Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23677; 15 Sep 97 0:28:29 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08561; 15 Sep 97 0:27 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08559; 15 Sep 97 0:26 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa29324; 15 Sep 97 0:26:45 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA12539; Mon, 15 Sep 97 00:26:42 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id AAA11115; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:26:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:26:41 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709150426.AAA11115@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #4 All: Please let me know if there are any major conflicts if we move Tuesday's meeting on Wednsesday for THIS week. Unless there are major objections, we will meet on: September 17/97 9-10:30 in Building E I will post the agenda tomorrow. Thanks, Dimi ps. Kim has consolidated the lri-general and lri-desert lists into the meteorite-list. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24981; 15 Sep 97 9:27:25 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09344; 15 Sep 97 9:26 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09342; 15 Sep 97 9:25 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa18104; 15 Sep 97 9:24:22 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA07611; Mon, 15 Sep 97 09:23:31 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA12135; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:23:32 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 09:23:32 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709151323.JAA12135@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, frc-people@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: NOMAD IS BACK HOME Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 65qH5RA9vtiYkZvjLasG+w== Folks: Nomad and all the crates are back in PRB. We have put the ops truck next to the ROTC trailer in the back of PRB and we are seeking parking permission to keep it there. Congratulations to all involved for a clean and well executed job! Dimi ps. Anne, please contact me to arrange a photo shoot with the team Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00880; 15 Sep 97 17:41:39 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10110; 15 Sep 97 17:40 EDT Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10108; 15 Sep 97 17:39 EDT Subject: Re: Antarctic meteorite search To: Kurt Schwehr Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:39:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew C. Deans" Cc: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <199709151819.LAA01975@hera.arc.nasa.gov> from "Kurt Schwehr" at Sep 15, 97 11:19:26 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 658 All, Kurt Schwehr was looking for minutes to the meetings he has missed, so I have taken the minutes which Mark M. and Ben have mailed to the group and put them into text files in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/meteorite/doc/meetings97Minutes-meeting-##.txt so that we have the agendas *and* minutes for all meetings on file. >Hi Matt, > > Do you have the URL to the notes from the meetings for the antarctic >meteorite search? > >Thanks, >Kurt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03851; 16 Sep 97 14:11:56 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11798; 16 Sep 97 14:10 EDT Received: from GS248.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11796; 16 Sep 97 14:10 EDT Received: from [127.0.0.1] by gs248.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23286; 16 Sep 97 14:09 EDT To: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Mailing list archive Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 14:09:25 -0400 Message-ID: <23284.874433365@gs248.sp.cs.cmu.edu> From: Kimberly Jo Shillcutt The meteorite-list is now being automatically archived. Eventually, I will try to put this archive on the Web, to make it accessible to everyone. Also, the alias lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu will also send mail to the meteorite mailing list now. For anyone on this list who doesn't wish to be, please send me email (kimberly@ri.cmu.edu) and I will remove you. If you know anyone who does want to be on the list and isn't, have them email me. Thanks, Kim Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04242; 16 Sep 97 15:56:40 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11921; 16 Sep 97 15:55 EDT Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11919; 16 Sep 97 15:55 EDT Subject: Re: Mailing list archive To: Kimberly Jo Shillcutt Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 15:54:46 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew C. Deans" Cc: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <23284.874433365@gs248.sp.cs.cmu.edu> from "Kimberly Jo Shillcutt" at Sep 16, 97 02:09:25 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 982 Kim, et. al.: Sorry to waste bandwidth on this issue, but as a matter of administrivia, it is always better to have people send mail to meteorite-list-request@cs than to send mail to kimberly@cs since the maintainer may change but the "-request" address will *always* point at the correct person. >The meteorite-list is now being automatically archived. Eventually, I will >try to put this archive on the Web, to make it accessible to everyone. >Also, the alias lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu will also send mail to the meteorite >mailing list now. > >For anyone on this list who doesn't wish to be, please send me email >(kimberly@ri.cmu.edu) and I will remove you. If you know anyone who does >want to be on the list and isn't, have them email me. > >Thanks, >Kim > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04726; 16 Sep 97 17:02:15 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12046; 16 Sep 97 17:01 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12044; 16 Sep 97 17:00 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa04018; 16 Sep 97 17:00:24 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA28166; Tue, 16 Sep 97 17:00:22 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id RAA15279; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 17:00:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 17:00:21 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709162100.RAA15279@beet> To: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #4 - SEPTEMBER 17/97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: Kp7KCrUJYh9VSUgNaiHfmw== Folks: Sorry for the delay in posting this. Our weekly meeting will be tomorrow: Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites Building E Wednesday, 09/17/97 from 9:00-10:30 Agenda: ------- - News and updates (all) - Progress with robotics experiments (technical leads) - Science esperiments; brief report from Liam - Expedition preparations (Dimi-Alex) - Safeguarding & Autonomy plans (MarkM) - Epcot event (Dimi, all) - Action technical/ Bldg-E cleanup/ logistics/ papers/ Nomad video/ computing environment Upcoming -------- - Beginning next week we will dedicate half of our meetings on covering specific technology areas; we will also invite experts from the CMU and the broader robotics community. - Program plans are due September 23/97. I will coordinate with Red. - Program proposals for FY98 are due October 1/97. I have created first drafts for each (demonstration and technology) and I will lead the effort from input from various people. Thank you. See you tomorrow, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10826; 17 Sep 97 10:43:22 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13619; 17 Sep 97 10:42 EDT Received: from GS164.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13617; 17 Sep 97 10:41 EDT Date: Wed, 17 Sep 97 10:41:30 EDT From: Deepak.Bapna@GS164.SP.cs.cmu.edu To: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu Subject: ICRA pointer ... http://www.laas.fr/icra-98/Call-for-Papers.html Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12464; 17 Sep 97 15:12:39 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13986; 17 Sep 97 15:12 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13984; 17 Sep 97 15:11 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa19549; 17 Sep 97 15:10:56 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA12671; Wed, 17 Sep 97 15:10:54 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA17379; Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:10:53 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 15:10:53 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709171910.PAA17379@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PURCHASES Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: YCC+8ebtResyqqI5e0s1Uw== Folks: Until we implement the web-based logging of our purchases I would like to ask everybody who uses a project credit card and mini-PO to inform me of all purchases. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18107; 18 Sep 97 14:15:41 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15785; 18 Sep 97 14:15 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15783; 18 Sep 97 14:14 EDT Received: from RELIANT.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa19211; 18 Sep 97 14:14:12 EDT Received: (from mparris@localhost) by reliant.frc.ri.cmu.edu (940816.SGI.8.6.9/8.6.11) id OAA05270 for meteorite-list@cs; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:14:10 -0400 From: Michael Parris Message-Id: <9709181414.ZM5268@reliant.frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:14:10 -0400 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 26oct94 MediaMail) To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: solar modules Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The solar modules for antarctica97 power experiment have arrived. They're in PRB mezz. m. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18461; 18 Sep 97 15:33:31 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15875; 18 Sep 97 15:33 EDT Received: from POSTBOX.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15873; 18 Sep 97 15:32 EDT Subject: Allegheny Observatory Open to the Public (fwd) To: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 15:32:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Teza Cc: James P Teza X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 623 All - Not that we have the time and, of course, it will be overcast: > For one night this year, all three of Allegheny Observatory's telescopes > will be in operation and open to the public. It's the annual observatory > open house to be held on Friday, Sept 19th, 7-10 pm. > Visitors will be able to gaze through the telescopes, including the > 30-inch Thaw Refractor, at a variety of objects in the night sky including > the moon, planets, and stars. > > Admission is free, but reservations are required. For tickets call > 321-2401. > > The observatory is located in Riverview Park at 159 Riverview Ave. > - jim Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18543; 18 Sep 97 15:51:28 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15912; 18 Sep 97 15:50 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15910; 18 Sep 97 15:50 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa15545; 18 Sep 97 15:49:30 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23203; Thu, 18 Sep 97 15:49:21 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA20020; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 15:49:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 15:49:20 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709181949.PAA20020@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: SEPTEMBER 19/97: MEETINGS, CLEAN-U Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 8motmHWzRF6k8cnKJSb2Wg== All: SUBGROUP MEETINGS - FRIDAY 09/19/97 ----------------------------------- 11:00-11:30 Safeguarding & Autonomy - MarkM, Reid, Stewart 11:30-12:00 Radar & GPS Experiments - Alex, Jim 12:00-12:30 Computing Environment - MarkS, MarkM, Jack 12:30-01:00 HW Design for Experiments - Eric, Ben, experiment leaders - 03:00-03:30 Epcot Event - MarkM, MarkS, Eric, Scott, Murph? As always, others with interest and input are welcome to attend. BUILDING-E CLEAN-UP ------------------- We spent a few hours this afternoon unloading the crates and cleaning up the space to host Nomad reworks and development of the robotic/scientific experiments. We will continue tomorrow from 1:00-3:00. Everybody is expected to contribute. People should move all personal gear out. EXPEDITION GEAR --------------- Also, I would like to ask that all expedition gear that was purchased with project money for the Atacama trial to be returned to Building-E by Wednesday 09/24/97. We will use whatever is appropriate for the Antarctic expedition. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18882; 18 Sep 97 16:59:38 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16013; 18 Sep 97 16:58 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16011; 18 Sep 97 16:57 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa03976; 18 Sep 97 16:57:06 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA24659; Thu, 18 Sep 97 16:57:00 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA20120; Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:56:58 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 16:56:58 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709182056.QAA20120@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: SEPTEMBER 19/97: MEETINGS, CLEAN-U Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: MwDDj27GYX7A9Hop3TuAJw== Folks: I forgot to say that all meetings tomorrow will be in Building E. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19966; 18 Sep 97 21:45:45 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16382; 18 Sep 97 21:45 EDT Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16380; 18 Sep 97 21:45 EDT Date: Thu, 18 Sep 97 21:44:17 EDT From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: 17 Sep meeting notes [sorry they're so late] 17 sep 97 meteorite meeting Red, Dimi, Scott, Mark Sib, Jack, Mark M., Deepak, Liam, Eric, Stewart, Matt, Mike Montemerlo, Bill, Jim, Ben, Mike Parris, Reid ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dimi introduced the meeting: met with Dave Lavery, we are on the same wavelength Dimi is talking with someone at the NSF to ensure we have sufficient environmental protections in Antarctica working on cleaning up budgets We want a draft of the paper and script for the video tape this week. There have been many requests for information (e.g. magazines), and we need to be better prepared to meet them. We are going to hire an undergrad to work for a week to create a web-based purchase order form. This will help us manage our internal (project) expenses. We were audited by CMU people, but it turned out that they just wanted to see that the funds issued in 1993 resulted in what was promised: i.e., Nomad. New directory: /afs/cs/project/lri/meteorite97/ for holding any new materials. Dimi, Bill, Scott will meet after this meeting to discuss equipment for the expedition Dimi will ask for aerial imagery There will be a photo shoot of Nomad (without people it seems) very soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Week in Review Red: Main objective for the week is a strategic document, due in 5 days, that calls for us to chart the schedule for the Moon and field demos for the next 5 years. This will compete against 4 other major plans (Mars, lower orbit work, space station, shuttle). It calls for a proposal-level effort, and the main objective is to get things in on time. Report to Intel is due back in two days. Also working on video. Ben: Working on cleanup and repairs to Nomad Jim: arranging repairs and maintenance of generators, looking at ground-penetrating radar (GPR) system; needs to be repaired or possibly replaced/leased with more current system. Michael P: getting equipment lists together for Antarctic trip Bill: Has collected recommendations on long-lead-time items, fixed quotations from exploration companies. E.g. if $3,300 is too much for a big tent we can go with smaller North Face tents. [Dimi: ANI has five snowmobiles in Patriot Hills, we'll find out more on 23 Sep; also heard from an army rep who might loan us snowmobiles] We need to be allowed to modify them; e.g. putting cleats on treads Mike M: working with Matt on two-axis inclinometer. Linear response from -20 to 20 degrees, manufactured by Lucas (in England). Matt: working with Mike. Want to put that inclinometer in the enclosure with the camera. DALSA already has the camera we need, need to get it from them, prepared panospheric experiment outline. Talked with Ben about preparing an enclosure for the panospheric experiment in Antarctica. Stewart: ordered solar panels, going to order more parts, prepared summary in the handout, going to spend next week selecting batteries to be used for experiment Eric: working on PRB refit, on general Nomad papers and locomotion info specifically. [Dimi: can use my thesis. Good place to submit is AIAA] Organizing a visit to the science center. Liam: presented work done at Ames this summer [see below] Deepak: Will be talking to David Newcomer of Trimble, will collect equipment from Science Center. Need to get Eric, Dimi, Deepak, Mark M working together on the paper (instead of everyone rewriting everything). ICRA deadline is 15 October. [Liam: session on meteorite searches will be at ICRA] Mark M: Working on creating video of some panospheric sequences, ordering two new 4gig drives, slides to Takeo, went to IROS. Alex: current radar plans are to see if we can repair our GPR unit. Need to study which frequencies are best. Getting info back from Ginger group; but they want $300k and 6months development. Red: ask Marswell, Hamill (Oak Ridge) about small hi-res cameras ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Liam summary of work at Ames http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen/research/spectroscopy/ worked on sensors for detecting and distinguishing meteorites difficult to use color alone to distinguish fusion crust v. lama bombs ran experiments over 1.2 - 2.1 micron band. Insufficient data to decide if the approach is reasonable. 350nm to 2.5 micron band is available on instrument we plan to take to Antarctica. Can't go higher than 2.5 micron because there is little solar illumination transmitted through the atmosphere Also tried experiment on two pieces of sandstone and one Chilean meteorite. Olivene is quite distinctive in the meteorite, if there is a visible face without fusion crust. Actual sensor will be delivered on or about 20 October. It would be commercially valued at about $70k. Handout: summary of science-based experiments. Main objective to acquire visual and spectral data, and associate them with GPS data and human inspection results, and the bring back small samples that will be sent to Ames. Data is needed to enable the building of classifiers that will distinguish meteorites. Bringing Ames IMG Kodak digital camera, and regular photographic camera. [Red: will ask Kodak to donate a few]. Would be helpful to get additional lenses, but probably not filters. Final camera to look at is the same as used in Nomad's pan/tilt science cameras. [Matt and Liam both have input/concerns about the cameras being used on the trip] Will need to get 10m resolution, so plain GPS might work but since we'll have differential anyway we'll use that. Tasks: [see handout] - integrate Ames camera with framegrabber. Hans will provide a rugged processor (between laptop and desktop), plan to have a turnkey system ready for field tests. - Alex and Dimi will acquire GPS receiver, talking now with Trimble and Ashtex. [Red: working with Allison in the development office] - Working with Ben to mount optical sensor on a tripod; this sensor is alleged to have the same field of view as the spectroscopic sensor. Reid: really should be able to correlate any photographic slides with sensor readings. E.g., add timestamps to all sensor/camera readings. Don't just rely on the dial-a-number. - need shock mounting for field computer, also heating (electric fan, electric heating) [Red: stock up on chemical hand warmers] [Bill: a transparent box in the Sun will collect its own heat] - must run power supply continually during data collection. will need generator either for direct power, or to recharge batteries that are dragged around on a sled. Might be able to use snowmobiles as backup supply [Red: make sure that provides enough power] For heating, might use self-regulating heat tape. Bill: Re: concerns about contamination via gas generators; we're no worse than the human collection teams. Red: new experiments in narrow-band solar get 40% efficiency(!!!) Getting Jaz drives (1gig) for field data storage Scott: need to get teflon or other non-plastic cabling for cold. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark M: Safeguarding and Autonomy Plans [postponed till Friday meeting] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plans next week will have a panospheric technology meeting, possibly with a representative from DRES. meeting on Friday to discuss safeguarding/autonomy agenda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disney do we send Nomad down for 3-7 October? YES Options - just kiosks, no Nomad - Nomad just sitting there static - minimum rework done, run by cable contact Geb to make sure we can let the public control the imagery maybe SGI crystaleyes for public viewing stereo Nomad can power up off wall power (given isolation transformer) Can be steered Can have images viewed, maybe zoomed Red: Dimi, Sib, Mark M, Scott need to meet asap and call Geb. Eric: will get more copies of Tshirts, tapes, things to sell Meet 1pm today here. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23608; 19 Sep 97 13:44:48 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17880; 19 Sep 97 13:43 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17876; 19 Sep 97 13:43 EDT Received: from RELIANT.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa26693; 19 Sep 97 13:42:52 EDT Received: (from da1v@localhost) by reliant.frc.ri.cmu.edu (940816.SGI.8.6.9/8.6.11) id NAA07665 for meteorite-list@cs; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:42:49 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <9709191342.ZM7663@reliant.frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:42:48 -0400 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 26oct94 MediaMail) To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: BUILDING-E CLEAN-UP NOW!!! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii All: Come up to Building E right now to help clean-up and set-up the space to support the experimantal set-up. Everybody should contribute!!! Dimi -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dimitrios (D.A.) Apostol.opoulos Ph.D. Student in Robotics tel: 412 268-7224 address: Carnegie Mellon University fax: 412 268-5895 The Robotics Institute Field Robotics Center Bldg D-308 5000 Forbes Avenue net: da1v@frc.ri.cmu.edu Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23764; 19 Sep 97 14:13:36 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17931; 19 Sep 97 14:12 EDT Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17929; 19 Sep 97 14:11 EDT Received: from PUCK.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25931; 19 Sep 97 14:11 EDT Message-ID: <3422BFF6.3229@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:09:58 -0400 From: Liam Pedersen Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: pictures Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, does anyone have any pictures (digital or slide) or Nomad operating with the magnetometer sensor sled attached? I need this ASAP if someone could oblige. regardsm, Liam -- *************************************************************** Liam Pedersen Tel: (412) 268 2909 Robotics Institute Fax: (412) 268 5571 Carnegie Mellon University email: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Pittsburgh PA 15213 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen USA Office: BoM-D 306 Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24409; 19 Sep 97 16:48:03 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18132; 19 Sep 97 16:47 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18130; 19 Sep 97 16:47 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa16095; 19 Sep 97 16:45:23 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23147; Fri, 19 Sep 97 16:45:13 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA22416; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:45:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:45:12 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709192045.QAA22416@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: CREDIT CARDS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: VcOBUVPsg/McHxegPeMDYg== Whoever (from the Atacama project) carries a CMU credit card should give me their charge number and expiration. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24878; 19 Sep 97 18:59:04 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18302; 19 Sep 97 18:58 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18300; 19 Sep 97 18:58 EDT Received: from GS217.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa10181; 19 Sep 97 18:57:58 EDT Received: by gs217.sp.cs.cmu.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA08665; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:57:55 -0400 To: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Cc: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu From: John Murphy Subject: Re: CREDIT CARDS In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:45:12 EDT." <199709192045.QAA22416@beet> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:57:54 -0400 Message-Id: <8920.874709874@gs217.sp.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: murph@gs217.sp.cs.cmu.edu > Whoever (from the Atacama project) carries a > CMU credit card should give me their charge > number and expiration. This sounds suspiciously like one of those over-the-web scams I've read all about.. Next thing you know he'll be asking us all for our social security numbers and mother's maiden name... -j -------------------------------------------------------------------------- murph@cmu.edu c:(412)818-2714 The Robotics Institute Bld C, Rm 217 w:(412)268-7414 Carnegie Mellon University Field Robotics Center f:(412)268-5895 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa29002; 20 Sep 97 14:46:42 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19765; 20 Sep 97 14:46 EDT Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19763; 20 Sep 97 14:45 EDT Received: from PUCK.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05491; 20 Sep 97 14:44 EDT Message-ID: <3424194F.3953@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 14:43:27 -0400 From: Liam Pedersen Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lri-meteorite@ri.cmu.edu Subject: spectroscopy stuff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, links to files describing spectroscopy results and the spectrometer we will be taking to Antarctica can now be found in: www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen/research/ Liam Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa29091; 20 Sep 97 15:09:24 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19792; 20 Sep 97 15:08 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19790; 20 Sep 97 15:07 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa25082; 20 Sep 97 15:06:58 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA21669; Sat, 20 Sep 97 15:06:57 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA24939; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:06:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:06:55 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709201906.PAA24939@beet> To: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu, murph@ri.cmu.edu Subject: Re: CREDIT CARDS Cc: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: PxpXNhfExtKLDQQ72YA5Pw== Folks: A couple clarifications: The plan to automate the recording and classification of our purchases on the web is for purpose of being able to track our project's finances effectively and for everybody in the team to retrieve the record of a purchase order. It is our idea and initiative to do it in order to limit delays and problems with misplaceed orders. No credit card number or personal information will be listed on the web. Additionally, the site will be accessible only by password. When I asked for a "CMU Credit Card" I referred to the Tartan card that CMU/RI issues for project purchases. I have requested that new cards to be issued for the meteorite program. The new cards will be carried by people other than those issued cards for the Atacama project. Dimi > > > > Whoever (from the Atacama project) carries a > > CMU credit card should give me their charge > > number and expiration. > > This sounds suspiciously like one of those > over-the-web scams I've read all about.. > Next thing you know he'll be asking us all > for our social security numbers and mother's > maiden name... > > -j > Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa29173; 20 Sep 97 15:29:44 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19811; 20 Sep 97 15:28 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19809; 20 Sep 97 15:27 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa19667; 20 Sep 97 15:25:58 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22110; Sat, 20 Sep 97 15:25:56 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA25015; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:25:55 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:25:55 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709201925.PAA25015@beet> To: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #5 - SEPTEMBER 23/97 Cc: ssingh@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: H9oJ+7a/BR9GHvBl2QiZbQ== Folks: Our next meeting will be: Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites FRC 100 Wednesday, 09/23/97 from 9:00-10:30 * please note that we return to FRC100 AGENDA: ------- * News and progress with the design and development of the robotic/scientific experiments and logistics (all, about 20 min) * Presentation and panoramic sensor demonstration by Steve Bogner from the Defense Research Establishment in Canada Steve is the program manager of the TUGV program at DRES. His group is working on doing cross country navigation using a panoramic camera. They have developed a panoramic camera and processing engine system which is something like a stereo machine in that it does many operations in hardware. (45 min) * CMU's panospheric experiment for Antarctica97 Quick presentation from Matt and conversation on technical issues. (25-30min) UPCOMING: --------- * CMU Program Plans to TRIWG due 09-23-97 * CMU Proposals to TRIWG for FY98 due 10-01-97 * Meeting #6 / September 30/97 Technical presentation and discussion on the utilization of radar as a navigation, safeguarding, and meteorite detection sensor. We will seek participation of CMU radar-experts for that meeting. