du public et des soucoupes volantes, par Pierre Lagrange (Le Monde diplomatique)
►http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2004/12/LAGRANGE/11736

#paywall @mdiplo mais #chut

Des savants, du public, des soucoupes volantes
et du tribunal de grande instance …

#merci

Mystery of Mars ’doughnut’ rock solved
▻http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/02/17/3946109.htm

The explanation is somewhat prosaic: the four-centimetre wide, white-rimmed, red-centred rock, dubbed Pinnacle Island, is a piece of a larger rock that was broken and moved by Opportunity’s wheel in early January.

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201402/r1237893_16384247.jpg

“Once we moved Opportunity a short distance, after inspecting Pinnacle Island, we could see directly uphill an overturned rock that has the same unusual appearance,” says Opportunity Deputy Principal Investigator Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis.

“We drove over it. We can see the track. That’s where Pinnacle Island came from.”