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa29194; 20 Sep 97 15:33:12 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19820; 20 Sep 97 15:32 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19818; 20 Sep 97 15:32 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa07782; 20 Sep 97 15:31:34 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22277; Sat, 20 Sep 97 15:31:32 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA25041; Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:31:31 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:31:31 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709201931.PAA25041@beet> To: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu, da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: Re: TEAM MEETING #5 - SEPTEMBER 23/97 Cc: ssingh@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: SrWJBkIt8ur1IrOHf9qsdA== Okey, let me try again to see if I can get the day right this time: Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites FRC 100 TUESDAY, 09/23/97 from 9:00-10:30 Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03384; 21 Sep 97 20:12:22 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01306; 21 Sep 97 20:10 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01304; 21 Sep 97 20:10 EDT Received: from myriad.cis.pitt.edu by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa05545; 21 Sep 97 20:10:01 EDT Received: from vms.cis.pitt.edu by vms.cis.pitt.edu (PMDF V4.3-10 #16365) id <01INX0M3Y88G96YRLA@vms.cis.pitt.edu>; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 20:09:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 20:09:57 -0500 (EST) From: WILLIAM CASSIDY Subject: field equipment To: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu Message-id: <01INX0M3ZAUQ96YRLA@vms.cis.pitt.edu> X-Envelope-to: lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu X-VMS-To: IN%"lri-meteorite@cs.cmu.edu" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I would like to meet if possible with Dimi, Mike Parris and Alex Foessel, plus any other interested members of the group to get started on purchases. Could we meet directly after the Tuesday general meeting? Bill Cassidy Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08500; 22 Sep 97 15:50:00 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02583; 22 Sep 97 15:47 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02581; 22 Sep 97 15:46 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa15047; 22 Sep 97 15:46:28 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA10306; Mon, 22 Sep 97 15:46:22 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA00928; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:46:22 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:46:22 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709221946.PAA00928@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: MEETING ANFD BLDG-E CLEANUP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: x2VSaFC2YVEVBaRUfVFOQw== All: Just a reminder that tomorrow's meeting will be in FRC100 and that Steve Bogner from DRES will present work on and demo a panoramic sensor. Dimi ps. Also I need the support of all people for 1.5-2 hours to continue the clean-up of Building E, today from 4:30-6. Thanks. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14919; 23 Sep 97 14:20:27 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04047; 23 Sep 97 14:18 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04045; 23 Sep 97 14:18 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa04656; 23 Sep 97 14:17:35 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA20253; Tue, 23 Sep 97 14:17:31 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA03212; Tue, 23 Sep 1997 14:17:28 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 14:17:28 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709231817.OAA03212@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: MEETING TO DISCUSS NOMAD PAPERS - SEP 25/97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: bMZDDOTkQ7//7yJkvJMPKg== Folks: We will meet again on Thursday, September 25/97 from 9:00-10:00 in FRC100 to go over what we have already prepared for the Nomad publications and setup action with regard to ICRA and other paper submissions. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04592; 26 Sep 97 12:27:51 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08602; 26 Sep 97 12:24 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08600; 26 Sep 97 12:24 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa05409; 26 Sep 97 12:22:51 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA26170; Fri, 26 Sep 97 12:22:49 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA18360; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 12:22:48 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 12:22:48 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709261622.MAA18360@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: COPIES OF NOMAD TAPES Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: bSkQnpguuN4SsXKCCt8WNQ== Folks: Jim has made single copies of the original tapes you took to him throughout the year. All tapes contain raw, unedited footage and are in my office: 1. Atacama preliminary Expedition #1 Sep.96 (1 hr 45 min) 2. Atacama Preliminary Expedition #2 Sep.96 (1 hr 45 min) 3. Nomad June 29/97 "Roll" (2 hrs) 4. Nomad June 29/97 "ROLL II" (2 hrs) 5. Locomotion & Pointing Tests 07/28/97 (2 hrs) 6. Locomotion & Pointing Tests #2 07/28/97 (2 hrs) 7. Pointing & Locomotion Tests 07/29/97 (1 hr 23 min) 8. Pointing & Locomotion Tests #2 07/29/97 (26.5 min) 9. Footage from prior to July 27/97 (?) 10. Virtual Dashboard - May 13/97 (7 min) 11. Nomad up to July 23/97 Autonomy & Misc Drive(2 hrs) 12. Nomad Bearing Repair July 16/97 (1 hr) 13. Carlos's work July 14-16/97 (1 hr 40 min) 14. Meteorite Search tests & Imilac 07/03-06/97 (1 hr 40 min) 15. Meteorite Search II experimental runs (21 min) 16. 200 km mark celebration July 25/97 (1 hr 40 min) If you need any one of these for presentation purposes, please let me know. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa07997; 28 Sep 97 23:35:00 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11818; 28 Sep 97 23:33 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11816; 28 Sep 97 23:33 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id ab09519; 28 Sep 97 23:33:03 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA14039; Sun, 28 Sep 97 23:33:00 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id XAA09839; Sun, 28 Sep 1997 23:33:00 -0400 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 23:33:00 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709290333.XAA09839@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #6 / SEPTEMBER 30/97 Our next meeting will be on: September 30/97 FRC100 09:00-10:30 Meeting Agenda: 1/ Progress and News: technical, programmatic, expedition, events 2/ Technical discussion on the utilization of radar for navigation, safegurading, and meteorite detection purposes. Alex will give a brief description of the experiment we are planning for Anatrctica97. We have invited RI experts on radar technology to provide input. 3/ Introduction of Pascal Lee, science member of our expedition from NASA Ames. Pascal will report the highlights of his participation in the NSF teams (ANSMET) for search of meteorites in Antarctica. Pascal will be with us hrough 10/02 and I am planning a half-day working meeting on Wednesday 10/01 to detail the 30-day schedule of our expedition. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa20476; 29 Sep 97 11:15:00 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12604; 29 Sep 97 11:11 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12602; 29 Sep 97 11:10 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa25560; 29 Sep 97 11:09:56 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA05591; Mon, 29 Sep 97 11:09:54 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA14210; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:09:53 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:09:53 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709291509.LAA14210@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: EPCOT EVENT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 1+dXsb8aSv/MviG0Bhux4w== Folks: Mark Sibenac and Mike Parris will be driving Nomad to EPCOT tomorrow. I will be working together with Mike today to finalize the trip details. If you have any presentation materials that you would like our guys to take with them, please bring it to Building E. Mark and Mike will be the CMU reps at the event. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05378; 30 Sep 97 11:22:19 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa14294; 30 Sep 97 11:19 EDT Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa14292; 30 Sep 97 11:19 EDT Subject: Meeting #6 Notes To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 11:18:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Stewart John Moorehead X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 5410 Notes for Meeting #6, September 30, 1997 Attendence : Dimi, Pascal Lee from Ames, Liam, Kim, Bill Cassidy, Jim, Scott Eric, Mike Montemerlo, Ben, Alex, Matt and Stewart -introduced Pascal Lee to the group Dimi - Mark Maimone and he worked on proposals, submitted them last week - proposals included in the handout - experiments need to provide a short paragraph with technical content and vision of where going. Due end of the week. - major expedition items ordered - new center # requested for the program - Mark S. and Mike P. heading to Epcot today - drafted requests for permits to Antarctica - meeting will be held next week for paper progress - demonstrate technologies between Oct. 15-20 which are going to Ant. Matt - PO sent out to Dalsa - sent camera to Epcot Alex - Antarctic Chilean Inst. confirmed to send 5 of our people through them - trying to get the number of people and freight increased - backup plan to send additional people through ANI if ACI won't add people - Chilean's interested in radar work - can rent snowmobiles in Punta Arenas - scehduled for 1 month but worst case could shorten this to 3weeks Ben - Nomad back together for Epcot Mike - inclinometer interface working - needs to order cables and do calibration Eric - working on papers - next generation of panoshperic & pointing - working with Deepak on Ben Franklin proposal for direct to satellite pointing. Also writing to Army Scott - has medical forms for those going to Ant. Deepak - Nomad paper - thesis - proposals with Eric Jim - radar unit back from repair - initial tests show gets noisy after long periods of time. May be something else wrong - got generators back. Technician worked on Nomad's internal generator Bill - field equip list in good shape - long lead time items ordered - still open to equipment changes - will freeze list soon - somebody should be thinking of wiring maintenance shelter Liam - has a handout for spectroscopy and imaging experiments - imaging exp. done at camp not in field. Take pictures of calibrated targets. On a tripod with long co-ax going to hut - power is the big issue with experiments 730 Whrs/day @ 12V and 120 Whrs/day @ 120V Presentation on Radar from Alex (slides in a handout) ----------------------------------------------------- Herman -> ground penetrating radar (GPR) Dirk -> millimeter wave radar (MMW) - detect rocks on and under surface - also for navigation, crevasse detection - radar -> active sensor, independent of light -> penetrate ice & snow -> detect buried objects - GPR < 1GHz, MMW > 40GHz - lower freq. more penetration - GPR has low resolution due to larger wavelength (approx. 30cm) - can get sub-wavelength resolution though using multiple measurments - MMW has finer resolution, poor penetration, affected by weather - practical to detect up to a depth of 1ft of snow - also talk of adding measurment of ice thickness to goals of program - radar signal return amplitude not very reliable in classifying objects since also depends on opject shape as well as material - Bill says very rare for meteorites to be deep in ice - may be covered in snow - rocks melt down to 1 foot into ice - MMW radar - Dirks unit uses 96W to get 30mW output. Could be optimized - Dirk used MMW for obstacle detection & navigation using corner reflectors Exp. Plans ---------- -bring GPR to Antarctica. Would also love to bring a MMW unit for comparison -bury objects in snow and or ice at know locations and try to detect with radar -> might be a problem since burial will change characteristics of ice/snow. Also difficult to poor water into an ice hole as it dissappears Deliverables ------------ - radar data, grounf truth data, Ant. radar experience Comments on Presentation ------------------------ Pascal : GPR very good idea. IMportant for meteorite search as well as Mars to look for ground ice. - not realistic to look at deep depths - ice penetration could be on order of 10 wavelengths - interfaces inside ice as well -> reflection might be a problem with high freqs. - Steve Arconi at Cold Regions lab in New Hampshire has been using GPR in Antarctica for years - low freq. will map deeper levels than we need Dirk - very difficult to find deeply buried object - windows and walls in freq. spectrum for different mediums. Different materials absorb or transmit different freqs. - look at absorption & transmission bands for ice & snow - GPR probably hopless for small objects we are looking for - MMW behaves much like ultrasound. Need a perpendicular surface to the beam for reflection - freq. modulated continuous beam more sensitive than pulse systems - look at wavelength usage - under 36 GHz highly regulated by FCC To Do ----- Dimi - 45 day detailed plan - expedition purchases Liam - talk with Pascal on where to search Jim - work on what we need for radar exp. Eric - panospheric , papers Mike - inclinometer, calibration Ben - part count on stuff needs to be made - schedule Alex - radar and snowmobiles Matt - find missing camera, specs to Eric, doctor's appointment Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa07036; 30 Sep 97 16:02:37 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa14598; 30 Sep 97 16:01 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa14596; 30 Sep 97 16:01 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa26516; 30 Sep 97 16:00:32 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA18206; Tue, 30 Sep 97 16:00:30 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA08471; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 16:00:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 16:00:27 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199709302000.QAA08471@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: WORKING MEETING TOMORROW Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: YeSLC+u6PLKn/GGZKRztWQ== Folks: There will be a working meeting tomorrow from 9:30-12:00 in FRC100 to review the preparations for Antarctica97 and detail the expedition schedule. Pascal will give an informal talk and slide show about his ANSMET experience at the beginning of the meeting. People involved with the logistics of the expedition are expected to attend, others are welcome. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02778; 4 Oct 97 14:30:33 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20538; 4 Oct 97 14:30 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20533; 4 Oct 97 14:29 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa25465; 4 Oct 97 14:29:40 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00869; Sat, 4 Oct 97 14:29:39 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA10668; Sat, 4 Oct 1997 14:29:37 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 Oct 1997 14:29:37 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710041829.OAA10668@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #7 / OCTOBER 7/97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: gPG1xqFs/FB4J12Sxw7haA== Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites Meeting #7 October 7/97 FRC 100 09:10-10:30 Meeting Agenda: 1/ Progress and News: technical, programmatic, procurements, events (20 min) 2/ Detailed plan for Antarctica97: experiments, schedule, progress (Dimi) (30 min) 3/ Technical presentation and discussion on the utilization of solar power to propel the next generation Nomad (Stewart) (30 min) See you on Tuesday. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00132; 8 Oct 97 21:38:02 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26396; 8 Oct 97 21:37 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26394; 8 Oct 97 21:36 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa14470; 8 Oct 97 21:36:24 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22973; Wed, 8 Oct 97 21:36:19 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA28959; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 21:36:18 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 21:36:18 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710090136.VAA28959@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: METEORITE ACCOUNTS, COPIER & FAX ACCOUNTS Cc: jclark@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 060QO05xhlW2OizKTi0UJw== Folks: A. The account (center) numbers for the Meteorite Program for FY98 (October 1/97-September 30/98), are: 1-57244 Meteorite Demonstration/Technology (this is the main account to use throughout the year; I expect that very soon we will have a specific account for Technology) 1-57243 Meteorite Expedition97 (this is the account to use for purchases and services associated ONLY with the upcoming expedition to Antarctica97) * You can get MINI Purchase Orders (PO) from me; these are for purchases of less than $750. Do not ask Dot anymore. * For purchases over $750 see me. If you know how to fill out a regular purchase order I have placed a soft copy of the main form in: /afs/cs/project/lri/Meteorite97/doc/RAMS-MAIN-PO.doc * We do not have a trust (credit) card yet. I will let you know as soon as we are set for this. For all purchases do not forget to use the expense codes (4 digit numbers that go along with the project account and specify the expense; for example the account for repairing a sensor would be: 1-57244-8274) Here are some important ones: - consulting 8340 - copying 8211 - equipment repair 8274 - office supplies 8210 - printing & publish 8221 - rentals and leases 8252 - software 8208 - tech supplies/lab 8215 - travel 8230 (I have the complete list for those interested) Please, do not use any one of the Atacama accounts anymore!!! B. The new code for the copier is: 5724 C. The new code for the fax machine is: 5724 Cheers, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00202; 8 Oct 97 21:59:36 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26429; 8 Oct 97 21:57 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26425; 8 Oct 97 21:57 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa26103; 8 Oct 97 21:56:43 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23157; Wed, 8 Oct 97 21:56:34 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA29496; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 21:56:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 21:56:34 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710090156.VAA29496@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: T0c/im/fHFY1uGYR06bfVw== All: Make note of the following meetings: * NOMAD PAPER REVIEW Monday 10/13/97 11:00-12:00 FRC100 -------------------------------------------------------------------- We will review the papers we intend to submit to ICRA (deadline 10-15-97); We will submit three papers: Nomad overview, Nomad communication, and Nomad locomotion/control - Metahuman guys: could you bring in the latest version of your Nomad TV paper? * TEAM MEETING #8 Tuesday 10/14/97 09:00-10:30 FRC100 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agenda: * Mass, volume, power requirements, and equipment needs for Antarctica97 (Dimi) * Star-based navigation (Mike) * Plan for the 1st Technology Review (all) * 1st TECHNOLOGY REVIEW Thursday 10/16/97 10:00-1:00 BLDG-E Friday 10/17/97 10:00-1:00 BLDG-E 30 DAYS LEFT TO DEPARTURE! -------------------------------------------------------------------- We will hold internal (unofficial) reviews of all the technologies and experiments we plan for Antarctica97. The purpose is to show what we already have in house, demonstrate the technology, and identify the immediate needs. We will set the agenda during our team meeting on Tuesday. NOTES: * Nomad and its guardians Mark and Mike will be back from EPCOT on Friday, 10-10-97. * Red, Reid?, MarkM, and myself will be at NASA Ames for most of the third week of October. The end-of-FY97 meeting will be held there from October 21-23. * Liam will travel to NASA Ames October 24-29 to acquire and test the spectrometer. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00258; 8 Oct 97 22:09:43 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26443; 8 Oct 97 22:09 EDT Received: from UX5.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26440; 8 Oct 97 22:09 EDT Received: from GS114.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09297; 8 Oct 97 22:08 EDT Sender: mmde@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <343C3CB0.9746FA09@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 22:08:48 -0400 From: Mike Montemerlo Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Meeting #7 Notes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Meteorite Meeting #7, Tuesday October 8, 1997 Dimi - two new center numbers 1-57244 demonstration 1-57243 expedition - don't use old credit cards anymore - has mini POs, will be getting new credit cards soon - described the model for online purchasing database (had a sample screenshot) - ordered a number of aerial maps of Patriot Hills... they will arrive in 3 weeks. vertical and oblique photos - showed a book on Antarctica. It had several pictures of the Patriot Hills area and some ANI people. - considering ATVs for transportation around the camp - don't forget the medical evaluations - we have 4 new octanes - want to do a field test soon Ben - working on solar experiment Alex - hunting for snowmobiles. - trying to figure out how to get everyone to Antarctica, ANI is not so keen about only taking part of the group Stewart - received all parts, planning how the experiment will be run Mark M. - working on autonomy and stereo - working with an undergraduate to get RedHat installed and the Matrox Meteor driver working Scott - logistics, tickets Liam - "massaging" the spectrometer - raised some questions about access to the meteorites after the expedition Bill - explained how the curation process works, and how the working group gives access to new meteorites Matt - the modified camera will be back on Monday - he has been looking into getting bicycles modified for Antarctic conditions. It could be a very inexpensive way to move around the camp. All of the liquid lubricant is replaced, and tires with metal studs are attached. Scott says that there is a precedent for bicycles in Antarctica. Dimi - wants Sib to figure out networking and data storage for the base camp. Stewart gives a presentation on solar power. Slides are available as a handout. - described the different types of solar cells, including the type that will be used in the Solar Experiment - showed the plan for the solar experiment, as well as the design of the experimental apparatus - very little work has been done with solar powered rovers - most previous solar robots are all toys - Sojourner is the most sophisticated solar robot - Sunraycer cars may be a good example to learn from - figured out how many panels we would need to power the current Nomad vehicle (a lot) - described the design issues that will need to be dealt with in order to realize a solar powered rover Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00318; 8 Oct 97 22:32:21 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26471; 8 Oct 97 22:32 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26469; 8 Oct 97 22:31 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa14856; 8 Oct 97 22:31:24 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23589; Wed, 8 Oct 97 22:31:21 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA00465; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:31:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:31:21 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710090231.WAA00465@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PATRIOT HILLS SITE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: SNN7hiJIFAQ4TCmY7UZCDg== Folks: Check out the following urls: 1. www.cwru.edu/artsci/geol/ANSMET/PatriotHills/ph.html Ralph Harvey of Case Western and head of the ANSMET program created the site a couple of days ago. It contains pointers to two jpegs; the first is an oblique aerial view of the Patriot Hills region and the second a ground view of the blue ice field in the area. (The oblique view is one of the 46 photos I have ordered from USGS. It was taken 25,000 ft off sea level on 11-21-61). 2. travel.epicurious.com/travel/g_cnt/06_gallery/antarctica/photo1.html Nice panoramic view of two camps (probably ANI and FACH/INACH?) with the Patriot Hills in the background. * By the way, we have just received a detailed map of the camp and air-strip positions around the Patriot Hills area; I will have a picture online sometime tomorrow. 3. www.bcl.net/~dbartley/Vinson.htm On-line diary of two Antarctic expeditioners. The story contains text and photos from all the places our team will stop at on their way to the continent: Santiago, Punta Arenas, and Patriot Hills. Enjoy, Dimi ps. If you find more interesting site, let the whole group know. Thanks. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00402; 8 Oct 97 22:56:23 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26514; 8 Oct 97 22:54 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26512; 8 Oct 97 22:54 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa03437; 8 Oct 97 22:54:27 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23814; Wed, 8 Oct 97 22:54:24 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA00987; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:54:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:54:24 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710090254.WAA00987@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Meeting #7 Notes Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: moZSp3cEOWqMA8JTI254Lw== All: Just a reminder that softcopies of meeting minutes and my handouts can be found in: /afs/cs/project/lri/Meteorite97/doc/meetings97 Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00422; 8 Oct 97 23:00:31 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26523; 8 Oct 97 23:00 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26518; 8 Oct 97 22:59 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa15054; 8 Oct 97 22:59:25 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23864; Wed, 8 Oct 97 22:59:21 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA01117; Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:59:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:59:21 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710090259.WAA01117@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Liam's paper Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: Ece+hsfoVgBLOpo3nmecCA== OK, final message for tonight. I forgot to mention that Liam is preparing a paper on the "robotic classifiers for meteorites." He is also targeting ICRA97. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00517; 8 Oct 97 23:36:56 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26535; 8 Oct 97 23:35 EDT Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26533; 8 Oct 97 23:35 EDT Date: Wed, 8 Oct 97 23:31:45 EDT From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Robotic Search for Amarilloian Meteorites? A nice source of fresh meteorites "close" to home.... if only Nomad could climb stock tanks... From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) Newsgroups: sci.space.news Subject: Meteorite Falls From Oct 1996 Date: 8 Oct 1997 14:15 UT Message-ID: <8OCT199714150746@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> NEWS RELEASE OCT. 1, 1997 Albuquerque, N.M. After a year of detective work involving scores of eyewitness reports from across New Mexico and Texas, a group of scientists has concluded that the Earth collided with a swarm of cosmic debris on the night of Oct. 3-4, 1996. The most widely-reported fireballs were ones over eastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle, and another near Bakersfield, California, exactly 104 minutes later. The relationship among the times, locations, and trajectories of the meteors seemed too unlikely to be mere coincidence, and had initially led some scientists to believe that a single object skimmed through the atmosphere and re-entered after a single orbit. After careful analysis of a videotape taken from El Paso, Texas, together with eyewitness reports, Mark Boslough of Sandia National Laboratories and Peter Brown of the University of Western Ontario found that the first meteor entered at too steep of an angle to skip off the atmosphere. They are now convinced that the two fireballs observed over New Mexico/Texas and over California were two different objects. They also determined the most likely location in the Texas panhandle where meteorites might have fallen, and John Wasson (UCLA) has re-issued a reward for a sample. Brown and Boslough believe that any meteorites reaching the ground in the Southwest would most likely be found south of Amarillo, near the towns of Hereford and Canyon, where they were carried by winds to the east of the visible trajectory. The most likely place for small meteorites to have landed would be in an oblong area about 10 miles ESE if Hereford, but any larger meteorites would be in a strip that stretches as far as 10 miles east of Canyon. This part of the Texas Panhandle is well-known for its abundance of meteorite finds because it is flat, with little vegetation and few natural rocks on the surface. The most famous area is southwest of Plainview, where over 900 meteorites were recovered after they fell in 1903, and were still being found as late as 1949. Over the past year, two groups of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have also reported low-frequency sound data showing that the Earth's atmosphere was hit by at least 60 objects within several hours of the two that were originally reported, two of which were also observed by Defense Department satellites. Most of the infrasound-producing meteors occurred during daylight hours and were not seen by witnesses, but the large number of collisions taking place that night helps explain why two bright ones with such similar trajectories would be seen so closely spaced in time. Although the scientists eliminated their hypothesis of a single object bouncing off the atmosphere and re-entering it later, they are still very interested in the events of one year ago because it means the Earth collided with a cluster of objects, perhaps pieces of a broken asteroid. A sample of one of these meteorites would help scientists determine what kind of asteroid spawned the fragments and better understand how they break apart and explode in the atmosphere, says Sandia's Mark Boslough. Prof. John Wasson is seeking such samples and is offering a reward of $2,000 for the first confirmed sample as large as 4 ounces, and he urges persons living within the calculated fall area to look in their fields, on the roofs of buildings, in stock tanks and other locations where stones would not be expected. Meteorite hunters are reminded to get permission of land owners, and that any stones automatically belong to the owner of the property on which it is found. The stones are most likely to be black with a fresh matte texture. Samples should be sent to Prof. Wasson at the Institute of Geophysics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, or to Dr. Adrian Brearley, Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. Each sample will be acknowledged, but those that are not meteorites will not be returned unless a return self-addressed envelope is provided. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09601; 10 Oct 97 18:53:56 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa29203; 10 Oct 97 18:53 EDT Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa29201; 10 Oct 97 18:52 EDT Subject: new 4 gig disk online To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:52:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Maimone Reply-to: mwm@ri.cmu.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 165 Hi all, We have a new 4 gig drive online on the FRC filesystem: /user/nomad1. Check it out, use it up (but not all in the first few days please...) Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa20202; 12 Oct 97 15:14:52 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01720; 12 Oct 97 15:14 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01718; 12 Oct 97 15:13 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02751; 12 Oct 97 15:13:05 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA28392; Sun, 12 Oct 97 15:13:03 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA10235; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:13:01 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:13:01 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710121913.PAA10235@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PAPER REVIEW Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: /BIW7x65tqCn6ZVEFuWMQQ== This is a reminder that we will hold a review of the papers we are preparing: OCTOBER 13/97 FRC 100 11:00-12:00 I have drafts (some very well prepared, some rough) of: 1. "The Atacama Desert Trek" Bapna, Rollins, Murphy, Whittaker 2. "Antenna Pointing for High Bandwidth Communications from a Mobile Robot" Bapna, Rollins, Foessel, Whittaker 3. "Nomad: A Demonstration of the Tranforming Chassis" Rollins, Luntz, Shamah, Whittaker 4. "Nomad Locomotion" Shamah, Whittaker, others... 5. "Non-Visual Robotic Meteorite Search" Pedersen Immediate Submission: * International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) 1998 PAPER DUE DATE: OCTOBER 15/97 Upcoming: * International Conference on Intelligent Robots & Systems (IROS) 1998 PAPER DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 1/98 * International Conference on Adavnaced Robotics (ICAR) PAPER DUE DATE: ? * ASME & IEEE Design Engineering Technical Conferences (all conferences are held in the same place and in the same time of the year) Here are the ones I suggest: - Design Automation Conference - Design for Manufacturing Conference - International Conference on Design Theory & Methodology - 25th Biennial Mechanisms Conference PAPER DUE DATE: JANUARY 15/98 Others: *** Please give me your list of conferences; epspecially in machine vision, autonomy, AI, and controls. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25028; 13 Oct 97 12:05:36 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02913; 13 Oct 97 12:05 EDT Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02911; 13 Oct 97 12:04 EDT Date: Mon, 13 Oct 97 12:03:41 EDT From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: FRC space Hi all, The new 4gig disk has been renamed to /user/meteorite1/. Have fun... Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26161; 13 Oct 97 16:17:50 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03221; 13 Oct 97 16:16 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03219; 13 Oct 97 16:15 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa16262; 13 Oct 97 16:14:42 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA06315; Mon, 13 Oct 97 16:14:40 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA19621; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:14:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:14:39 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710132014.QAA19621@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #8 / OCTOBER 14, 1997 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: xIo/BwLaUquKLb7nbHfs7g== Robotic Search for Antarctic Meeting #8 October 14, 1997 FRC 100 09:00-10:30 Agenda: * Progress and News Report (all) - 20 min * Expedition preparations: mass and power requirements (Dimi) - 15 min * Technical presentation & discussion: Position estimation for planetary rovers using celestial navigation (MikeM) - 30 min * Plan Technical Demonstrations (scheduled for the Thur-Friday of this week). - 20 min * Upcoming & Actions - 5 min See you tomorrow, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28709; 14 Oct 97 13:45:35 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04479; 14 Oct 97 13:45 EDT Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04477; 14 Oct 97 13:44 EDT Received: from PUCK.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05018; 14 Oct 97 13:44 EDT Message-ID: <3443AF43.2C6E@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 13:43:31 -0400 From: Liam Pedersen Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lri-meteorite@ri.cmu.edu Subject: Electronic heating Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------26D7379F81F" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------26D7379F81F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, below is some information on heat tape systems to use for keeping our equipment warm. Considering involved, I suggest we build everything with ample insulation to keep the machines at the right temperature. Velcro-flaps to open up insulation if things get too hot is also a good idea. Liam -- *************************************************************** Liam Pedersen Tel: (412) 268 2909 Robotics Institute Fax: (412) 268 5571 Carnegie Mellon University email: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Pittsburgh PA 15213 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen USA Office: BoM-D 306 --------------26D7379F81F Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03277; 14 Oct 97 13:07 EDT Received: from mail-03.telis.org by RI.CMU.EDU id aa08758; 14 Oct 97 13:07:27 EDT Received: from horvath.telis (s23-pm28.snwestsac.campus.mci.net [208.155.132.172]) by mail-03.telis.org (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA29866 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:04:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710141704.KAA29866@mail-03.telis.org> From: "CLAYBORN LAB" To: Subject: Heating of Camera & Laptop Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 10:16:35 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Len, I tried to call today and received no answer. What follows are the calculations. Please confirm my analysis: Laptop is approximately 300 square inches, therefore 2 square feet Camera is approximately 238 square inches, therefore 1.6 square feet Worstcase: Ambient T is -40 C, therefore Delta T is approximately 120 F Laptop: Tp = .3 x 2 x 120 = 72 Watts Camera Tp = .3 x 1.6 x 120 = 58 watts. At 12VDC, the above heaters would draw 6 amps and 5 amps respectively. The above calculations were based on no insulation. Draws could be halved with 1/2" of insulation or 1/3 with 1" of insulation. Besides knowing about your insulation plans for each object, I will also need to know about a suitable mechanical area over which a 1/2" wide heater strip could be attached. Perferably this surface would be clean, smooth, continuous and have decent thermal transfer characteristics. Clayborn Precision Heat Tape is adhesive based and therefore needs to remain thoroughtly in contact with the thermal load. I suggest the use of aluminum heat transfer tape or an overcoat of silicone or both in order to ensure mechanical integrity. Once I receive the above suggested heat tape lengths (including serpenteening back and forth if necessary) I will produce the resultant heaters. By the way, I attended Carnegie Tech in the mid 60's, therefore your heaters will be free of charge. -- Bob Horvath, Clayborn Lab --------------26D7379F81F-- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28826; 14 Oct 97 14:59:39 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04580; 14 Oct 97 14:57 EDT Received: from GS164.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04578; 14 Oct 97 14:57 EDT Date: Tue, 14 Oct 97 14:56:00 EDT From: Deepak.Bapna@GS164.SP.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Meeting Notes- Oct 14, 97 Meeting Notes ------------- Tuesday, Oct 14, 97 9:00 - 10:30 FRC 100 Present: Dimi, Deepak, Mark S., Stewart, Ben, Alex, Mike M., John B., Mike P., Eric, Liam, Scott, Mark M., Red --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handouts: 1. (Dimi) /user/da1v/BEET/METEOROBOT97-00/MEETINGS_LOG/RAMS-Meeting-8.dc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agenda: Topics and News Report (All)- 20 min Antarctic Expedition (Dimi)- 20 min Technical Presentation (Mike M.)- Position Estimation using celestial navigation- 30 min Antarctic97 Technical Demonstrations- 15 min Closure: Tasks and delieverables of the week- 5 min ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dimi: News: - chilean agreed to allow all the meterorites to bring to US for curation and analysis (Verbal agreement). After completion of experimentation half of each sample will be sent to Chile. - sending 4 papers to ICRA- Nomad Overview, pointing, transforming chassis, meteorite serach Deepak will send out all the papers tomorrow. Please give stuff to Deepak by noon. - 2 papers in progress: locomotion results, RoverTV - Dimi and Alex wrote a proposal with RedZone about Radars. Alex: Very good experience. Might have a first draft of the thesis proposal. The proposal basically forced us to focus. - Next round of STTR proposal in Feb: We will submit proposals on all the technologies - continued with purchases of field tools and electrical equipment - New 4 GB FRC disc available: /user/meteorite1 - Team back from Epcot - We need to set Bldg. E. for the home coming (this weekend) and the family weekend (next weekend) - selected best Nomad slides. Mike S. will scan these. Mary Jo has basic set. If you need, ask her. But you have to go through Dimi. - We will pick up 10 slides out of these to be sent out with the "Thank You" package. John Clark will be helping with the thanks package. Matt: - h/w order out Alex: - decide to sign contract for snow mobiles. - 200$/day (?) - (Dimi) Can we get the snow mobiles with the later flight so that we can save some money? Sib: - spent lot of time on panpsoheric camera and learnt lot of stuff. Conveying it to Matt. - Figured out the ethernet problem. Manufactured accepted that it was not working after it was manufactured. Need to buy a new boad (3600$). Eric R. - paper - new design is almost complete Scott: - logistics stuff - will be shipping 300 lbs of science stuff Ben - finished the design of solar experiemtn. VEry simple. Will fit in a flight case. Will start ordering stuff. Stewart: - start coding for the solar experiemtn Mike M. - presentation on celestial navigation Liam - discussed packaging for the spectrometer stuff - paper Mike - epcot center ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dimi has 46 hardcopy aerials from USGS, photos taken from the early to mid 60s We have also received information from Chile about the camps that exist in the area. Dimi will ask Jim to set up generators and do first test of power requirements that will fill out the table on page 4 of today's handout. Everyone else should also look over the table, check Dimi's numbers, and fill in any blanks. Picture from Dimi's Antarctica book show a DC40 landing in Patriot Hills and some pictues of camp sites. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Position Estimation for Planetary Rovers using Celestial Navigation Mike Montemerlo (slides in handout; this contains comments only) Red: using celestial navigation from the Moon you can track the Earth. Its projected position on the lunar celestial sphere will change very little over time, and any changes will be measured on a calendar scale. Mike M: On the sea, you can use the horizon to address position estimation, but on land you can't guarantee being able to find the horizon. Instead, you can use gravity. Red: On a non-spherical asteroid, you cannot naively use gravity to indicate location on a celestial sphere. Mike M: The method of Cirlces of Equal Altitude overlaps 3 circles to find a unique location. Mike M: This method of sun-tracking is known to degrade at the poles. Red: Star tracking just gives you orientation, not position, when you're in space. However, on (or even near) the surface of a planetary body it can be combined with information about distance to the body or local feature tracking to yield position information. Mike M: If you know the direction of gravity, you know roll and pitch (get yaw from magnetic field). But star tracking only gives you orientation on the "celestial sphere", *not* relative to Earth. To get the information about Earth location you need a precise model of the Earth. Mike M: Fabio used a digital inclinometer with 0.1 degree resolution, which yielded results +/- 25miles. We have one with 0.01 degree resolution, so we'll be a bit better. Red: Magnetic field could be useful for much more than azimuth, e.g., for stabilization information on a robot (since the field doesn't change over small scales) and potentially even some absolute measurements. Red: Can we find a filter that allows stars to become visible even during daylight? Liam said perhaps something had been done for aircraft. Matt: If you look up and can't see any stars, you must be in Pittsburgh. Deepak: Perhaps Nick Colella has some useful info. Mike M: Celestial navigation is probably not useful for Earth, since you might have to stand still to acquire measurements over time, and since the performance degrades as you approach the pole. Mike M: How to do this on the Moon while the rover is moving? You can get local topological information by fixing a current reference frame, and measuring deltas from star tracking information. Red: Could think of extending the Skyline Positioning by tracking peaks, referencing them with respect to the celestial sphere, and combining them with star tracker's orientation. Red: Since existing star trackers already have wide fields of view, panospheric cameras could potentially be useful here. But it seems more likely that our strongest contribution could be in using star trackers to enhance pose information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dimi: we have some demos the end of this week. Dimi: Prepare TRIWG presentation for meteorites; FY97, and Antarctic preview. Prepare technology demonstrations. Deepak: Submitting ICRA papers. Find latest Nomad presentations, send pointers. Jesse: Support presentation materials. Alex: Radar demonstration, Entel plans Rich Higgins will be working with us. Pascal: List of tasks in the field, reviewing equipment lists, Ames science manifest. Mark M.: TRIWG presentations. Stewart: Solar experiment preparations. Mike M: Inclinometer for Alex Mike P: Personnel gear, track major purchases Liam: Science demo, list of equipment and acquisition dates Rico: Panospheric drawings, steering paper, design Liam's stand Kurt (ames): description of comm experiement, more details for IMG participation. Ben: Purchase flight boxescomplete Nomad paper. Sib: Configure Antarctica 97 network, look for web developer. Reid: Talk Wednesday about autonomy plans at CMU. Jim: Generators status. Red: too long to mention. Oversee TRIWG presentations, etc Scott: Call Burlington, buy tickets, handle cubes. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28949; 14 Oct 97 15:35:34 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04623; 14 Oct 97 15:33 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04621; 14 Oct 97 15:32 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa28538; 14 Oct 97 15:32:12 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23870; Tue, 14 Oct 97 15:31:44 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA10231; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 15:31:43 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 15:31:43 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710141931.PAA10231@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: SET-UP BLDG-E Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 8o4+spujfG/Mz3bvSEDWHQ== Folks: There will be two filming sessions of Nomad in Building-E, tomorrow, beginning at 8am. I would like to ask for an 1.5 hour support from everybody tonight from 5:30-~7:00 to move the kiosks around and allow for some space for the crews. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00592; 15 Oct 97 12:36:51 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05997; 15 Oct 97 12:36 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05995; 15 Oct 97 12:35 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa17325; 15 Oct 97 12:35:15 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23240; Wed, 15 Oct 97 12:35:10 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA25045; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:35:10 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 12:35:10 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710151635.MAA25045@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: COPIER AND FAX ACCOUNT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: J0uGcbCWw9ReERJqnmNIlA== One more time: copier and fax DAC number for Meteorobot: 5724 Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01341; 15 Oct 97 18:47:15 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06480; 15 Oct 97 18:46 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06478; 15 Oct 97 18:45 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa13420; 15 Oct 97 18:45:09 EDT Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11251; Wed, 15 Oct 97 18:45:06 EDT Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA29918; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:45:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:45:05 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199710152245.SAA29918@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: ICRA SUBMISSIONS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 49JQHthRFf4eNYJuek1npQ== To All: We submitted four papers to ICRA98: 1. The Atacama Desert Trek - Outcomes Deepak Bapna, Eric Rollins, John Murphy, Mark Maimone, William Whittaker and David Wettergreen contact: deepak@ri.cmu.edu 2. Antenna Pointing for High Bandwidth Communication from Mobile Robots Deepak Bapna, Eric Rollins, Alex Foessel and William Whittaker contact: deepak@ri.cmu.edu 3. Nomad- A Demonstration of Transforming Chassis Eric Rollins, John Luntz, Ben Shamah and William Whittaker contact: erollins@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu 4. Robotic Deployment of Electromagnetic Sensors for Meteorite Search Liam Pedersen contact: liam.pedersencs@cs.cmu.edu Good luck to all who submitted. I would like to ask the primary authors to provide pointers to the softcopies so that everybody can read the and provide input to the authors for postreview corrections. Many thanks to Deepak for putting the whole package together and taking care of the shipment. I know of at least three more papers in the works. We will gather again by the end of October to discuss the new papers and decide about submission. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08544; 20 Oct 97 2:27:55 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12931; 20 Oct 97 2:27 EDT Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12929; 20 Oct 97 2:26 EDT Date: Mon, 20 Oct 97 02:22:54 EDT From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu Subject: walk-in demo Monday around 10am Hi all, Martial has asked me to give some visitors a walk-through tour of Nomad this morning. I'd be grateful if we could please leave the science center kiosks in place for these visitors, who I expect to arrive and depart before 11am (probably around 10am). Please let me know if this will be a problem; thanks! Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04622; 30 Oct 97 17:03:53 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01303; 30 Oct 97 17:03 EST Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01301; 30 Oct 97 17:02 EST Date: Thu, 30 Oct 97 16:59:38 EST From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: 2001 Rover Requirements Cc: dlavery@mail.hq.nasa.gov, gbriggs@mail.arc.nasa.gov, ghovde@mail.arc.nasa.gov Hi all, You can read Jake Matijevic's notes on the 2001 rover requirements on the web: check out http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/2001rover/ Mark M. PS Many thanks to Geoff for forwarding the document, which I converted to html (partly by hand, partly automated) Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06885; 31 Oct 97 13:07:52 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02558; 31 Oct 97 13:07 EST Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02556; 31 Oct 97 13:06 EST Received: from PUCK.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa29644; 31 Oct 97 13:06 EST Message-ID: <345A1DF4.3E80@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:05:40 -0500 From: Liam Pedersen Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lri-meteorite@ri.cmu.edu Subject: spectrometer is in. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The spectrometer is here. Take a look at it in the MPL, but don't touch! Liam -- *************************************************************** Liam Pedersen Tel: (412) 268 2909 Robotics Institute Fax: (412) 268 5571 Carnegie Mellon University email: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Pittsburgh PA 15213 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen USA Office: BoM-D 306 Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16611; 3 Nov 97 15:40:17 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06988; 3 Nov 97 15:37 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06985; 3 Nov 97 15:37 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02839; 3 Nov 97 15:36:20 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA09288; Mon, 3 Nov 97 15:36:06 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA05965; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 15:36:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 15:36:07 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711032036.PAA05965@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #11 & DEMOS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: M3S3ox94YorGhiLJg8IvAw== Folks: Tomorrow' meeting will be the third review of the technologies we will be demonstrating in Antarctica. Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites Team Meeting #11 November 4/97, 9:00-11:00 MEET IN BLDG-E Agenda: ------- 09:00-09:20 Solar Experiment 09:20-09:40 Radar Experiment 09:40-10:00 Ethernet Network 10:00-10:20 Spectrometer & Imaging 10:20-10:40 Panopsheric (WE WILL WALK TO BLDG-D 237) 10:40-11:00 Field Camp Set-Up (Shelter, tents, and much of the equipment has arrived) Expedition Readiness Meeting ---------------------------- 11:00-12:30 Purchases, immediate plans, logistics, & travel Participants: Alex, Bill, Dimi, Mike, Scott, Sib -Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16845; 3 Nov 97 16:57:47 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07097; 3 Nov 97 16:57 EST Received: from POSTBOX.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07095; 3 Nov 97 16:56 EST Subject: low temperture wire To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 16:56:41 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Teza Cc: James P Teza X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 462 Those working on wiring apparatus for Antarctica - There are spools of 20, 18 and 16 GA TEFLON insulated wire of assorted colors in two grey metal bins in the PRB. Teflon is rated to -70 deg C. PVC is rated only to -20 deg C. For larger stuff - there is a 250' roll of silicone insulated 14 GA triple conductor cable in the e shop in PRB next to the other large spools. Silicone insulation is rated to -80 deg C, which should, I hope, be sufficient. - jim Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa17236; 3 Nov 97 19:09:53 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07277; 3 Nov 97 19:09 EST Received: from POSTBOX.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07275; 3 Nov 97 19:09 EST Subject: re: low temp wire To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 19:09:12 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Teza X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 610 > > Jim: > > Are these ratings for wire that is still or moving?? there is a difference. > > -t Tony raises a good point. The temperatures I cited are only nominal values - my point was don't use pvc for applications that will be subject to flexing at extremely low temperatures. Teflon (although a pain to use) and silicone will work at -40 C. Coax usually has a pvc jacket but the dielectric is typically polyethylene, rated to -60 C so it should be ok if not flexed too much. If there is a doubt, we should test in the cold chamber. And if you need material for your experiment let us know asap. - jim Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19683; 4 Nov 97 8:37:35 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08071; 4 Nov 97 8:37 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08069; 4 Nov 97 8:36 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa06941; 4 Nov 97 8:36:05 EST Received: from [128.2.195.27] (SCOTTMAX.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA14703; Tue, 4 Nov 97 08:36:01 EST Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 08:36:25 -0500 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu From: Scott Workman Subject: re: low temp wire The temperature ratings are for dynamic use. Thermoplasic will survive exposure to extreme low temperatures -- unless it is disturbed. Then it shatters like glass. -Scott >> >> Jim: >> >> Are these ratings for wire that is still or moving?? there is a difference. >> >> -t >Tony raises a good point. >The temperatures I cited are only nominal values - my point was don't use pvc >for applications that will be subject to flexing at extremely low >temperatures. >Teflon (although a pain to use) and silicone will work at -40 C. Coax usually >has a pvc jacket but the dielectric is typically polyethylene, rated to -60 C >so it should be ok if not flexed too much. If there is a doubt, we should test >in the cold chamber. >And if you need material for your experiment let us know asap. > - jim Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa21651; 4 Nov 97 16:16:15 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab08613; 4 Nov 97 16:11 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08611; 4 Nov 97 16:11 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa03852; 4 Nov 97 16:10:46 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA29583; Tue, 4 Nov 97 16:10:43 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA08355; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:10:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:10:41 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711042110.QAA08355@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: SPACE CLEAN-UP & FLIGHT BOX SET-UP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: RcTCmOjovnjawiOPEf5VZA== Folks: Come to Building-E at 4:30 to help set-up the space for the final assembly of the Antarctic boxes and create clean space for testing the sensors. SEE YOU IN HALF HOUR IN BLDG-E! Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27130; 5 Nov 97 15:21:17 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10217; 5 Nov 97 15:19 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10215; 5 Nov 97 15:18 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa04652; 5 Nov 97 15:17:44 EST Received: from [128.2.195.27] (SCOTTMAX.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA29270; Wed, 5 Nov 97 15:17:42 EST Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:18:06 -0500 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu From: Scott Workman Subject: Pascal's new address Pascal's new email address is: lee@mawrth.arc.nasa.gov of course, he will be here tomorrow. -Scott Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28278; 5 Nov 97 19:51:57 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10526; 5 Nov 97 19:51 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10524; 5 Nov 97 19:50 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa19018; 5 Nov 97 19:49:47 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA05540; Wed, 5 Nov 97 19:49:46 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA11107; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 19:49:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 19:49:43 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711060049.TAA11107@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: UPCOMING CRITICAL EVENTS Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: SU1pICyukMjvxl6pYGQT2A== To All: Make note of the following: NOV. 7/97, FRIDAY Technology Demonstrations #4 (Bldg.E) NOV. 9/97, SUNDAY Shelter & Tent Setup (Flagstaff Hill) NOV. 10/97, MONDAY Final Technology Demonstration (Bldg.E) (*) NOV. 11/97, TUESDAY Packaging Equipment (Bledg.E) NOV. 12/97, WEDNESDAY Equipment leaves Pittsburgh (Bldg.E) NOV. 15/97, SATURDAY Personnel leaves Pittsburgh (Bldg.E) (*) Final decsion will be made on whether a technology will make it or not More details as they become availbale, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01753; 6 Nov 97 11:59:49 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11800; 6 Nov 97 11:59 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11798; 6 Nov 97 11:58 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa17306; 6 Nov 97 11:58:12 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA25769; Thu, 6 Nov 97 11:58:11 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id LAA12850; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 11:58:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 11:58:09 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711061658.LAA12850@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: URGENT MEETING Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: OkmeyLS2OTJmSLcH1MtNQg== I want every member of the team to be in Building-E at 12:30. We will meet for about 10 minutes. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03039; 6 Nov 97 17:17:57 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12269; 6 Nov 97 17:17 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12267; 6 Nov 97 17:16 EST Received: by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00609; 6 Nov 97 17:16 EST Subject: Nomad slides To: meteorite-list@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 17:15:02 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Maimone Reply-to: mwm@ri.cmu.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 958 Hi all, The slides that comprise most of the RI Seminar talk can be found in AFS: /afs/cs/project/lri/Traverse-96/Documents/Presentations/ri_sem.fm /afs/cs/project/lri/Traverse-96/Documents/Presentations/ri_sem.ps with result summary text slides in : /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/lri-12/Traverse-96/Documents/Presentations/NO MAD-ACHIEVEMENTS.DOC This is a *huge* file (15meg), and does *not* completely load in most unix framemakers; that is, it'll load but you'll lose some images. This is due to several things; small amount of RAM, lack of space in /tmp or your home directory seem to be the main causes. The only machine I've found from which I can edit and print these slides is shovel.frc. If you need hardcopy of the complete set, there is a postscript file available; and if you just need a page or two, fire up ghostview (gv) and print just the page you're interested in. Thanks to everyone for contributing to these slides. Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03516; 6 Nov 97 19:34:03 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12450; 6 Nov 97 19:32 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12448; 6 Nov 97 19:32 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa01506; 6 Nov 97 19:27:46 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA06181; Thu, 6 Nov 97 19:27:42 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA13492; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:27:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:27:41 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711070027.TAA13492@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS TOMORROW! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: YVaUwU0VrC69YBOdSQX5zQ== Folks: There are just four days left before equipment leaves Pittsburgh. We will hold two more demos of the technologies, tomorrow and Monday. Monday is a critical day, because we will decide what will actually make it to the ice. Here is the schedule for tomorrow: 12:00-12:20 Solar 12:20-12:40 Radar 12:40-01:00 Panospheric 01:00-01:20 Spectrometer & Digital Camera 01:20-01:30 Computing network 01:30-02:00 Final preparations At some point during the day Dimi-Bill-Pascal-Alex-Matt-Kurt-Liam & Mike will get together to discuss that tent set-up at Falgstaff and other expedition details. I will let everybody know when it will happen. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa07205; 7 Nov 97 12:25:29 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13787; 7 Nov 97 12:24 EST Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13785; 7 Nov 97 12:23 EST Subject: Science Team and Instruments Selected for Mars Surveyor 2001 Missions (fwd) To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 12:23:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 4904 Some of you "insiders" may already know the details of this NASA press release regarding the 2001 Mars mission: Forwarded message: >RELEASE: 97-260 > >SCIENCE TEAM AND INSTRUMENTS SELECTED FOR MARS SURVEYOR 2001 MISSIONS > > Two robotic spacecraft scheduled for launch in mid-2001 to >orbit and land on Mars will carry a descent camera, a >multispectral imager, and a robotic rover capable of traversing >tens of miles across the red planet's rocky highlands. > > The Mars Surveyor 2001 missions will follow two other robotic >Mars missions to be launched in late 1998 and early 1999. All are >part of NASA's long-term, systematic exploration of Mars in which >two missions are launched to the planet approximately every 26 months. > > "The Mars 2001 missions will be a major step forward in >advancing our understanding of Mars and preparing to return >samples," said Dr. Carl Pilcher, acting director for NASA's Solar >System Exploration program. "When we combine the information from >the 2001 missions with information from Mars Pathfinder, Mars >Global Surveyor, and the missions we will launch to Mars in 1998 >and 1999, we will have an excellent understanding of the planet as >a whole, and we'll be well on the way toward investigating the >most fascinating and scientifically intriguing surface sites in detail." > > NASA's Office of Space Science has selected the following >investigations for the Mars 2001 Orbiter, due for launch in March >of that year, and the Mars 2001 Lander/Rover, due for launch in April: > >* The Mars 2001 Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) will map > the mineralogy and morphology of the Martian surface using a high > resolution camera and a thermal infrared imaging spectrometer. > Dr. Phil Christensen from Arizona State University in Tempe is the > principal investigator for THEMIS. > >* The Mars 2001 Lander will carry a small, advanced technology > rover capable of traveling several tens of miles across the > Martian highlands. The rover will be slightly larger than the > Pathfinder Sojourner rover and will be designed to go farther (100 > km vs. 100 m for Sojourner) and to last longer (1 year vs. 7 days > for Sojourner). The rover will carry a payload called Athena, > which is an integrated suite of instruments which will conduct > in-situ scientific analyses of surface materials. It also will be > able to collect and analyze core samples for later return to Earth > by a future robotic mission. Dr. Steven Squyres from Cornell > University, Ithaca, NY, is the principal investigator for Athena. > >* The 2001 Lander also will carry an imager to take pictures of > the surrounding terrain during the lander's rocket-assisted > descent to the surface. The descent imaging camera will provide > images of the landing site for geologic analyses, and will aid > planning for initial operations and traverses by the Athena rover. > Dr. Michael Malin of Malin Space Science Systems Inc. in San > Diego, CA, is the team leader for the Descent Imager science team > and Dr. Ken Herkenhoff of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), > Pasadena, CA is a team member. > > These investigations were selected from of a total of 39 >proposals submitted to NASA in August 1997 in response to >Anouncement of Opportunity (AO) -97-OSS-04, "Mars Surveyor Program >2001 Orbiter, Lander, Rover Missions: Science Investigations and >Characterization of Environments," issued in June 1997. > > The 2001 Orbiter will be the first to use the atmosphere of >Mars to slow down and directly capture a spacecraft into orbit in >one step, using a technique called aerocapture. > > The Orbiter also will carry the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS), >the last of the remaining Mars Observer science investigations. >The GRS will achieve global mapping of the elemental composition >of the surface and the abundance of hydrogen in the shallow subsurface. > > The AO also solicited soil, dust, and radiation >investigations for the Mars 2001 mission. NASA's Office of Life >and Microgravity Sciences and Applications will announce its >decisions for these investigations at a later date. > > An integrated team consisting of the Jet Propulsion >Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, CO, will >develop the missions, led by JPL. > > Both of the 2001 missions are part of an ongoing NASA series >of robotic Mars exploration spacecraft that began with the >launches of the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter and the Mars >Pathfinder lander in November and December 1996, respectively. > > - end - > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10451; 7 Nov 97 18:39:51 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab14300; 7 Nov 97 18:38 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab14298; 7 Nov 97 18:38 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa14435; 7 Nov 97 18:38:05 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA06198; Fri, 7 Nov 97 18:38:02 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA02388; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:38:02 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 18:38:02 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711072338.SAA02388@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: DEMONSTRATIONS & TENT SET-UP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: nZP3BO2wR181B6BIyQK2Rw== Folks: As I mentioned in a previous message, Monday will be the final day for demonstrating the technologies we are preparing for Antarctica97. Most of the hardware is in place and packaging continues in fast pace. A few things regarding weekend activities: * I have received permission from the Student Affairs office at CMU to set-up the shelter in one of the Mall courts (between Wean & Porter) on Sunday. We will start around 11:00. Bill will drive his pick-up truck, we will load the shelter on it. Alex, Liam, Matt, Kurt, Pascal, Mike, and Dimi should participate; others are welcome. * I have talked to John Bares about using the environmental chamber over the weekend to test the electronics of the solar experiment and the mirror of the new panopshere. The guard will have Mike's, Stewart's, Matt's, and my name. I have the operational manuals of the chamber in my possession and there is a single sheet that summarizes operations inside the chamber. ** Monday will be a very busy day. M. Hamlin? a cold expert will give a talk at 9 in FRC100. After that we will set-up the instruments and have the final demonstration. Cheers, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26638; 8 Nov 97 23:37:11 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16090; 8 Nov 97 23:36 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16088; 8 Nov 97 23:35 EST Received: from artemis.arc.nasa.gov by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02543; 8 Nov 97 23:34:50 EST Received: from hera.img (hera.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.115.198]) by artemis.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id UAA29521 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 20:34:46 -0800 Received: from hera.img (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.img (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id UAA11985 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 20:34:46 -0800 Message-Id: <199711090434.UAA11985@hera.img> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Kurt's contact info Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 20:34:46 -0800 From: Kurt Schwehr While I'm here in PA this time, I'm staying at the Best Western, Parkway Center Inn, Green Tree. 412-922-7070, room 414. -Kurt Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03901; 9 Nov 97 15:15:01 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17038; 9 Nov 97 15:09 EST Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17036; 9 Nov 97 15:08 EST Date: Sun, 9 Nov 97 14:53:35 EST From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Dyson's Atlantic Monthly article Hi all, A friend of mine pointed me to Freeman Dyson's article in the latest Atlantic Monthly; you can read it online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97nov/space.htm It's an overview article about unmanned exploration of the solar system (mainly to search for evidence of life). I found this little tidbit particularly relevant: First, if we are seriously interested in finding evidence of life on Mars, we now know that Mars rocks on Earth are the most convenient place to look for it. Instead of waiting for many years for an expensive sampling mission to land on Mars and return a few small chips of rock to Earth, we can find a supply of bigger chips lying in Antarctica, where meteorites accumulate on the ice and are freely available. Nice to know that we have (virtual) supporters outside NASA... (Dyson is the current president of the Space Studies Institute) Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04940; 9 Nov 97 19:22:41 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17253; 9 Nov 97 19:21 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17250; 9 Nov 97 19:20 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa15066; 9 Nov 97 19:20:14 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA04430; Sun, 9 Nov 97 19:20:10 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA07458; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:20:06 -0500 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 19:20:06 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711100020.TAA07458@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: SCHEDULED EVENTS FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10/97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 7YPinO07mLxQU9WNj3h/xQ== Folks: Thank you all for the great effort in putting together the experimental set-ups and expedition tents and equipment. The schedule for tomorrow's activities has as follows: 09:00-11:00 FRC100 Presentation on Cold Weather Injuries by Murray Hamlet 11:00-11:30 Showcase Expedition Shelter, Endurance Tent, & Critical Field Items * We have set-up both tents behind Bldg-E in the parking lot 11:30-03:00 Package field equipment (Dimi, Mike, Pascal) and Prepare Final Technology Demonstration Set-ups (all) 03:00-05:00 Final Technology Demonstrations - BldgE 3:00-3:20 Solar Array (Stewart-Ben) 3:20-3:45 New Panosphere (Matt-Mike-Kurt) 3:45-4:05 Radar Sensor (Alex-Kurt) 4:05-4:30 Spectrometer & Digital Camera (Liam-Pascal) (Test on real meteorites) 4:30-4:40 Field Computer Network (Sib) 04:40-05:00 Expedition Plans (Dimi, Red) 05:00-08:00 Package sleds & stoves (these items will arrive tomorrow) 08:00-late Team dinner at PHI PS. * I have asked Takeo to visit Bldg-E and tour the set-ups. I will invite him to attend the final demos. * The communications demo will take place on Wednesday, November 12/97. * Stewart, MikeM, and Ben took the new panospheric sensor and the solar array microcontroller for low temperature testing in the environmental chamber at NREC. They are not back yet, so I do not know how thing went... Cheers, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05173; 9 Nov 97 19:55:53 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17290; 9 Nov 97 19:54 EST Received: from UX5.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17288; 9 Nov 97 19:54 EST Received: from GS114.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04573; 9 Nov 97 19:53 EST Sender: mmde@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <34665B1B.12016D79@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 19:53:47 -0500 From: Mike Montemerlo Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Cold Chamber Tests Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Everyone, This afternoon Stewart and I went to the REC to test the solar experiment and the panospheric experiment in the cold weather chamber. Both tests were successful for the most part. Stewart's electronics held up fine at -20C, and the panospheric experiment functioned fine at -40C. The video was not tested, but the inclinometer and inclinometer interface was. There were a few issues that we discovered while doing the testing. 1. Fog and condensation could be a serious problem with the panospheric assembly. As the temperature dropped, the glass cylinder and the camera lens fogged up and never cleared. 2. The performance of the inclinometers changed very little over a large temperature range. This means that we can calibrate them at room temperature and then leave them alone. 3. The temperature did not crack the glass tube on the panospheric camera. 4. The teflon wire worked great. The chamber was easy to use, once you figured out the obscure sequence of buttons that you need to press to do what you want. It is also much larger than I expected. If anyone else wants to use the cold chamber in the future, I would be happy to help out. Mike. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12377; 10 Nov 97 17:16:12 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18897; 10 Nov 97 17:15 EST Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18891; 10 Nov 97 17:14 EST Date: Mon, 10 Nov 97 17:11:21 EST From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Atacama images Hi all, I've placed some of the scanned images from the RI Seminar slide show into /afs/cs/project/lri-13/Atacama97/Photos/. I plan to add more over the next couple weeks, but that's a nice starting point. There are some nice X backgrounds in there, e.g., xv -gamma 1.8 -root -max -quit /afs/cs/project/lri-13/Atacama97/Photos/jpeg/hilltop-better.jpeg I would suggest that we add images there only in JPEG format (with smaller GIF equivalents). TIFF becomes way huge; these JPEGs are quite large (some over 1000x1000) but only take a few hundred K each, whereas TIFFs would be very hard to manage. Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13168; 10 Nov 97 19:01:56 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19037; 10 Nov 97 19:01 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19035; 10 Nov 97 19:00 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa25251; 10 Nov 97 18:58:17 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA06292; Mon, 10 Nov 97 18:58:15 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA09774; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:58:12 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:58:12 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711102358.SAA09774@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: DECISION ABOUT ANTARCTICA97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: WT7XEeCQJsF6Sm6eP7HdhQ== Folks: For those who did not attend the final demonstrations and discussion after, the news is that we have to cancel this year's trip to and field work in Antarctica. Because of pending waste management and environmental applications whose review will not be complete before late December, we were asked to postpone all of our activities until then. Unfortunately, the Chilean Antarctic Institute cannot provide transportation and logistical support after December 15, because they have already scheduled their own work. This combination leaves us with only one option, to cancel the expedition as originally intended. We will examine other meaningful possibilities. Please, stay tuned. Dimi ps. THERE WILL BE NO MEETING TOMORROW. WE WILL HAVE OUR REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 18/97. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14314; 10 Nov 97 21:35:51 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19153; 10 Nov 97 21:35 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19151; 10 Nov 97 21:34 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa01067; 10 Nov 97 21:34:26 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA09617; Mon, 10 Nov 97 21:34:24 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA09970; Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:34:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 21:34:22 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711110234.VAA09970@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PURCHASES Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: cFCzS+TzWN1MHoyCqjw5KQ== Folks: I would like to get all the receipts and invoices from people who spend money on the project in last 10 days by tomorrow evening. Thank you, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25477; 11 Nov 97 21:41:36 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20842; 11 Nov 97 21:41 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20840; 11 Nov 97 21:40 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa18279; 11 Nov 97 21:40:31 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11402; Tue, 11 Nov 97 21:40:28 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id VAA12052; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 21:40:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 21:40:26 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711120240.VAA12052@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TASKS FOR WEDNESDAY & NEWS, NOVEMBER 12/97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: Iw6APQ+u5PlYdiklnZCU+A== Folks: * I have not received expense receipts & invoices from everybody yet. It is critical that I have a complete list of all purchases to estimate the available budget for an alternative expedition by tomorrow evening. If you have mini-POs in your possession, let me know. I am looking for numbers 782890 to 782894, 7822897, and 782898. * Alex, we need to inform Larry not to proceed with the big POs we put together last week. * Pascal, Mike, and I will pack all of the expedition equipment tomorrow. The crates will be locked and stored in Building-E until a winter expedition occurs. * The leaders of the individual experiments should be prepared for one or two demos within the next few days. I would like to have a showcase for Takeo and other RI scientists, and one for some high-level university people who will be our guardians in the future. I will give everybody sufficient notice. * Sib, let's talk about the configuration of our computing environment; the Intel computers should be reaching CMU soon. * MarkM: please, let me know what is available on the web about our programs; we have an excellent candidate to develop the Meteorite site and much more. Also: - Red will be in DC tomorrow presenting and promoting our program at various agencies. Wish for good luck. - I am formulating the team model that will allow us to move forward with a winter expedition, Nomad hardening, and configuration design of the next generation vehicle. I will present the structure of our team in next Tuesday's meeting. - Eric should lead the final production of the Nomad thanks yous. - We will hold a meeting to review preparations for new Nomad papers by the middle of next week. Cheers, - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25628; 11 Nov 97 21:59:24 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20880; 11 Nov 97 21:57 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20878; 11 Nov 97 21:57 EST Received: from artemis.arc.nasa.gov by RI.CMU.EDU id aa18483; 11 Nov 97 21:57:09 EST Received: from hera.img (hera.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.115.198]) by artemis.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id SAA11329 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:56:57 -0800 Received: from hera.img (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.img (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id SAA10959 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:56:56 -0800 Message-Id: <199711120256.SAA10959@hera.img> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TDRSS Sat Test Weds. Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:56:56 -0800 From: Kurt Schwehr Tomorrow (Weds), Allen Daniel from Stanford Telecom will be here to test the portcom transmitter for TDRSS Satellites. We have time reserved on TDRSS-1 (TDRSS-Spare) during the following times: 1006 to 1102, 1148 to 1328, and 1341 to 1600 EST Please come take some time to check out the gear in action. We will hopefully be able to see the satellite from the PRB, but we may have to move if there are buildings in the way. -Kurt Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa01392; 12 Nov 97 11:00:58 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21837; 12 Nov 97 11:00 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21835; 12 Nov 97 11:00 EST Received: from artemis.arc.nasa.gov by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa23405; 12 Nov 97 10:59:37 EST Received: from murphospheric.frc.ri.cmu.edu (MURPHOSPHERIC.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU [128.2.196.129]) by artemis.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with SMTP id HAA13585 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 07:58:57 -0800 Message-ID: <3469D20A.6225@artemis.arc.nasa.gov> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 07:58:02 -0800 From: Kurt Schwehr Organization: Intelligent Mechanism X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Sat Comm Demo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Come to the PRB for a satellite comm demo of the TDRSS portcom system. We just had a successful test. -Kurt Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02653; 12 Nov 97 13:40:30 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22009; 12 Nov 97 13:39 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22007; 12 Nov 97 13:39 EST Received: from artemis.arc.nasa.gov by CS.CMU.EDU id aa08110; 12 Nov 97 13:37:26 EST Received: from hera.img (hera.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.115.198]) by artemis.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA14239 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:37:18 -0800 Received: from hera.img (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.img (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id KAA22596 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:37:18 -0800 Message-Id: <199711121837.KAA22596@hera.img> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: 2PM demo of sat comm Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:37:18 -0800 From: Kurt Schwehr The last demo of the satellite comm gear will be happening at 2PM sharp in the PRB. Alan will be leaving shortly after 2PM so don't be late. -Kurt Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa11599; 13 Nov 97 10:26:21 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23344; 13 Nov 97 10:26 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23342; 13 Nov 97 10:25 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa10167; 13 Nov 97 10:25:20 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA28727; Thu, 13 Nov 97 10:25:17 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id KAA15905; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:25:16 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:25:16 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711131525.KAA15905@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: INFO & ANOTHER CLEAN-UP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: 15W0WZ+KjEqXADbEfv23qQ== All: The account number for expedition related purchases is 1-57243. The account for all other activities (winterizing Nomad, design of the next generation vehicle, Nomad field experiments, etc.) is 1-57244 Do not forget to use the four digit extensions that apply in each case (that saves much overhead) * BUILDING-E CLEANUP Today at 1:00pm; should take about 1.5 hours. We will make sure that all expedition equipment is stored properly (most of it is done already) and bring all individual experiments in the old meeting area in Building E. We need to create some clean space for the reworks on Nomad. * SANDBOX DISMANTLEMENT This note is kick-off the process of dismantling the sandbox. Scott: Please, stop by to discuss how to move the sand and soil out of Building E. It would be nice to save the plywood frame. Also: Ant news regarding the removal of RWV from Building-E? We need to create a clean area for Nomad reworks. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13552; 13 Nov 97 14:23:29 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23625; 13 Nov 97 14:21 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23623; 13 Nov 97 14:20 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa13612; 13 Nov 97 14:20:27 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA04520; Thu, 13 Nov 97 14:20:21 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA16279; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:20:21 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:20:21 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711131920.OAA16279@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TAKING CARE OF THE RESEARCH SPACE Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: a6/Ixmt619Glv3hc8huDGw== All: A couple of people showed up for the rearrangement of the working areas in Building E. Here is what has to happen: * The meeting area will become the working area for the individual Antarctic experiments. One or both tables will be folded and stored behind the dividers or some place else. There are three small tables (next to the sandbox) that could be used as working tables. Mike and Scott will handle this. If you have any small equipment in that place remove it ASAP. The room should be clean by 5:00 tonight? Scott do you have time? Mike get help from Brett. * The solar, radar, panospheric, spectrometer, and battery boxes will move into the old meeting area. The following people will take care of: Stewart: Solar box, also prepare user instructions Matt: Panospheric sensor and computer Alex: Radar & GPS Liam: spectrometer, camera, metal, & magnetic The arrangement should, in many ways, simulate you shelter working environment. I will help you with the setup. Let's get together at 6:00. * The yellow expedition boxes will remain where they are. Almost all items are packaged and lists for each box are in place. * We will fold the yellow tent tonight after we finish-up with the "lab" set-up. A couple more points: - Everybody should respect the place and try to keep it in good shape and accessible to others. This is the home of our current and future developments, the area where PhD research will get done... - Each person should be responsible for their equipment and tools. make sure that the tools you use go back to their drawers, so others can find them. - Do not expect or ask Ben to be your technician. If you need help, I should know about it and I will make everything possible to have your things taken care of immediately. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14835; 13 Nov 97 17:01:27 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23786; 13 Nov 97 17:00 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23784; 13 Nov 97 17:00 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa15864; 13 Nov 97 16:59:16 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA08168; Thu, 13 Nov 97 16:59:04 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA16458; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:59:03 -0500 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:59:03 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711132159.QAA16458@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Dimi not available Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: mqMtCf6b+aKTTKHdjAKUAw== Due to an urgent meeting with Red and Alex I cannot be in Building E in the next hour or so. Sib, please show Brian the Atacama web page and introduce him to what we need; he will work closely with me to produce the project web page. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa15480; 13 Nov 97 18:19:24 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23849; 13 Nov 97 18:19 EST Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23847; 13 Nov 97 18:18 EST Date: Thu, 13 Nov 97 18:09:46 EST From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu, pioneer-users@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: times they are a changin' Hi all, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have accepted a position in Larry Matthies' Machine Vision group at JPL. I'll be starting on 15 December, so I will only be around CMU for a couple more weeks. It's been a great experience working on Nomad, TRIWG, Pioneer and more, but I've decided that the opportunity to contribute to the next Mars rover is too good to pass up. Thanks for the great times, great support, and great people. I look forward to hearing about CMU's future efforts, and to working with CMU folks again soon. Best of success to all... Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa15687; 13 Nov 97 18:45:28 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23865; 13 Nov 97 18:43 EST Received: from VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23863; 13 Nov 97 18:43 EST Date: Thu, 13 Nov 97 18:39:57 EST From: Mark.Maimone@VACATION.VENARI.cs.cmu.edu To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: international rover efforts Hi all, At the last TRIWG I gave a talk on International Rover Efforts. This was mainly based on the presentations made at the IROS'97 Rover workshop. I've turned those slides into a couple web pages, which I feel are a good start (but only a start) at documenting ongoing efforts. I'd be grateful if you could look them over and give me any suggestions (groups that I've missed, details I've omitted, etc). I don't have the time to write a complete survey paper, but if there's more info out there on the web I'd love to point to it. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/rover/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/rover/iros97.html Thanks for any feedback... Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16793; 13 Nov 97 21:03:21 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24002; 13 Nov 97 21:02 EST Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24000; 13 Nov 97 21:01 EST Subject: Mars Penetrators Successfully Complete Crucial Subsystem Test (fwd) To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 21:01:04 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 5486 Thought you all might find this interesting: Forwarded message: >Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:28:26 -0500 (EST) >Message-Id: <199711132128.QAA09057@spinoza.hq.nasa.gov> >From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov >Subject: Mars Penetrators Successfully Complete Crucial Subsystem Test >Content-Type: text >Sender: owner-press-release@lists.hq.nasa.gov >To: undisclosed-recipients:; > >Douglas Isbell >Headquarters, Washington, DC November 13, 1997 >(Phone: 202/358-1753) > >John Watson >Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA >(Phone: 818/354-5011) > >RELEASE: 97-265 > >MARS PENETRATORS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE CRUCIAL SUBSYSTEM TEST > > Two miniature science probes designed to penetrate the >Martian surface and analyze the water vapor content of the >planet's subterranean soil in 1999 have successfully completed a >crucial subsystem test deep in the New Mexico desert. > > This successful check of the batteries and soil collection >drill of the mission known as Deep Space 2 (DS2) provides a "green >light" for subsequent integrated system tests next spring, said >Sarah Gavit, DS2 project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion >Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA. The DS2 mission hardware will be >launched in January 1999, mounted on the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander. >Both missions will arrive on Mars in December 1999. > > DS2 is the second scheduled launch in NASA's New Millennium >Program, which is designed to test new advanced technologies prior >to their use on science missions in the 21st century. DS2 will >validate the ability of small probes loaded with sensitive, >miniaturized instruments to analyze the terrain of planets and >moons throughout the Solar System. > > In the late October test, a 4.4-pound (two-kilogram) >prototype probe containing a soil collection drill and a circular >group of eight lithium thyonal chloride cells -- forming two >batteries -- was shot into the ground at more than 400 mph (644 >kilometers per hour). The drill survived a 20,000-G impact, and >the batteries, nestled inside a custom-designed casing, survived a >45,000-G impact intact. Both continued to function as designed. >One G is the normal force of gravity on Earth. > > "The Mars Pathfinder lander experienced about 19 G's when it >hit the Martian terrain in July, so you can see that we are >working at enormous rates of deceleration," explained Gavit. "One >of our biggest challenges has been to find a way for our >components to survive such a high deceleration force. The items >at highest risk are the batteries, their packaging and the motor >drill assembly. > > "Although the recent test was one in a long series, it was >the first test using flight-like hardware and packaging, so it >served as a complete qualification of the battery and drill >subsystems," she added. > > The probe design features two modules: a circular aftbody, >five inches (13 centimeters) in diameter, containing the >batteries, that remains atop the surface; and a four-inch-long >(10-centimeter) forebody, containing the drill and a soil analysis >instrument, that should burrow up to six feet (1.8 meters) into >the Martian soil. The two modules are connected via a flex cable >that unravels as the forebody dives into the soil after a freefall >impact. > > Once in the ground, the soil collection drill slowly twists >out from the side of the forebody and retracts a tiny soil sample >into a chamber within the forebody, where it is analyzed by a >water detection instrument. This instrument's key feature is a >miniature tunable diode laser, similar in principle to the lasers >used in consumer CD players. The soil sample is then heated, >creating a vapor that passes through the path of the laser beam if >water is indeed present. This resulting change in the intensity >of the laser light indicates the amount of water, if any, to be >found in the Martian soil sample. > > The aftbody features batteries developed just for DS2. These >batteries can operate down to minus 112 degrees F (minus 80 >degrees Celsius), making them the only batteries of this type with >the dual capability of being able to survive the strong impact and >work in low temperatures. The aftbody also includes a micro- >telecommunications system that, together with miniaturized >electronics in the forebody, will relay the probe's findings to >the orbiting Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft for transmission to >Earth via NASA's Deep Space Network. > > The Oct. 29 test took place at the New Mexico Institute of >Mining Technology's Energetic Materials Research and Test Center >in Socorro, NM. It was the 53rd test of DS2 hardware since the >spring of 1996, beginning with early tests of preliminary battery >and drill designs, among many other components. > > Additional information about DS2 can be obtained by >visiting the project's World Wide Web site at URL: > > http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds2/ > > JPL manages the New Millennium Program for NASA's Office of >Space Science and Office of Mission to Planet Earth, Washington, >DC. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology, >Pasadena, CA. > > -end- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa15706; 17 Nov 97 14:53:02 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04328; 17 Nov 97 14:52 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04326; 17 Nov 97 14:52 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02817; 17 Nov 97 14:47:10 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA03518; Mon, 17 Nov 97 14:47:09 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA06544; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:47:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 14:47:07 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199711171947.OAA06544@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #12 / NOVEMBER 18/97 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: kOWGGxOP9agyuxnsT0w9NQ== All: Our next meeting will be tomorrow: NOVEMBER 18, 1997 FRC 100 09:00-10:30 The focus of the meeting will be to discuss and clarify research agenda and roles for the following: a. Nomad winterization and roll-out b. Next generation vehicle configuration c. Possible Antarctic trip in January 1998 Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa20961; 18 Nov 97 14:24:28 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05898; 18 Nov 97 14:24 EST Received: from UX5.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05895; 18 Nov 97 14:23 EST Received: from GS114.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05382; 18 Nov 97 14:23 EST Sender: mmde@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <3471EB20.65CA98@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:23:12 -0500 From: Mike Montemerlo Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: check out this article Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This article was in the New York Times (electronic version) today. Check it out today (Tuesday) because the stories aren't archived. Mike. http://search.nytimes.com/partners/iib/services/bin/fastweb?getdoc+iib-site+iib-site+87+0++Mars Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18898; 8 Jan 98 20:24:54 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27153; 8 Jan 98 20:23 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27151; 8 Jan 98 20:22 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa11081; 8 Jan 98 20:21:47 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11972; Thu, 8 Jan 98 20:21:42 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id UAA28232; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 20:21:41 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 20:21:41 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801090121.UAA28232@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: FIRST IMAGES FROM ANTARCTICA Cc: dave.lavery@hq.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: ZcOhw2Qa5KMyEvpCIIcqlg== All: Today's communication test from Antarctica included transmission of B&W and color images (compressed in jpg format) from Patriot Hills to Stanford Telecom in Reston, VA, using a TDRSS PORTCOM Portable Transmitter. Hans "ftp"ed the images to Ames. 7 images totaling about 200 kB were transmitted over 20 minutes. You can view from the IMG's site at: http://img.arc.nasa.gov/AMS/ Kurt will perform another test tomorrow, and more is to be finalized for next week. I have copied and placed the images in: /user/meteorite1/Antarctica97/EXPEDITION/ (the Antarctica97 directory includes all information relevant to the expedition). Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22194; 9 Jan 98 13:46:46 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28475; 9 Jan 98 13:46 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28473; 9 Jan 98 13:45 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa18818; 9 Jan 98 13:45:07 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA19742; Fri, 9 Jan 98 13:44:37 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA00068; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 13:44:37 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 13:44:37 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801091844.NAA00068@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: SECOND ANTARCTIC REPORT Cc: dave.lavery@hq.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: ghGUbrvuE+tGQJk5jk63Dw== To All: ANI has just relayed this message from our team at Patriot Hills. It seems that Alex prepared a portion of the message before Kurt and Matt acquired the images that were sent yesterday. Dimi >>> To: da1v@frc.ri.cmu.edu, red@frc.ri.cmu.edu Subject: Rams report -------- Written: Jan 9/7 03:35 chilean time Hi Dimi, Red, access to e-mail is restricted, so this will be short to leave space for Liam's proposal information. As of today we have had 5 days with good weather and 5 with bad, some times sitting in the tents under blizzards (no visibility). Liam and Matt are 9 km away, between Patriot and Independence Hills (called science camp, two exped tents, 650 generator, stoves). That site is proper for specrometry and panoramas. No much work there yet because of snow storms. Comms experiment: no communication established yet. Kurt working with Hans for different setups, orientations to achieve the link. See copy of his email to Hans from Kurt. Panospheric: system fully working. Taken panoramas indoors and outdoors at Patriot Hills. Waiting at the science camp for better weather to take more panoramas. Was also working to get stereo pairs with Kurt. Spectrometer: Liam obtained images of nasa meteorites on blue ice at Patriot Hills. Some more samples at the science camp. Ready to take more samples as the weather improves. Plenty of digital images of sorroundings and rocks and camp life. Radar: succesful detection (finally!) of crevasses and cracks in the ice. Also detection of snow/ice layers. No results yet looking for buried rocks. Gps: accurate for farming. Differential is not reliable because of lack of stable radio modem link. Need improvement for long distances or out of LOS. Gyrocompass: not yet. Bill/Pascal/Jaime: ice fields accesible by skidoo or foot within 7kms from base have been covered once, on 5 separate outinhs, yielding 0 meteorites and a large variety of terrestrial rocks. Plan to fly one hour (landing in several sites) to places not accs by skidoo. Team (all but me) exposed to meteor. search procedure. Data logging: plenty of footage of the area and some of the sorroundings. Tons of pictures and some still waiting for next plane to be fedexed to you. Some ideas: the general feeling is that Patriot Hills (and sorroundings) is not a meteorite finding area, but still it is a good candidate for robotic testing. This seems to be the consensus of most of the team (Bill looks forward to driving Nomad from AMES or CMU). I will act planning for next year operations in this antarctic location. This means leaving generators, polarheaven and endurance, general hardware in the yellow crates semiburied into the ice. I would like to have input from you in this issue, if there are pieces (other than instruments, computers, small tents and personal gear) that you want back. Evacuation plan: given the time constraints and current schedule of ANI planes, Carlos, Bill and Jaime are leaving in the next plane (coming as soon as there is a good weather window). Pascal and Kurt in the one after (after the 20th of Jan) and Matt, Liam and me in the last plane of the season (ANI staff leaves then as well) 3 days after. Weather delays expected. Greetings to all. Alex PS1: postcards for you all still waiting the next plane. PS2: still within budget. PS3: everybody still happy and working. PS4: welcome Bill, he has been great to this team! >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26104; 10 Jan 98 15:11:24 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01616; 10 Jan 98 15:09 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01614; 10 Jan 98 15:08 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa08510; 10 Jan 98 15:08:21 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA29506; Sat, 10 Jan 98 15:08:19 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA02857; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:08:19 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 15:08:19 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801102008.PAA02857@beet> Subject: Message from Kurt To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: nShdPuSw4iXpa+v6A3leXg== Here is a short message from Kurt sent one day before Alex's second message. Thanks Hans. - Dimi ------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- Hello Hans et al. Today is 8 Jan 98, 11am. Blizzard for past 2 days. Liam and Matt are "trapped" in away test 5 miles from here. Spirits are good. Kurt, bill Cassidy, Jaime Parra are scheduled to leave 15 Jan. Alex, Matt, Liam, and Pascal on the last flight on 18 Jan. Regards to all, Pascal ------------- End Forwarded Message ------------- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02043; 12 Jan 98 8:52:47 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06735; 12 Jan 98 8:52 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06733; 12 Jan 98 8:52 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa10877; 12 Jan 98 8:51:28 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA14035; Mon, 12 Jan 98 08:51:16 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA07358; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:51:15 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:51:15 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801121351.IAA07358@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #18 / THURSDAY, JANUARY 15/98 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: TmIciYpf/bMgcziKWNJAWg== To All: Our next meeting will be this THURSDAY, JANUARY 15/98, 09:00-10:30. (therefore, no meeting tomorrow) The agenda includes: 1. Formulation of the design of the next generation robot: technology targets, performance requirements, schedule, people. 2. Preparation and submission of TRIWG proposals. Review drafts (4 proposals) and setup final production plan. I will lead both conversations. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13018; 14 Jan 98 13:29:59 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13226; 14 Jan 98 13:29 EST Received: from JETHRO.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13224; 14 Jan 98 13:29 EST Received: from localhost by jethro.ius.cs.cmu.edu id aa17952; 14 Jan 98 13:28 EST Sender: carlos@jethro.ius.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <34BD03DE.52BF@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:28:46 -0500 From: Carlos Ernesto Guestrin Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; IRIX64 6.2 IP28) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Asta luego... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, As you may know, it is time for me to return to Brazil. Working with you guys was a great learning experience for me. The trip to Atacama was a lot of fun and I enjoyed the oportunity to be part of a large project with a great team. BTW, I had cow tongue for my Christmas dinner, :-) I am sad to leave so many good friends behind. Hopefully, we will be meeting again very soon! Good luck Antartica. Next project, lets take Nomad to the Amazon... you are all invited to Brazil. Roger that, Carlos Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13515; 14 Jan 98 15:24:49 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13450; 14 Jan 98 15:24 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13448; 14 Jan 98 15:23 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa22238; 14 Jan 98 15:23:34 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA09754; Wed, 14 Jan 98 15:23:27 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA12508; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:23:17 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:23:17 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801142023.PAA12508@beet> Subject: TEAM MEETING #18 / THURSDAY, JANUARY 15/98 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: dMTFXlXPDCUkiOK5Dt2o6w== Reminder: Our next meeting will be tomorrow THURSDAY, JANUARY 15/98, 09:00-10:30. The agenda includes: 1. Formulation of the design of the next generation robot: technology targets, performance requirements, schedule, people. This will be a working meeting where we will open-up to all ideas, views, and suggestions. The objective is that by the end of the discussion we have a first summary of technology targets, roles, and schedule. 2. Preparation and submission of TRIWG proposals. Review drafts (5 proposals) and setup final production plan. We will briefly discuss the status of the proposals. I will organize a formal review meeting for Friday. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14042; 14 Jan 98 17:49:41 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13696; 14 Jan 98 17:49 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13694; 14 Jan 98 17:48 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa10447; 14 Jan 98 17:46:54 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11358; Wed, 14 Jan 98 17:46:44 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id RAA12741; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:46:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:46:43 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801142246.RAA12741@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, dave.lavery@hq.nasa.gov Subject: SECOND SET OF PICTURES FROM ANTARCTICA Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: kSkcPQREP+vgWoVWwmSkQw== All: A new set of images from the field and the camp can be found at the IMG site: http://img.arc.nasa.gov/AMS/ (The images were transmitted during the second comm test last Friday; thanks Maria) Dimi ps. Again, all updates and the best of the images can be found in: /user/meteorite1/Antarctica97/EXPEDITION Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00938; 15 Jan 98 18:37:57 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15397; 15 Jan 98 18:34 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15394; 15 Jan 98 18:33 EST Subject: Re: LUNAR PROSPECTOR INFO (fwd) To: meteorite-list@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu, space@andrew.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 18:33:22 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Maimone Reply-to: mwm@ri.cmu.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1481 Giovanni G. Fazio wrote: X-Sender: fazio@mars.harvard.edu Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <49112135839BD011ABB30000F803B27B01FCD56B@emss01m08.ems.lmco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 18:01:31 -0500 To: isu-talk@isu.isunet.edu From: "Giovanni G. Fazio" Subject: Re: LUNAR PROSPECTOR INFO Forward of a message from Frank Martin at Lockheed Martin: >Lunar Prospector is going well---looks like it is on its way to being a >big success!!! NASA Ames has an interesting web site that will allow >you to follow the mission "real time" including having access to the >science data. It is----- http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov. > _____________________________________________________________________________ Giovanni G. Fazio | gfazio@cfa.harvard.edu MS/65 | Tel: 617-495-7458 Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | Fax: 617-495-7490 60 Garden St. | Cambridge, MA 02138 | USA | ____________________________________________________________________________ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Maimone phone: +1 (412) 268 - 7698 Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute fax: +1 (412) 268 - 5571 WWW: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm email: mwm@cmu.edu Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03879; 16 Jan 98 12:10:57 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16519; 16 Jan 98 12:10 EST Received: from UX5.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16517; 16 Jan 98 12:10 EST Received: from GS114.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19945; 16 Jan 98 12:09 EST Sender: mmde@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <34BF9463.DF0AA181@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:09:56 -0500 From: Mike Montemerlo Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: CNN Mars meteorite story Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks, There is a story about Martian meteorites in Antarctica on the CNN web site today. Check out: http://cnn.com/TECH/9801/15/contaminated.rock/index.html Mike. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05295; 16 Jan 98 18:18:36 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16906; 16 Jan 98 18:17 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16903; 16 Jan 98 18:17 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa02727; 16 Jan 98 18:16:14 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA04724; Fri, 16 Jan 98 18:16:11 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA17362; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 18:16:11 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 18:16:11 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801162316.SAA17362@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: MEETINGS NEXT WEEK Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: aEHhS+QUPz0cMmamYvRS9Q== All: Due to intense preparations with TRIWG proposals we will have our weekly meeting next Thursday, January 22. The principal people associated with proposal preparations will have review meetings on Monday & Tuesday. I would also like to have meetings to discuss reworks in Bldg-E, arrangements for Nomad field work, and preliminary thoughts on the new robot concept. Here are the important meetings for next week: > MONDAY, JANUARY 19/98 FRC100 11:00-1:00: Review TRIWG Proposals (Dimi, Eric, Howie, Mike, Oz, Red, Reid) > MONDAY, JANUARY 19/98 BLDG-E 3:00-4:30 Nomad field needs, Bldg-E (Ben, Dimi, Eric, Mike, Scott, Sib) > TUESDAY, JANUARY 20/98 FRC100 9:00-10:30 Final Edit TRIWG Proposals (Dimi, Eric, Howie, Mike, Oz, Red, Reid) > THURSDAY, JANUARY 22/98 FRC100 9:00-10:30 TEAM MEETING #19 AGENDA: * Antarctica97 Slide & Video Show (I just met with Bill who returned to Pittsburgh last night; he brought video and slides from the field team) * Formulation of next generation vehicle requirements & mission scenaria. I will kick-off with a summary of last weeks work and open-up to ideas and discussion. * Vehicle autonomy: technology status and plans. Presentation by Stewart and discussion. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05406; 16 Jan 98 19:06:17 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16946; 16 Jan 98 19:05 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16944; 16 Jan 98 19:04 EST Received: from artemis.arc.nasa.gov by CS.CMU.EDU id aa05046; 16 Jan 98 19:02:30 EST Received: from feline.arc.nasa.gov (feline.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.115.169]) by artemis.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id PAA08439; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:57:43 -0800 Received: from feline.arc.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by feline.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id PAA02897; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:57:43 -0800 Message-Id: <199801162357.PAA02897@feline.arc.nasa.gov> To: img@artemis.arc.nasa.gov, meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, lschwehr@juno.com Subject: more antarctic pix Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:57:37 -0800 From: Hans Thomas Folks - We got the final installment of data over the TDRS link today. Check them out on the web site at http://img.arc.nasa.gov/AMS/ hans Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09031; 17 Jan 98 18:54:07 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18146; 17 Jan 98 18:52 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18144; 17 Jan 98 18:51 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa13999; 17 Jan 98 18:50:24 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA16190; Sat, 17 Jan 98 18:50:23 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id SAA20127; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:50:20 -0500 Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:50:20 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801172350.SAA20127@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: CENTER NUMBER & ACCOUNT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: I3K1A0bl/IHiL3AX4Qae8A== All: Please make note of the following: 1. The only Meteorobot center number to use is: 1-57244 (do not charge anything to 1-57243 Antarctica97 expedition account anymore). 2. As a reminder: the project copier code and fax id are: 5724 Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25204; 21 Jan 98 19:09:37 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24058; 21 Jan 98 19:09 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24056; 21 Jan 98 19:08 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa07218; 21 Jan 98 19:07:29 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA29942; Wed, 21 Jan 98 19:07:25 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA29379; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:07:26 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:07:26 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801220007.TAA29379@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: MEETING TOMORROW Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: CRdRL/efORcNPhyvijVqYQ== Just a (late) reminder: Our weekly meeting will be tomorrow from 9:10:30. I have a change for the agenda which includes a slide presentation and fresh review of the Anatrctic expedition by Kurt, who is in town. The ohter half of the meeting will be dedicated to Stewart's presentation on rover autonomy. See you tomorrow, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25260; 21 Jan 98 19:35:00 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24077; 21 Jan 98 19:34 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24075; 21 Jan 98 19:33 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa28639; 21 Jan 98 19:33:18 EST Received: from beet (BEET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00259; Wed, 21 Jan 98 19:33:15 EST Received: by beet (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA29413; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:33:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 19:33:15 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801220033.TAA29413@beet> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG PROPOSAL SUBMISSION Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: a/3qXslM4wvdgQgx4p/7sQ== As most of you already know, we submitted five proposals to TRIWG (2 renewals and 3 starts). All proposals will be reviewed in a NASA Hdq meeting the first week of February. Final decisions will be made by the end of February and will affect our TRIWG funding for FY99 and beyond. After I finished the submission of the CMU proposals, I downloaded all center submissions (I am not certain if we will have read access to the site that all proposals have been deposited). During the next few days we will have to review the bulk of the proposals, prepare the quadcharts for CMU's proposals, and develop partnerships with other NASA centers to create strong advocacy and form some understanding of future collaborations. I will lead the internal proposal review and quachart preparation and I anticipate to ask for some help from various people. I will keep everybody informed about progress and needs. Many thanks to all who helped, one way or another!!! - Dimi ps. There were four NREC proposals submissions (3 renewals and 1 new start) Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28226; 22 Jan 98 12:30:18 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab25087; 22 Jan 98 12:23 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25085; 22 Jan 98 12:22 EST Received: from CMU1.ACS.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa14203; 22 Jan 98 12:22:30 EST Received: from unix16.andrew.cmu.edu (UNIX16.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.72.56]) by cmu1.acs.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA12553 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 12:22:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 12:22:27 -0500 (EST) From: Brian A Olson To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Antarctica Expedition Web page Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII all of the images recieved via the comm experiment are allready archived there. The two updates from alex are there also. Brian Olson KB5TBO http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/bolson Beware the couple of amature kids Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04013; 23 Jan 98 16:48:39 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26970; 23 Jan 98 16:47 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26968; 23 Jan 98 16:47 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa15662; 23 Jan 98 16:46:25 EST Received: from raven (RAVEN.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA06366; Fri, 23 Jan 98 16:46:24 EST Received: by raven (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id QAA28431; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 16:46:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 16:46:23 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Message-Id: <199801232146.QAA28431@raven> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOMAD ROLL OUT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Md5: YfMlWZ30aXn1JcdEU6NX9g== The Nomad roller out is set for Thursday , January 29/98 at noon. All mechanical reworks should be done along with the first phase of rewiring. Should there be any special needs to make this happen, let me know before the weekend is over. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04791; 23 Jan 98 22:38:08 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27221; 23 Jan 98 22:36 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27219; 23 Jan 98 22:36 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa00215; 23 Jan 98 22:35:06 EST Received: from monarch (MONARCH.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA02292; Fri, 23 Jan 98 22:34:59 EST Received: from monarch.frc.ri.cmu.edu by monarch (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id WAA07105; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 22:34:56 -0500 Message-Id: <199801240334.WAA07105@monarch> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Other Patriot Hills web pages. Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 22:34:55 -0500 From: Nomad Hi All, Pardon the use of the nomad account. The IMG machines at Ames are locked down because of a breakin today. Here are two web pages put together by people who were also staying in the Patriot Hills camp while we were there. Owen Garriott's group http://beyond.landsend.com/antarctic/epilogue/index.html Ronald Ross (who had amateur radio satellite gear along on the trip.) http://www.thistle.org -Kurt Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12638; 26 Jan 98 14:20:09 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00828; 26 Jan 98 14:16 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00826; 26 Jan 98 14:16 EST Received: from chroma.jpl.nasa.gov by RI.CMU.EDU id aa18479; 26 Jan 98 14:15:10 EST Received: (from mwm@localhost) by chroma.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4.cjm-wja) id LAA03636; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:10:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:10:23 -0800 (PST) From: Mark W Maimone Message-Id: <199801261910.LAA03636@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> To: amidi@cs.cmu.edu, bobkc@us.ibm.com, bualat@artemis.arc.nasa.gov, burks@cs.cmu.edu, burnell88@aol.com, carl.strotz@ohmeda.boc.com, carolyn@ri.cmu.edu, ccgirardey@mail.hac.com, clamen@cs.cmu.edu, copetas@cs.cmu.edu, dconst@cs.cmu.edu, dey@cs.cmu.edu, dkindred@cs.cmu.edu, eginting@cs.cmu.edu, ekrotkov@darpa.mil, evelyn.reed@jpl.nasa.gov, fgcozman@ri.cmu.edu, fmm@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu, geoyang@westlake.com, golden@codem.com, gthomas@icaen.uiowa.edu, guestrin@cs.cmu.edu, h.barbosa@fokkerspace.nl, hajduy@starbase1.caltech.edu, hans@artemis.arc.nasa.gov, har@cs.cmu.edu, hari@helios.jpl.nasa.gov, hayati@helios.jpl.nasa.gov, hebert@ri.cmu.edu, inesnas@helios.jpl.nasa.gov, info@isu.isunet.edu, jckrumm@microsoft.com, jdarida@usa.net, jdburke@nasamail.nasa.gov, jenkin@cs.yorku.ca, jim.brice@gsfc.nasa.gov, jjm426@worldnet.att.net, jkay@atl.lmco.com, jl@cs.cmu.edu, joe@bobs.com, john_velonis@hysoft.com, keith.gremban@cdev.com, kemmererk1@mail.muhlsd.berksiu.k12.pa.us, kouvolo+@andrew.cmu.edu, lhm@helios.jpl.nasa.gov, lin@skylight.larc.nasa.gov, marc82@wharton.upenn.edu, meaton2@earthlink.com, meichen@cs.cmu.edu, meichen@ri.cmu.edu, meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu, michele.digiuseppe@alliedsignal.com, mja@cs.cmu.edu, msmith@ri.cmu.edu, patmai@juno.com, pdqsoo@aol.com, pioneer-users@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu, pjacobs@netcom.com, pjb@cs.cmu.edu, reids@cs.cmu.edu, russellm@ms.com, steve.abrams@gsfc.nasa.gov, stevensh@microsoft.com, suyuen@ncb.gov.sg, swiatekm@lafvax.lafayette.edu, theweirds@aol.com, valdes@cs.cmu.edu, wendell.w.mendell1@jsc.nasa.gov, wilburn@bright.net, yx@apple.com Subject: New Address!! Hi all, As most of you know, I've relocated to the Jet Propulsion Lab where I now work on vision systems for mobile planetary robots. I'm working in Larry Matthies' group on the Rocky 7 research rover, and the Pioneer robot going to Chornobyl later this year. I've also finally got a home address! I just moved into my new place this weekend, and the phone works already. Here are my new coordinates: Mark Maimone 3907 La Crescenta Ave #109 La Crescenta, CA 91214-3916 (818) 541 - 1077 Mark Maimone 4800 Oak Grove Drive JPL M/S 107-102 Pasadena, CA 91109-8099 (818) 354 - 0592 lab: (818) 354 - 0386 fax: (818) 354 - 8172 mark.maimone@jpl.nasa.gov http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/mwm/ Hope you're all doing well, and that you'll get in touch next time you plan to head out to Los Angeles! Take care, Mark M. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Maimone phone: +1 (818) 354 - 0592 NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Caltech fax: +1 (818) 354 - 8172 http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/mwm email: mark.maimone@jpl.nasa.gov Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14142; 26 Jan 98 23:36:21 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01462; 26 Jan 98 23:35 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01458; 26 Jan 98 23:35 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa12258; 26 Jan 98 23:34:20 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA12506; Mon, 26 Jan 98 23:34:18 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34CD63C9.3003FE19@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:34:17 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PROPOSAL REVIEWS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: In support of the preparations for next week's TRIWG, I would like to ask each member of our team to review 2-3 proposals from the following list and write-up a short summary to be used as briefing material by the CMU reviewers (Red, Reid, and possibly Dimi and Howie). Each summary should not be more than 3/4 of a page and should include the highlights of: Proposed program objectives, technical concept & approach, and major milestones for each one of the proposals you will read. I have hardcopies of the proposals. Please stop by my office tomorrow and select the ones you want to review. It would work the best if people with interest in a particular area pick-up proposals with relevance to their interests. I look forward to your summaries by 8am Friday 01/30/98. Please send me e-mail and will collate all briefings. Thanks, Dimi ps. There is a total of 52 proposals 11 of which are from CMU & NREC TRIWG SPRING98: NEW STARTS -------------------------- (TOTAL: 27 / JPL:15, JSC:2, CMU:3, NREC:1, UMD:3, UMD/KISS:1, MIT: 1, ARL:1) JPL: 1. Aerial science platform pointing and stabilization system 2. Contextual learning of resource envelopes for rovers and robonauts 3. Cooperating rovers 4. Miniature low power sonic core drill 5. Stability analysis and automatic synthesis of verified discrete-event feedback controllers from executable "formal methods" specifications 6. Telerobotic exploration of Europa 7. Vision-based position error detection and recovery in lander/rover telerobotic operations 8. Vision-based intelligent enhancements for telepresence interfaces 9. Robust control of mobile robotic manipulators for interactive operations 10. Inflatable technology for robotic applications 11. Miniature low-power ultrasonic core driller (UTCD) 12. Sensor fusion and intelligent recovery from sensor failures and mechanical malfunctions 13. Miniature smart control chip for brushless motor control 14. Automated planning and scheduling system for planetary rovers 15. Rover localization with descent imagery JSC: 1. EVA robotic associate 2. Robonaut enhancement by advanced actuators (READA) CMU: 1. Motion planning based design and implementation for a serpentine robot 2. Distributed architecture for multi-robot coordination 3. Autonomous robotic search and exploration NREC: 1. Automated forestry - mensuration and harvesting UMD: 1. IVA microSCAMP development and testing 2. Advanced technology development for free-flying camera platforms 3. Dual force reflective hand controllers for cooperative robotic manipulation UMD/KISS: 1. Real-time visual servoing skills for Ranger ARL STANFORD: 1. Image mosaicking and rudimentary inspection from space vehicles MIT: 1. MarsScape TRIWG SPRING98: CONTINUATION PROPOSALS -------------------------------------- (TOTAL: 25 / JPL:7, JSC:1, CMU:2, NREC:5, AMES:4, UMD:3, MIT:2, ARL:1) JPL: 1. Long range science rover 2. Robotic drilling and containerization task 3. Planetary dexterous manipulation 4. Nanorovers for planetary exploration 5. A robotic subsurface explorer 6. Sample return rover (SRR) 7. Low mass muscle actuators (LoMMAs) using electractive polymers JSC: 1. Robonaut CMU: 1. Robotic rover technology 2. Robotic search for Antarctic meteorites demonstration NREC: 1. Robotics for gas line excavation and repair 2. Technologies for automating continuous mining operations for entry development 3. Automated materials transportation system 4. Field preparation automation 5. Robots for Chornobyl stabilization AMES: 1. Accurate positioning in natural terrain 2. Photo-realistic virtual reality modeling 3. Intelligent robotics program 4. Immersive virtual environments UMD: 1. Ranger telerobotic flight experiment 2. Space operations and telerobotics 3. Real-time learning controllers for enhanced autonomy and reliability of space robots MIT: 1. The physics-based design, planning, and control of robotic systems in space 2. Sample acquisition, haptic geology, and SSX technology ARL STANFORD: 1. Multiple interacting robots: System integration in space Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14158; 26 Jan 98 23:42:08 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01469; 26 Jan 98 23:41 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01467; 26 Jan 98 23:41 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa23443; 26 Jan 98 23:41:03 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA12568; Mon, 26 Jan 98 23:40:59 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34CD655A.7FBD5C6A@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 23:40:58 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETINGS: CHANGE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It appears that the vast majority of people prefer to have the weekly meeting on Thursdays than Tuesdays. Beginning with this week our weekly meetings will be on THURSDAYS FROM 9-10:30 IN FRC100 Please make note of the change, - Dimi ps. Dottie: please make sure that FRC100 is reserved for Thursdays 9-10:30 throughout the year and post the change on Red's calendar. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16343; 27 Jan 98 13:56:30 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab02694; 27 Jan 98 13:55 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02692; 27 Jan 98 13:54 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa29672; 27 Jan 98 13:51:46 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22627; Tue, 27 Jan 98 13:51:40 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34CE2CBB.69B4092F@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:51:39 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Proposal review - 2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The stack of TRIWG proposals is just outside my (new FRC107) office's door. Please indicate the proposals you selected on the proposal title sheet. Dimi ps. Reid and Howie: Your copies of the complete package are ready. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16581; 27 Jan 98 15:10:11 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02825; 27 Jan 98 15:10 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02823; 27 Jan 98 15:09 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa00637; 27 Jan 98 15:07:55 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23890; Tue, 27 Jan 98 15:07:53 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34CE3E98.BF7627F7@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:07:52 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: [Fwd: NASA $22K Fellowships] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is a reminder to those who have a fellowship and those who are preparing the application package... Dimi >Deborah D Harvard wrote: > > The NASA Graduate Student Researcher's Program offers grants of $22,000, > awarded for one year and renewable for a total of three years, to > approximately 160 graduate students each year. Faculty advisors are > encouraged to work with their students (full-time, US citizens only) to > apply for this research funding. Proposal requirements include: > > STUDENT > Abstract (100 words) > Description of Proposed Research or Plan of Study (5 pages or less) > Transcript > > FACULTY ADVISOR > Letter of recommendation (1 page) > Bio > > The remainder of the proposal, including a standard $22k budget > beginning July 1, 1998, will be prepared through the RI Business Office. > > Deadline = February 2, 1998 > > Please contact me about getting started. For further details, see NASA's > web page at < http://ednet.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsrp/ >. > > Debbie Harvard Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19866; 28 Jan 98 12:29:29 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04511; 28 Jan 98 12:27 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04509; 28 Jan 98 12:27 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa08688; 28 Jan 98 12:27:14 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA03531; Wed, 28 Jan 98 12:27:10 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34CF6A6F.4C9C9AB3@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:27:11 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #20 / JANUARY 29/98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Our next team meeting will be tomorrow: METEOROBOT PROGRAM TEAM MEETING #20 JANUARY 29/98, 9:00-10:30 FRC100 Agenda: 1. Debriefing on Antarctica-1: field deployment and experimentation Antarctic veterans Liam and Matt will present 2. Antarctica-1 aftermath: NASA TRIWG presentation and briefing to Code-S, post-expedition internal review, and program/expedition report and publications. We will discuss what is coming-up and plan actions. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19955; 28 Jan 98 13:03:36 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04573; 28 Jan 98 13:01 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04569; 28 Jan 98 13:01 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa11206; 28 Jan 98 12:58:32 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA03877; Wed, 28 Jan 98 12:58:16 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34CF71B7.2FD1D376@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:58:15 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, jessee@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: IMPORTANT! ONGOING EFFORTS & UPCOMING EVENTS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Please, make note of the following efforts, events, and requests for participation: JANUARY 29/98 Nomad roll-out (mechanical and electrical reworks nearing completion; robot should be functional tomorrow) Working on this: Ben, Eric, Mike, Rich, Sib, Tony Plan: Jan30-Feb8: Indoor tune-up, calibration Feb9-Feb16: First round of outdoor trials at slag heaps JANUARY 30/98 1. Nomad showcase for visitors 2. Red with Nomad photo shoot (12:00-2:00) Working on this: Dimi, Dot, Red, others? FEBRUARY 2-4/98 TRIWG MEETING AT WASHINGTON, DC Preparation activities and roles: 1. Quadcharts for CMU presentations: - should be completed by Friday 01/30 - Mike & Jesse, I need you 100% for the next two days - Lalit: what is your time availability? - Liam please coordinate with Reid Working on this: Dimi, Eric, Howie, Red, Reid 2. Review of non-CMU proposals: - for those who picked up proposals yesterday: please send me your 3/4 summary (per proposal) by early Friday morning Working on this: Ben, Dimi, Kim, MikeM, Red, Reid, Stewart 3. "Unofficial" presentation and video about Antarctica-1 Important to brief Dave and others at NASA about our expedition while in Washington next week. - Dimi, Liam, and Matt to produce it - Mike to support with video production - Maria, Kurt, Hans, Pascal: could you please prepare 1-2 overheads about Ames's role? FEBRUARY 12/98 OFFICIAL ANTARCTICA-1 PACKAGE TO NASA TO SUPPORT PRESENTATION TO CODE-S ON FEBRUARY 19/98 More details as they become available. To work on this: Alex, Bill, Dimi, Eric, Matt, Liam, Red, Stewart, and the Ames team FEBRUARY 17/98 (tentatively) POST-EXPEDITION INTERNAL REVIEW To be held at CMU. Looking forward to have here all members of the expedition and the Ames lead people. FEBRUARY 19/98 ANTARCTICA-1 DEBRIEF TO NASA's CODE-S - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26709; 30 Jan 98 11:57:33 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08275; 30 Jan 98 11:56 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08272; 30 Jan 98 11:56 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa21458; 30 Jan 98 11:55:50 EST Received: from eeprom.frc.ri.cmu.edu by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA25213; Fri, 30 Jan 98 11:55:45 EST Message-Id: <9801301655.AA25213@FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU> X-Sender: nolla@frc.ri.cmu.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:03:01 -0500 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu From: Anthony Nolla Subject: Purchasing Cc: oz@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu, hagen@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" All: I've been working on a new Web-based purchaseing-database. It's in it's final stages of development; however it CAN be used. Being that Monday is the first "business day" of the month, I would like to implement the use of it starting then. I will work on it this weekend and send email with pointers to the information that you will need in order to use it. If you have any questions now or later concerning this, feel free to contact me. thanks! -t PS - it will be password protected for the group, so if you have any ideas for a password, please send them to me. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26786; 30 Jan 98 12:10:57 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08286; 30 Jan 98 12:10 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08284; 30 Jan 98 12:10 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa21586; 30 Jan 98 12:09:44 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA25400; Fri, 30 Jan 98 12:09:38 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34D20952.93E1D7C9@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:09:38 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, dave.lavery@hq.nasa.gov Subject: NOMAD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For the first time since the Atacama trek Nomad has driven again on Building E's floor. Substantial mechanical and electrical reworks have been completed. Congratulations to all who contributed! Looking forward to a long season of testing and field validation that will prepare Nomad for next November's meteorite search excursions in Antarctica. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06076; 2 Feb 98 15:18:45 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13815; 2 Feb 98 15:18 EST Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13813; 2 Feb 98 15:17 EST Subject: Antarctic reports To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:16:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 981 All, There is a bunch of information on the web regarding the 1997 field expedition to Patriot Hills. Alex, Liam, and I compiled a bunch of field notes into a (roughly 10 page) document which has been posted to http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Antarctica97/field.notes.txt Please send me comments, especially Bill, Kurt, and Pascal who may notice things I have missed. Also in that directory are short documents on skidoo useage, fuel useage, and comments on the Patriot Hills site. Also online an incomplete report on panospheric camera tests and some of the data returned. The report is at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Antarctica97/Panospheric_Tests/ Much more will be added as data is processed/analyzed and results come. Again, comments are welcome. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10840; 3 Feb 98 21:16:05 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15601; 3 Feb 98 21:15 EST Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15599; 3 Feb 98 21:15 EST Subject: Student Satellite to Study the Sun and Earth's Atmosphere (fwd) To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 21:14:42 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 5278 This may be of interest to us, since it is a "student built" spacecraft. I would personally like to know the precise definition of the phrase in this context, but it is still inspiring. Forwarded message: >Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 17:23:22 -0500 (EST) >Message-Id: <199802032223.RAA21471@spinoza.hq.nasa.gov> >From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov >Subject: Student Satellite to Study the Sun and Earth's Atmosphere >Content-Type: text >Sender: owner-press-release@lists.hq.nasa.gov >To: undisclosed-recipients:; > >Donald Savage >Headquarters, Washington, DC February 3, 1998 >(Phone: 202/358-1727) > >Susan Hendrix >Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD >(Phone: 301/286-7745) > >RELEASE: 98-20 > >STUDENT SATELLITE TO STUDY THE SUN AND EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE > > The first in a new class of inexpensive, student-built >space missions funded by NASA is scheduled for launch Feb. 5 >from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. The mission, the Student >Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE), will investigate the effects of >energy from both the Sun and the magnetosphere on nitric oxide >densities in the Earth's upper atmosphere. > > "This new class of missions allows universities and >graduate students to plan, build and fly science satellites for >low Earth orbit applications," said Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, >Jr., NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science, NASA >Headquarters, Washington, DC. "As NASA looks for more >innovative ways to provide lower-cost access to space for >scientists, we're also committed to providing first-rate >opportunities for the next generation of scientists, now in >graduate school, to get involved in flying their investigations >in space. The three missions under this program are a >precursor to our University Explorer program of student-built >missions, the first of which will be selected later this year." > > The Student Nitric Oxide Explorer spacecraft was >designed, built, and will be operated by the University of >Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in >Boulder. SNOE is the first of three student satellite projects >selected to be built under the Student Explorer Demonstration >Initiative (STEDI) program. > > The spacecraft will be launched into orbit by a Pegasus >XL rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp., Dulles, VA. A >Lockheed L-1011 aircraft will carry the Pegasus to an altitude >of 39,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean prior to its release. >The Pegasus XL then will free-fall in a horizontal position for >five seconds before igniting its first stage rocket motor. The >aircraft is scheduled to depart from Vandenberg at 1 a.m. EST, >with the drop planned for approximately 2:04 a.m. EST. > > The 254-pound SNOE spacecraft will carry three >instruments: an ultraviolet spectrometer to measure nitric >oxide altitude profiles; a five-channel solar soft X-ray >photometer; and a two-channel auroral photometer that will >measure auroral emissions beneath the spacecraft. > > Funded by NASA and managed by the Universities Space >Research Association's (USRA) Lunar and Planetary Institute in >Houston, TX, STEDI is a pilot program designed to assess the >effectiveness of small, low-cost space flight missions. The >SNOE project was selected in response to an Announcement of >Opportunity issued by USRA. Total cost of the mission is $12 >million, including launch costs. > > "The SNOE team has done a marvelous piece of work in >reaching this milestone on the road to their scientific payoff >in orbit," said Dr. Paul Coleman, president of the USRA. "We >at USRA could not be more grateful to NASA for the opportunity >to demonstrate that teams like Professor Barth's (the >University of Colorado principal investigator) can design, >fabricate, and assemble a sophisticated scientific satellite on >schedule and on budget, while providing outstanding educational >opportunities for young engineers and scientists." > > Under the Cooperative Agreement signed in 1994, which >established the STEDI program, NASA is responsible for >selecting and procuring the launch vehicle, tracking and data >acquisition activities, technical assistance in support of the >selection process as needed, and approval of the final >selection. The Universities Space Research Association is >responsible for general oversight of the program, evaluation of >space flight proposals, conducting critical design and mission >readiness reviews, and final program review reports to NASA >upon conclusion of the missions. > > NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, >manages the agency's responsibilities under the STEDI program >for the Office of Space Science. > > Information pertaining to SNOE is available on the >Internet at the following URL: > > http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe/ > > Information from USRA on the STEDI program is available at: > > http://www.usra.edu/ under "programs" > > -end- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13415; 4 Feb 98 15:15:56 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab16789; 4 Feb 98 15:13 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16785; 4 Feb 98 15:12 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa05643; 4 Feb 98 15:11:39 EST Received: from butterfly (BUTTERFLY.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA02789; Wed, 4 Feb 98 15:11:36 EST Received: by butterfly (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA25140; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:11:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:11:35 -0500 From: Dorothea Marsh Message-Id: <199802042011.PAA25140@butterfly> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: meeting X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning has been cancelled. It will resume next week as planned. From Dimi D Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16359; 5 Feb 98 12:00:16 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18155; 5 Feb 98 11:57 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18153; 5 Feb 98 11:56 EST Received: from [207.176.37.4] by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa18078; 5 Feb 98 11:56:21 EST Received: from dgump-laptop ([100.100.100.124]) by william.haleybp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA12263; Thu, 5 Feb 1998 12:56:29 -0500 Message-ID: <34D9EF9B.416C@lunacorp.com> Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 11:58:03 -0500 From: David Gump Reply-To: dgump@lunacorp.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: red@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu CC: jdunstan@lunacorp.com, meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, lalit@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu, deepak@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu Subject: Comm to Antarctica Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Conversation today with John Rasmussen of Iridium (202-712-7769) was initially negative on high-band comm but they may come around. He said Iridium in December will offer only voice to Antarctica and that these voice circuits could not be multiplexed to get high bandwidth. The cost of a voice circuit will be $2.50 to $3 per minute to Antarctica via their South Pacific gateway, and that they quite likely would be able to lend or lease the handsets for that month to provide person-to-base and person-to-person operational links... He said data service over Iridium is not due to start until first quarter 1999. I asked if $250K to $500K from LunaCorp would enable them to accelerate that schedule for an Antarctic test. He promised to check with his bosses and see if that funding would cause a change of heart. He offered that inclined orbit Inmarsat birds had demonstrated 64K service for four-hour windows, and that ganged circuits on Inmarsat had demo'd up to 300K service. He said the inclined orbit Inmarsats had even provided service down to the South Pole. With regard to finding a site that actually has meteorites, the area south of South Africa has been mentioned. Are we talking the mountains along the coast? Looking at a map, those mountains are fairly low latitude (less than 75 degrees south), almost as low as the Antarctic Penninsula. A mountain top relay might have some hope of seeing a geosat. Alternatively, a relay plane at 100,000 feet might be able to see a geosat. (Scaled Composites in Mojave is building such a plane, as are others.) -- David Gump, President LunaCorp 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22203 USA 1-703-841-9500 1-703-759-3003 home 1-703-841-9503 fax 1-703-759-3201 home fax Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04496; 6 Feb 98 15:28:03 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20009; 6 Feb 98 15:27 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20007; 6 Feb 98 15:27 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa20868; 6 Feb 98 15:26:23 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA18116; Fri, 6 Feb 98 15:26:21 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34DB71EC.B76FEACD@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 15:26:20 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To All: Herein is the schedule of the core technical presentations for our meetings for the next 3 months. Please note that the POST-EXPEDITION REVIEW will be on Tuesday, Feb 17/98 from 9-4pm. - Dimi ps. We will be flexible in case that we have an external presenter or a program event with priority. >>> METEOROBOT PROGRAM - TEAM MEETINGS #21-#32 ------------------------------------------ MEETING #21 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12/98, 9-10:30, FRC 100 Presenters: Alex, Matt, Liam, Stewart (20 min each) Topic: Technical summaries of the Antarctic-1 experiments MEETING #22: POST-EXPEDITION REVIEW TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17/98, 8:30-4:00, FRC100 Presenters & Agenda to be posted early next week MEETING #23 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Ben (30 min), Sib (20 min) Topics: Ben: Nomad locomotion performance (halfway results) Sib: Upgraded real-time performance MEETING #24 THURSDAY, MARCH 5/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: MikeM (30 min), Stewart (20 min) Topics: MikeM: Configuration & simulation of a global position estimation technology Stewart: Early navigation results MEETING #25 THURSDAY, MARCH 12/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Dimi & Eric (60 min) Topic: 1/ Meteorobot pre-configuration 2/ Antarctica-2 expedition profile & technology demo plan MEETING #26 THURSDAY, MARCH 19/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Alex (30 min), Matt (30 min) Topics: Alex: Multi-purpose radar configuration & early experiments with AHS/UGV unit Matt: Landmark position estimation from wide imagery; technology configuration & simulation MEETING #27 THURSDAY, MARCH 26/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Ben (30 min), Dimi & Sib (30 min) Ben: Final characterization of Nomad locomotion Dimi/Sib: Overall technical summary on winterized Nomad MEETING #28 THURSDAY, APR 2/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Stewart (30 min), Liam (30 min) Topics: Stewart: Safeguarded navigation of Nomad; field results and augmentations Liam: Meteorite classification framework - alpha version MEETING #29 THURSDAY, APR 9/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Reid (30 min), Topics: Reid: Rover autonomy: status, needs, and vision MEETING #30 THURSDAY, APR 16/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Dimi/Eric (40 min), MikeM (20 min) Topics: Dimi/Eric: Meteorobot configuration MikeM: Star-Grav module design & early field results >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16448; 9 Feb 98 14:52:39 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27135; 9 Feb 98 14:51 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27131; 9 Feb 98 14:50 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa15375; 9 Feb 98 14:50:02 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA05908; Mon, 9 Feb 98 14:50:00 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34DF5DE7.FB5CD454@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 14:49:59 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: [Fwd: TEAM MEETINGS FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One correction to the schedule: Reid will present on April 2 and Liam on April 9. Thanks, Dimi > > MEETING #28 > THURSDAY, APR 2/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 > Presenters: Stewart (30 min), Liam (30 min) > Topics: Stewart: Safeguarded navigation of Nomad; field results > and augmentations > Liam: Meteorite classification framework - alpha version > > MEETING #29 > THURSDAY, APR 9/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 > Presenters: Reid (30 min), > Topics: Reid: Rover autonomy: status, needs, and vision > Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19690; 10 Feb 98 12:35:25 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28608; 10 Feb 98 12:34 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28606; 10 Feb 98 12:34 EST Received: from chroma.jpl.nasa.gov by RI.CMU.EDU id aa24994; 10 Feb 98 12:33:45 EST Received: (from mwm@localhost) by chroma.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4.cjm-wja) id JAA14810; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:33:12 -0800 (PST) From: Mark W Maimone Message-Id: <199802101733.JAA14810@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> Subject: Pathfinder talk at CMU To: trey+@andrew.cmu.edu, meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu, ref@cs.cmu.edu, tobarj@clpgh.org, pg1x+@andrew.cmu.edu Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 09:33:11 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha3] Content-Type: text Hi all, This looks like a good talk! Henry was the controls lead on Sojourner, and has a similar responsibility for the upcoming 2001 Mars Rover. From: SCS-Today: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 (Good luck!) **ROBOTICS SEMINAR: Henry Stone, Technical Manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, "The Mars Pathfinder Microrover - A New Era in Planetary Exploration", 3:30 pm, Adamson Wing, Baker Hall. Refreshments at 3:15 pm. http://robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/stone/ Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24700; 11 Feb 98 17:11:32 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab00564; 11 Feb 98 17:08 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab00562; 11 Feb 98 17:08 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa09098; 11 Feb 98 17:06:26 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22033; Wed, 11 Feb 98 17:05:52 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34E220C0.778D9BDA@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 17:05:52 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: REMINDER: TEAM MEETING #21 TOMORROW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #21 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12/98, 9-10:30, FRC 100 Presenters: Alex, Matt, Liam, Stewart (20 min each) Topic: Technical summaries of the Antarctic-1 experiments Issues to present and dicsuss: - Technical objectives for each experiment - Critique of primary results NEWS AND ONGOING TASKS: All - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03212; 13 Feb 98 11:55:05 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03495; 13 Feb 98 11:48 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03493; 13 Feb 98 11:48 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa10196; 13 Feb 98 11:47:14 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA13049; Fri, 13 Feb 98 11:47:05 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34E47908.BB271067@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 11:47:04 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: POST-EXPEDITION REVIEW / TUESDAY 02-17-98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #22: POST-EXPEDITION REVIEW TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17/98, 8:30-4:00, FRC100 Agenda 8:30 - 8:40 Red: Introduction 8:40 - 9:00 Dimi: Antarctic Expedition Highlights [9:00 - 11:10 Antarctic team members present: "What went well, what went poorly", consider programmatics, technical, logistics, & relationships] 9:00 - 9:30 Bill 9:30 - 10:00 Pascal 9:40 - 10:00 Alex 10:00 - 10:20 Liam 10:20 - 10:30 BREAK 10:30 - 10:50 Matt 10:50 - 11:10 Kurt (times are tentative; we will accommodate as appropriate) 11:10 - 12:30 Assessment of the expedition: opinions from all team members about the program from its formulation in August 1997 to the completion of the expedition two weeks ago. Outcome of the discussion: 5 or so areas that we need to improve, and summary of "went well/poorly" 12:30 - 1:15 LUNCH 1:15 - 3:00 Towards Antarctica 98-99: Open discussion to ideas about science themes, program scope, approaches to expedition, partnerships, management of rover development & expeditions. Special discussion: CMU/Ames Collaboration Outcome: List of recommendations on the discussion topics. * Over the next ten days Red and I will work together to formalize the overall program strategy and incorporate the recommendantions made by the team. 3:00 - 4:30 Technology vision for 98 and beyond: This will be a follow-up to the discussion we had three week sago about program requirements & technologies. The purpose of this segment will be to probe further into the main technical concepts we are considering for the next generation vehicle and operational scenaria. See you on Tuesday, - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00826; 16 Feb 98 10:43:39 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03699; 13 Feb 98 14:32 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03697; 13 Feb 98 14:32 EST Received: from GS247.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26384; 13 Feb 98 14:31 EST Sender: afoessel@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <34E49F96.41C67EA6@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 14:31:34 -0500 From: Alex Foessel Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Freight return from Chile Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To whom is interested in the goods coming back from Antarctica: -The goods are in INACH (Antartic Chilean Institute) facilitites. -According to them, they will finish the customs paperwork on Monday or Tuesday. -Once that is done, Burlington (carrier company) will ship the freight to CMU, and that will take a few days. -We should expect our goods to be here within 10 days. -The cause of this delay is that it is summer in Chile, and most people is taking holidays. Therefore, things happen really slow. Alex Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02565; 16 Feb 98 17:06:11 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07922; 16 Feb 98 17:05 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07920; 16 Feb 98 17:04 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa21675; 16 Feb 98 17:03:04 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA28158; Mon, 16 Feb 98 17:03:01 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34E8B794.15228229@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:03:00 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Cc: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: REMINDER: POST-EXPEDITION REVIEW / TUESDAY 02-17-98 References: <34E47908.BB271067@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #22: POST-EXPEDITION REVIEW TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17/98, 8:30-4:00, FRC100 Agenda 8:15 - 8:30 BREAKFAST FRC100 8:30 - 8:40 Red: Introduction & Vision 8:40 - 9:00 Dimi: Antarctic Expedition Highlights [9:00 - 11:10 Antarctic team members present: "What went well, what went poorly", consider programmatics, technical, logistics, & relationships] 9:00 - 9:30 Bill 9:30 - 10:00 Pascal 9:40 - 10:00 Alex 10:00 - 10:20 Liam 10:20 - 10:30 BREAK 10:30 - 10:50 Matt 10:50 - 11:10 Kurt (times are tentative; we will accommodate as appropriate) 11:10 - 12:30 Assessment of the expedition: opinions from all team members about the program from its formulation in August 1997 to the completion of the expedition two weeks ago. Outcome of the discussion: 5 or so areas that we need to improve, and summary of "went well/poorly" 12:30 - 1:15 LUNCH 1:15 - 3:00 Towards Antarctica 98-99: Open discussion to ideas about science themes, program scope, approaches to expedition, partnerships, management of rover development & expeditions. Special discussion: CMU/Ames Collaboration Outcome: List of recommendations on the discussion topics. * Over the next ten days Red and I will work together to formalize the overall program strategy and incorporate the recommendantions made by the team. 3:00 - 4:30 Technology vision for 98 and beyond: This will be a follow-up to the discussion we had three week sago about program requirements & technologies. The purpose of this segment will be to probe further into the main technical concepts we are considering for the next generation vehicle and operational scenaria. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02573; 16 Feb 98 17:09:45 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07928; 16 Feb 98 17:09 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07926; 16 Feb 98 17:09 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa09698; 16 Feb 98 17:07:19 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA28248; Mon, 16 Feb 98 17:07:14 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34E8B891.45AEA627@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:07:13 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Quadcharts & Images Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Images from this year's expedition, "Nomad in Antarctica", and futuristic concepts related to our program, are in: /user/meteorite1/Antarctica97/EXPEDITION/IMAGES/ The CMU quadcharts for the next fiscal year are in: /afs/cs/project/lri/doc/presentations/98-SPRING-TRIWG/ (all compressed) - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06918; 17 Feb 98 17:36:21 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09562; 17 Feb 98 17:33 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09560; 17 Feb 98 17:33 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa14946; 17 Feb 98 17:31:48 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA14680; Tue, 17 Feb 98 17:31:30 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34EA0FC2.5CFFE565@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 17:31:30 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Group dinner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To All: We are going to have dinner at the Church Brew Works, 3525 Liberty Avenue at 7:00pm. Matt will resererve a big table... Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09246; 18 Feb 98 12:41:04 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10723; 18 Feb 98 12:40 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10721; 18 Feb 98 12:40 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa02323; 18 Feb 98 12:38:38 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA29790; Wed, 18 Feb 98 12:38:31 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34EB1C97.9C6CE70E@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 12:38:31 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Pointers to presentation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To those who presnented yesterrday: Please send me pointers to your presentations. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09880; 18 Feb 98 16:43:58 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11052; 18 Feb 98 16:38 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11049; 18 Feb 98 16:38 EST Received: from artemis.arc.nasa.gov by RI.CMU.EDU id aa13130; 18 Feb 98 16:36:55 EST Received: from hera.img (hera.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.115.198]) by artemis.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id NAA22127 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:36:10 -0800 Received: from hera.img (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.img (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id NAA20090 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:36:09 -0800 Message-Id: <199802182136.NAA20090@hera.img> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: contents CMU videos - Antartica #1 and #2 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 13:34:54 -0800 From: Kurt Schwehr Here is the contents of the first two tapes from the SVHS camera. -Kurt ====================================================================== Kurt Schwehr -- Feb 1998 Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search Video Contents - SVHS Tape #1 [Hrs:]Min:Sec Subject aprox 0:00 Intro to camp by Alex. Jan 3,1998. By CMU polar Heaven 1:47 Inside the Polar Heaven 3:11 Tempurature and Pascals Airphoto Map 4:30 Carlos 5:00 Matt's show description 7:15 Rooster calls 9:10 Bikes sitting still. Endurence tent, outside. 10:40 Generators. GPS base station. 12:17 Skidoo/snowmobile. 12:15 Solar experiment. 15:00 Walking towards towards camp. 15:30 Pee Drum. 17:33 Pascal riding a bike. 18:50 Bike tour. 19:50 Endurance tent, inside. 21:30 Inside kitchen tent at 2 AM. Alexandro and Kate. ... ... Eating food. ... 45:30 End of kitchen. ANI camp pan by the kitchen tent. 46:10 Library tent. 47:00 Pan in front of the library tent. 47:40 Wind generator. 48:00 Liam taking a leak. 48:15 Expedition 25 tent. 49:50 Bill's birthday party. 51:00 Cutting the cake. (The scottish traditional scream.) 52:00 People outside the kitchen. 52:45 Herc (C-130) does its initial flyby. 53:40 Herc Landing. 55:30 Taxi'ing. 58:00 Up close to the C-130. 58:30 Back end of the C-130. 59:40 Loading Antarctic DOG. 1:00:45 Skidooing on blue ice. 1:01:45 Skidooing off to camp. 1:02:?? Bill towing the radar with the skidoo. 1:05:55 Liam and hist experiment. 1:11:?? Alex - GPR experiment. 1:17:?? Liam pulling his sled 1:20:?? Kitchen tent. Dinner. 1:21:45 Pan outside of the kitchen. 1:22:45 Twin Otter landing. 1:25:40 Inside the Polar Heaven. Panospheric 1:27:50 Communications experiment. 1:29:?? Alex - outside pan. Status commentary. 1:32:?? Pascal's tour of the airphoto map. Our trips to local sites. 1:35:?? The stove. 1:36:?? Matt getting ready to go to the remote camp. 1:41:?? Message to Dimi. 1:42:?? Skidoo'ing to the remote science camp. Tape #2 ------- Bill Cassedy's talk inside the library tent. Outside pan by the library tent. Matt pulling the panospheric sled. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12036; 19 Feb 98 10:18:05 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12459; 19 Feb 98 10:16 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12457; 19 Feb 98 10:16 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa19564; 19 Feb 98 10:16:00 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA13443; Thu, 19 Feb 98 10:15:58 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34EC4CAD.FD8DB82@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 10:15:57 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Tartan Card Purchases Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To those who use the Tartan card for purchases: 1. Collect ALL receipts. When you order something over the phone EXPLICITLY ask the vendor to send you a receipt or invoice that indicates the purchase. If you are not willing to do this correctly, then make the purchase through a mini or regular PO (get them from me). 2. If you make a personal purchase, you pay for it. If you purchase something for another project, find the project manager of that project and charge it to their credit card or use their purchase orders. 3. Purcahses with the card are PA tax exempt. CMU's tax exempt number is 75-08601-0. Every time you make a purchase you have to mention that to the vendor. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12523; 19 Feb 98 13:00:26 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab12660; 19 Feb 98 12:58 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12658; 19 Feb 98 12:57 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa15425; 19 Feb 98 12:57:03 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA15304; Thu, 19 Feb 98 12:57:01 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34EC726C.7826355B@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 12:57:00 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Upcoming team meetings Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Herein are the team meetings for the next two months. Meetings are on Thursdays 9-10:30, unless there is a special event, such as the review we had a couple days ago. Should there be any change of people presenting, I will let you know. Thank you, Dimi >>> MEETING #23 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Ben (30 min), Sib (20 min) Topics: Ben: Nomad locomotion performance (halfway results) Sib: Upgraded real-time performance MEETING #24 THURSDAY, MARCH 5/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: MikeM (30 min), Stewart (20 min) Topics: MikeM: Configuration & simulation of a global position estimation technology Stewart: Early navigation results MEETING #25 THURSDAY, MARCH 12/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Dimi & Eric (60 min) Topic: 1/ Meteorobot pre-configuration 2/ Antarctica-2 expedition profile & technology demo plan MEETING #26 THURSDAY, MARCH 19/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Alex (30 min), Matt (30 min) Topics: Alex: Multi-purpose radar configuration & early experiments with AHS/UGV unit Matt: Landmark position estimation from wide imagery; technology configuration & simulation MEETING #27 THURSDAY, MARCH 26/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Ben (30 min), Dimi & Sib (30 min) Ben: Final characterization of Nomad locomotion Dimi/Sib: Overall technical summary on winterized Nomad MEETING #28 THURSDAY, APR 2/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Stewart (30 min), Liam (30 min) Topics: Stewart: Safeguarded navigation of Nomad; field results and augmentations Reid: Rover autonomy: status, needs, and vision MEETING #29 THURSDAY, APR 9/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Reid (30 min), Topics: Liam: Meteorite classification framework - alpha version MEETING #30 THURSDAY, APR 16/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Dimi/Eric (40 min), MikeM (20 min) Topics: Dimi/Eric: Meteorobot configuration MikeM: Star-Grav module design & early field results >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06553; 25 Feb 98 11:22:42 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22643; 25 Feb 98 11:20 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22641; 25 Feb 98 11:20 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa26522; 25 Feb 98 11:19:27 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA13176; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:19:24 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34F4448C.F3C8E005@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:19:24 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #23 / THURSDAY 02-26-98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Out team meeting is tomorrow. The modified agenda has as follows: MEETING #23 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Kim (30 min) Sib (30 min) Ben (10 min) Topics: Kim: Strategies for robotic meteorite search Kim will present her work on coverage search and search evaluation metrics. One issue to discuss is that of a new computing architecture which, at its planning level, will incorporate medium range pattern search (Kim), on-board resource planning (Stewart), and autonomous classification of samples (Liam). These "modules" will ultimately be layered on the robot navigation architecture. Sib: Nomad real-time computing - Hardware and software additions & expected performance - Data acquisition & internal safeguarding sensing Ben: Techniques and metrics for comparative evaluation of robotic steering configurations. The focus is evaluation of Nomad's steering modalities. All: Status and upcoming agenda Special topics: - Preparations for ICRA98 (4 Nomad papers were accepted) - Meteorobot Program RI Report (follow-up on the task item from last week's review) - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06572; 25 Feb 98 11:32:59 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22657; 25 Feb 98 11:32 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22655; 25 Feb 98 11:31 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa22818; 25 Feb 98 11:31:25 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA13322; Wed, 25 Feb 98 11:31:18 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34F44756.F89047E8@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:31:18 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, dlavery@hq.nasa.gov Subject: Re: FYI References: <9802241647.ZM15296@serrano.frc.ri.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check this out: > > http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9802/24/australia.mars.ap/index.html > > "Scientist suggests using Antarctica for Mars training" > > -- > Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06813; 25 Feb 98 12:47:14 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22792; 25 Feb 98 12:44 EST Received: from UX5.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22790; 25 Feb 98 12:43 EST Received: from GS114.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03388; 25 Feb 98 12:42 EST Sender: mmde@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <34F45821.BF350248@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:42:57 -0500 From: Mike Montemerlo Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Antarctica article on CNN website Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The article is called "Scientist suggests using Antarctica for Mars training" You can find it at: http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9802/24/australia.mars.ap/index.html Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06820; 25 Feb 98 12:48:52 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab22823; 25 Feb 98 12:47 EST Received: from UX5.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22821; 25 Feb 98 12:47 EST Received: from GS114.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03464; 25 Feb 98 12:45 EST Sender: mmde@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <34F458D4.EBE28C32@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:45:57 -0500 From: Mike Montemerlo Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: da1v@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu, meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: oops Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit everyone, Sorry about the repetition. I didn't see Dimi's email about the same article. Mike. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09732; 26 Feb 98 11:34:24 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24916; 26 Feb 98 11:34 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24914; 26 Feb 98 11:33 EST Received: from myriad.cis.pitt.edu by CS.CMU.EDU id aa05771; 26 Feb 98 11:32:42 EST Received: from vms.cis.pitt.edu by vms.cis.pitt.edu (PMDF V5.1-10 #16365) id <01IU18LSVIXC96KBFR@vms.cis.pitt.edu> for meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:32:30 EST Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:32:30 -0500 (EST) From: WILLIAM CASSIDY Subject: recent announcement To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Message-id: <01IU18LSWC4I96KBFR@vms.cis.pitt.edu> X-Envelope-to: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu X-VMS-To: IN%"meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII All: This was on my e-mail this morning. Sometimes it is easier to get into a program that is just starting up... #1 24-FEB-1998 16:55:59.39 NEWMAIL From: IN%"dbeverst@nsf.gov" To: IN%"'OPP_Constituent:;'@nsf.gov" CC: Subj: New NSF program: "Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence" (KDI) Return-path: Received: from beta.nsf.gov (firewall-user@[206.2.78.5]) by vms.cis.pitt.edu (PMDF V5.1-10 #16365) with ESMTP id <01ITYRD0AFJ89A0BCC@vms.cis.pitt.edu> for ansmet@vms.cis.pitt.edu; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:55:54 EST Received: by beta.nsf.gov; id QAA17914; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:55:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from note1.nsf.gov(128.150.11.1) by beta.nsf.gov via smap (3.2) id xmaa17889; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:55:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by note1.nsf.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA18944 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:50:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:50:41 -0500 (EST) From: dbeverst@nsf.gov Subject: New NSF program: "Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence" (KDI) To: "OPP_Constituent:;"@nsf.gov Press RETURN for more... MAIL> #1 24-FEB-1998 16:55:59.39 NEWMAIL Message-id: <199802242150.QAA18944@note1.nsf.gov> X-Envelope-to: ansmet Dear Colleague, NSF has recently announced a new Foundation wide initiative called "Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence" (KDI) that may be of interest to many of you in the polar research community. I want to draw this opportunity to your attention in the anticipation that it will generate either group or individual interest.There will be a substantial amount of funding provided for this initiative and we would like to encourage polar researchers to develop proposals in response to the solicitation. Information on the initiative and the full solicitation for the competition is available on the KDI web page at http://www.nsf.gov/kdi. Inquiries may be addressed to the general KDI box at kdi@nsf.gov. Specific questions with regard to Polar proposals may be addressed to your individual program managers or to Dr. Linda Duguay (lduguay@nsf.gov) who is a member of the KDI Press RETURN for more... MAIL> #1 24-FEB-1998 16:55:59.39 NEWMAIL oversight group. Dr. Dennis Peacock Antarctic Science Section Head Office of Polar Programs Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (KDI) The recent explosive growth in computer power and connectivity is reshaping relationships among people and organizations, and transforming the processes of discovery, learning, and communication. As a result of the technological advances we have unprecedented opportunities for providing rapid and efficient access to enormous amounts of knowledge and information; for studying vastly more complex systems than was hitherto possible; and for advancing in fundamental ways our understanding of learning and intelligent behavior in living and engineered systems. NSF's Knowledge and Press RETURN for more... MAIL> #1 24-FEB-1998 16:55:59.39 NEWMAIL Distributed Intelligence (KDI) theme is a Foundation-wide effort to promote the realization of these opportunities. Three Foci for FY 1998: KN, LIS, and NCC To achieve the aims of KDI, proposals are solicited from individuals or groups for research that is inherently multidisciplinary or that, while lying within a single discipline, has clear impact on at least one other discipline. In FY 1998, KDI will have three foci: Knowledge Networking (KN); Learning and Intelligent Systems (LIS); and New Computational Challenges (NCC). Knowledge Networking (KN) focuses on the integration of knowledge from different sources and domains across space and time. The goal of KN research is to achieve new levels of knowledge integration, information flow, and interactivity among people, organizations, and communities, and to deepen our understanding of the ethical, legal, and social implications of knowledge networking. Press RETURN for more... MAIL> #1 24-FEB-1998 16:55:59.39 NEWMAIL Learning and Intelligent Systems (LIS), an ongoing program, seeks to stimulate multidisciplinary research that will unify experimentally and theoretically derived concepts related to learning and intelligent systems, and that will promote the use and development of information technologies in learning and discovery across a wide variety of fields. LIS emphasizes research that advances basic understanding of learning and intelligence in natural and artificial systems, as well as research that supports the development of tools and environments to test and apply this understanding in real situations. New Computational Challenges (NCC) focuses on research and tools needed to discover, model, simulate, analyze, display, or understand complicated phenomena, to control resources and deal with massive volumes of data in real time, and to predict the behavior of complex systems. These aims will require major advances in hardware and software to handle complexity, representation, and scale, to enable distributed collaboration, and to facilitate real-time interactions and control. Press RETURN for more... MAIL> #1 24-FEB-1998 16:55:59.39 NEWMAIL The KDI Competition A KDI proposal solicitation has just been released; the full text is posted on the KDI web page at http://www.nsf.gov/kdi. Letters of intent are due April 1, 1998, and the deadline for full proposals is May 8. Awards will be made in the fall. Approximately $50 million is available for funding proposals submitted to this competition. Proposals are solicited for any amount up to $1.0 million per year for up to three years. We expect to make grants at a wide variety of amounts and durations. In exceptional cases, awards for up to five years may be considered if the justification and promise are compelling. A second KDI competition will be held in FY 1999, subject to availability of funds. An updated solicitation, which may include revised research emphases, will be released in advance of this competition. Best, Bill Cassidy Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10045; 26 Feb 98 13:26:53 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25156; 26 Feb 98 13:26 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25154; 26 Feb 98 13:26 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa07181; 26 Feb 98 13:25:51 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (GIOVANNA.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23990; Thu, 26 Feb 98 13:25:43 EST Message-Id: <34F5B55C.FB61B3DD@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:33:00 -0500 From: Eric Rollins Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: nomad into the trailer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit nomad drove into the trailer autonomously well, just kidding, using joystick. ramps work great and it fits fine. slag heaps are next. congratulations to those who put the new system together!! Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10462; 26 Feb 98 15:45:03 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25405; 26 Feb 98 15:44 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25403; 26 Feb 98 15:43 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa09002; 26 Feb 98 15:42:26 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SLIPPY.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA25084; Thu, 26 Feb 98 15:42:10 EST Message-Id: <34F5D3A5.F6742869@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 15:42:31 -0500 From: Michael Parris Reply-To: mparris@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 (Macintosh; U; PPC) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: [Fwd: Penguins' secret life of 'vice' revealed] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------2380AB587DCF611E6A5B8C65" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2380AB587DCF611E6A5B8C65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------2380AB587DCF611E6A5B8C65 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from wasp.frc.ri.cmu.edu by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA25019; Thu, 26 Feb 98 15:37:15 EST Received: from wasp.frc.ri.cmu.edu by wasp.frc.ri.cmu.edu id aa13698; 26 Feb 98 15:36 EST Sender: mcm@wasp.frc.ri.cmu.edu To: metahuman-chat@ri.cmu.edu Subject: Penguins' secret life of 'vice' revealed From: "Martin C. Martin" Date: 26 Feb 1998 15:35:41 -0500 Message-Id: <4upvka9k9u.fsf@wasp.frc.ri.cmu.edu> X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Source-Info: Sender is really mcm@wasp.frc.ri.cmu.edu The birds, the bees and the penguins. ------- Start of forwarded message ------- From: C-afp@clari.net (AFP) Newsgroups: clari.living.bizarre,clari.living.animals,clari.living.misc Subject: Penguins' secret life of 'vice' revealed Organization: Copyright 1998 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 10:55:02 PST LONDON, Feb 26 (AFP) - The shocking truth about Antarctic penguins' secret life of "vice" was exposed in the British press Thursday in reports detailing how female birds run a sophisticated prostitution racket. Scientists on Ross Island, 800 miles (687 miles) from the South Pole, told the journal Auk, quoted by the Daily Telegraph, how they had observed how male penguins pay for sex with stones and rocks. The pebbles, which are needed for nest platforms to keep eggs out of the icy waters, can become extremely scarce and difficult to extract from the frozen mud, said the paper. Some penguins will steal stones off one another, risking attack by the owners. But Fiona Hunter of Cambridge University and Lloyd Davis of the University of Otago, supported by the New Zealand Antartic Programme, said they had seen female penguins lure male birds for sex in exchange for the stones. "Females have figured out that one way to steal the stones without being attacked is to swap copulations for them," Hunter was quoted as saying. Slipping away from their partner, they approach the nest of an unpaired male, give the standard courtship signals of a dip of the head and a coy look from the eye. If the male shows interest, the female lies prone, a clear invitation to mate in the language of penguin love, according to the Telegraph. After mating, the female will pick up her stone and take it to her nest. Sometimes satisfied customers allow them to take more than one, said the paper, and some females have discovered that heavy flirting is enough to persuade some males to part with a rock or two. One bird amassed 62 pebbles this way, Hunter said. "The males were probably duped into thinking she was a possible partner," she said. But Hunter maintained that the female penguin was no mere mercenary. "I don't think she is just after his stones. Perhaps the female mates with an extra male for another reason, so to increase the quality or genetic variability of her offspring." -=-=- Want to tell us what you think about the ClariNews? Please feel free to <> . -=-=- C O P Y R I G H T * R E M I N D E R This article is Copyright 1998 by Agence France-Presse. All articles in the clari.* news hierarchy are Copyrighted and licensed to ClariNet Communications Corp. for distribution. Except for articles in the biz.clarinet newsgroups, only paid subscribers may access these articles. 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You can also read ClariNet news from your Web browser. ------- End of forwarded message ------- --------------2380AB587DCF611E6A5B8C65-- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa11153; 26 Feb 98 20:45:20 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25886; 26 Feb 98 20:43 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25884; 26 Feb 98 20:42 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa12181; 26 Feb 98 20:42:44 EST Received: from cs.cmu.edu (JEETYET.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA27040; Thu, 26 Feb 98 20:42:41 EST Message-Id: <34F619DC.2C6E9B32@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 20:41:48 -0500 From: Mark Sibenac Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Field Robotics Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Nomad Testing Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We finally got Nomad into the trailer and out to the slag heaps near Frick Park today. The setup was pretty easy: hook Eric's Toyota onto the trailer, drive a few kilometers to the slag heaps, set up tire (Sparc notebook computer) and an Arlan, and start up Nomad's generator. Michael Parris, Ben, and I drove the robot around for exactly one hour using the joystick. We put 357 meters onto Nomad's odometer while performing simple locomotion and odometetry tests. Tomorrow we are planning on working in bldg E on the stand because there are thunderstorms rolling into the area tonight. But if it is sunny, we will go out again. Mark Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25750; 4 Mar 98 14:16:51 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06347; 4 Mar 98 14:15 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06342; 4 Mar 98 14:14 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa20159; 4 Mar 98 14:14:16 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA15109; Wed, 4 Mar 98 14:14:14 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34FDA804.4BEE535A@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 14:14:12 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: REMINDER: TEAM MEETING #24 TOMORROW AT 9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #24 THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1998 FRC100, 9:00-10:30 Agenda: Robotic Pose from Stars and Terrain - MikeM ------------------------------------------- Mike will review his current algorithm, introduce the design for the STARGRAV prototype, show results from his STARGRAV simulator, and close with future plans. Safeguarded Autonomous Navigation - Stewart ------------------------------------------- Stewart will talk about the state of the navigation system and augmentations through development and field work. Also, Bill requested some time to present a few slides that show ice-cored moraines (there was some discussion about those formations during the post-expedition review). - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26206; 4 Mar 98 17:24:24 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06579; 4 Mar 98 17:20 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06577; 4 Mar 98 17:20 EST Received: from chroma.jpl.nasa.gov by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa10484; 4 Mar 98 17:20:13 EST Received: (from mwm@localhost) by chroma.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4.cjm-wja) id OAA03676 for meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:20:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 14:20:08 -0800 (PST) From: Mark W Maimone Message-Id: <199803042220.OAA03676@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Lunar Mountain Height software Hi all, I just ran across this on the net, looks interesting. It's an educational tool that teaches you how to measure the height of mountains on the Moon. I haven't checked it out, just ran across this URL. http://www.gettysburg.edu/project/physics/clea/lunarlab.html Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28104; 5 Mar 98 14:51:06 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08232; 5 Mar 98 14:50 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08227; 5 Mar 98 14:50 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa19998; 5 Mar 98 14:47:28 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA24376; Thu, 5 Mar 98 14:47:24 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34FF014C.6A583756@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 14:47:24 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: ICE ON THE MOON Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NASA probe finds ice on moon March 5, 1998 Web posted at: 1:54 p.m. EST (1854 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Small, scattered pockets of water ice have been found beneath the lunar surface by a robot survey spacecraft that has spent the last month mapping the moon. NASA officials said the usefulness of the water was not immediately clear, because the data from the spacecraft Lunar Prospector show it is scattered in small deposits across thousands of square miles of the moon's geographical poles. "While the evidence of water ice is quite strong, the water signal (detected by the spacecraft's instruments) is relatively weak," said William Feldman, a Department of Energy researcher participating in the project. "Our data are consistent with the presence of water ice in very low concentrations across a significant number of craters." The data suggest that the water is confined only to the polar regions. Feldman and others estimated there could be 11 million to 330 million tons of lunar water ice dispersed across about 18,000 square miles (173,000 square kilometers) of the north pole and about 7,200 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) of the south pole. Finding water ice on the moon is a big boost for tentative plans to establish a permanent lunar base. If water could be mined on the moon, it would ease the need of sending a supply from Earth. It could take thousands of liters to maintain a permanent moon complex. The presence of water could also enable astronauts to make their own breathing oxygen and to use the moon as sort of a space-based filling station. Water can be split into its chemical components, hydrogen and oxygen. Oxygen could be used for breathing and the combination of hydrogen and oxygen can be used as a rocket fuel. Lunar Prospector was launched in January and put into a 60-mile (100-kilometer) high orbit of the moon. The 4-foot-long (1.2-meter), 650-pound (300-kilogram) spacecraft is NASA's first return to the moon since the last manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 17 in December 1972. The robot craft carries instruments that can detect alpha particles, gamma rays and neutrons, along with a radar experiment. Data from the instruments, radioed to Earth, enable scientists to analyze the composition of the lunar surface and to pinpoint gravity and magnetic features. The $65 million spacecraft is expected to spend the rest of year mapping the moon's surface. When it runs out of fuel, the craft will crash into the moon so it would not become an orbiting hazard to future lunar missions. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28118; 5 Mar 98 14:55:18 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08238; 5 Mar 98 14:53 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08236; 5 Mar 98 14:53 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa18248; 5 Mar 98 14:52:47 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA24419; Thu, 5 Mar 98 14:52:44 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <34FF028B.715F8D47@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 14:52:43 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: ANTARCTIC METEORITES Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Two messages - Dimi >>> A new lunar meteorite has been discovered in the Antarctic. The meteorite is labeled EET96008. It was discovered in the Elephant Moraine region in the Antarctic, and was the 8th meteorite analyzed from the 1995-96 collecting season. Below is the technical decription of the meteorite from the February 1998 issue of the Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter. Ron Baalke Sample no: EET96008 Location: Elephant Moraine Dimensions (cm): 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 Weight (g): 52.97 Meteorite Type: Lunar Basaltic Breccia Macroscopic Description: Kathleen McBride 50% of the meteorite is covered by a black glassy fusion crust. Areas that lack fusion crust appear virtually unweathered. The fusion crust is very thinly distributed over the surface of the rock. The matrix is fine grained, medium gray and tan are are angular and subangular in shape. Metal and rust are not visible. This is a breciated basalt, possibly lunar in origin. Thin section (,4) Description: Brian Mason The section shows a microbreccia of pyroxene and plagioclase clasts, up to 1.2 mm across; traces of nickel-iron and sulfide are present, as small scattered grains. Microprobes analyses show that most of the pyroxene ranges from Wo11Fs31 to Wo40Fs18, with a few more iron-rich grains; plagioclase composition in An93-96. A few olivine grains of variable compositions, Fa41-64, were analyzed. Fe/Mn in pyroxene is about 70. The meteorite is a lunar basaltic breccia. >>> Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter February 1998 Nakhla To Be Distributed By Dr. Monica Grady Natural History Museum, London Nakhla is a 1300 million year old Martian meteorite, the first one in which carbonates were identified. Nakhla fell as a shower of stones in 1911; several of the stones are in the collection of the Natural History Museum in London. One completely fusion-crusted stone has been kept unbroken since its acquisition in 1913. The Natural History Museum is now prepared to offer samples of this stone to scientists for appropriate analyses. The Antarctic Meteorite Processing Group had kindly agreed to allow the stone to be broken and sub-divided at the Curatorial Facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, prior to the LPSC in March. There is no formal deadline for sample requests, but the material available is limited. Coordinated approaches from groups of scientists undertaking complementary studies are encouraged. Those requests submitted to the Museum by April 3 will be processed in April. Those arriving later will be delayed for several months. For further details and to submit requests, contact: Dr. Monica M. Grady Dept. of Mineralogy The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD E-Mail: mmg@nhm.ac.uk >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28124; 5 Mar 98 14:57:17 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08244; 5 Mar 98 14:56 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08242; 5 Mar 98 14:55 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa04310; 5 Mar 98 14:54:24 EST Received: from [128.2.195.27] (SCOTTMAX.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA24429; Thu, 5 Mar 98 14:54:20 EST Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 14:55:09 -0500 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu From: Scott Workman Subject: LUNAR PROSPECTOR FINDS EVIDENCE OF ICE AT MOON'S POLES Douglas Isbell Headquarters, Washington, DC March 5, 1998 (Phone: 202/358-1753) David Morse Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (Phone: 650/604-4724) John Gustafson Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM Department of Energy (Phone: 505/665-9197) John Watson Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-6478) RELEASE: 98-38 LUNAR PROSPECTOR FINDS EVIDENCE OF ICE AT MOON'S POLES There is a high probability that water ice exists at both the north and south poles of the Moon, according to initial scientific data returned by NASA's Lunar Prospector. The Discovery Program mission also has produced the first operational gravity map of the entire lunar surface, which should serve as a fundamental reference for all future lunar exploration missions, project scientists announced today at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Just two months after the launch of the cylindrical spacecraft, mission scientists have solid evidence of the existence of lunar water ice, including estimates of its volume, location and distribution. "We are elated at the performance of the spacecraft and its scientific payload, as well as the resulting quality and magnitude of information about the Moon that we already have been able to extract," said Dr. Alan Binder, Lunar Prospector Principal Investigator from the Lunar Research Institute, Gilroy, CA. The presence of water ice at both lunar poles is strongly indicated by data from the spacecraft's neutron spectrometer instrument, according to mission scientists. Graphs of data ratios from the neutron spectrometer "reveal distinctive 3.4 percent and 2.2 percent dips in the relevant curves over the northern and southern polar regions, respectively," Binder said. "This is the kind of data 'signature' one would expect to find if water ice is present." However, the Moon's water ice is not concentrated in polar ice sheets, mission scientists cautioned. "While the evidence of water ice is quite strong, the water 'signal' itself is relatively weak," said Dr. William Feldman, co-investigator and spectrometer specialist at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM. "Our data are consistent with the presence of water ice in very low concentrations across a significant number of craters." Using models based on other Lunar Prospector data, Binder and Feldman predict that water ice is confined to the polar regions and exists at only a 0.3 percent to 1 percent mixing ratio in combination with the Moon's rocky soil, or regolith. How much lunar water ice has been detected? Assuming a water ice depth of about a foot and a half (.5 meters) -- the depth to which the neutron spectrometer's signal can penetrate -- Binder and Feldman estimate that the data are equivalent to an overall range of 11 million to 330 million tons (10-300 million metric tons) of lunar water ice, depending upon the assumptions of the model used. This quantity is dispersed over 3,600 to 18,000 square miles (10,000-50,000 square kilometers) of water ice- bearing deposits across the northern pole, and an additional 1,800 to 7,200 square miles (5,000-20,000 square kilometers) across the southern polar region. Furthermore, twice as much of the water ice mixture was detected by Lunar Prospector at the Moon's north pole as at the south. Dr. Jim Arnold of the University of California at San Diego previously has estimated that the most water ice that could conceivably be present on the Moon as a result of meteoritic and cometary impacts and other processes is 11 billion to 110 billion tons. The amount of lunar regolith that could have been "gardened" by all impacts in the past 2 billion years extends to a depth of about 6.5 feet (2 meters), he found. On that basis, Lunar Prospector's estimate of water ice would have to be increased by a factor of up to four, to the range of 44 million to 1.3 billion tons (40 million to 1.2 billion metric tons). In actuality, Binder and Feldman caution that, due to the inadequacy of existing lunar models, their current estimates "could be off by a factor of ten in either direction." The earlier joint Defense Department-NASA Clementine mission to the Moon used a radar-based technique that detected ice deposits in permanently shadowed regions of the lunar south pole. It is not possible to directly compare the results from Lunar Prospector to Clementine because of their fundamentally different sensors, measurement "footprints," and analysis techniques. However, members of the Clementine science team concluded that its radar signal detected from 110 million to 1.1 billion tons (100 million to 1 billion metric tons) of water ice, over an upper area limit of 5,500 square miles (15,500 square kilometers) of south pole terrain. There are various ways to estimate the economic potential of the detected lunar water ice as a supporting resource for future human exploration of the Moon. One way is to estimate the cost of transporting that same volume of water ice from Earth to orbit. Currently, it costs about $10,000 to put one pound of material into orbit. NASA is conducting technology research with the goal of reducing that figure by a factor of 10, to only $1,000 per pound. Using an estimate of 33 million tons from the lower range detected by Lunar Prospector, it would cost $60 trillion to transport this volume of water to space at that rate, with unknown additional cost of transport to the Moon's surface. From another perspective, a typical person consumes an estimated 100 gallons of water per day for drinking, food preparation, bathing and washing. At that rate, the same estimate of 33 million tons of water (7.2 billion gallons) could support a community of 1,000 two-person households for well over a century on the lunar surface, without recycling. "This finding by Lunar Prospector is primarily of scientific interest at this time, with implications for the rate and importance of cometary impacts in the history and evolution of the Solar System," said Dr. Wesley Huntress, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science. "A cost-effective method to mine the water crystals from within this large volume of soil would have to be developed if it were to become a real resource for drinking water or as the basic components of rocket fuel to support any future human explorers." Before the Lunar Prospector mission, historical tracking data from various NASA Lunar Orbiter and Apollo missions had provided evidence that the lunar gravity field is not uniform. Mass concentrations caused by lava which filled the Moon's huge craters are known to be the cause of the anomalies. However, precise maps of lunar mass concentrations covering the moon's equatorial nearside region were the only ones available. Lunar Prospector has dramatically improved this situation, according to co-investigator Dr. Alex Konopliv of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Telemetry data from Lunar Prospector has been analyzed to produce a full gravity map of both the near and far side of the moon. Konopliv also has identified two new mass concentrations on the Moon's nearside that will be used to enhance geophysical modeling of the lunar interior. This work has produced the first-ever complete engineering-quality gravity map of the moon, a key to the operational safety and fuel-efficiency of future lunar missions. "This spacecraft has performed beyond all reasonable expectations," said NASA's Lunar Prospector mission manager Scott Hubbard of Ames. "The findings announced today are just the tip of the iceberg compared to the wealth of information forthcoming in the months and years ahead." Lunar Prospector is scheduled to continue its current primary data gathering mission at an altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers) for a period of ten more months. At that time, the spacecraft will be put into an orbit as low as six miles (10 kilometers) so that its suite of science instruments can collect data at much finer resolution in support of more detailed scientific studies. In addition, surface composition and structure information developed from data returned by the spacecraft's Gamma Ray Spectrometer instrument will be a crucial aspect of additional analysis of the polar water ice finding over the coming months. The third launch in NASA's Discovery Program of lower cost, highly focused planetary science missions, Lunar Prospector is being implemented for NASA by Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA, with mission management by NASA Ames. The total cost to NASA of the mission is $63 million. Additional informaiton about the Lunar Prospector mission can be found on the Internet at URL: http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov -end- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28247; 5 Mar 98 15:38:15 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08279; 5 Mar 98 15:37 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08277; 5 Mar 98 15:37 EST Subject: Re: ICE ON THE MOON To: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 15:36:23 -0500 (EST) From: Stewart John Moorehead Cc: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <34FF014C.6A583756@frc.ri.cmu.edu> from "Dimitrios Apostolopoulos" at Mar 5, 98 02:47:24 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 540 > Feldman and others estimated there could be 11 million to > 330 million tons of lunar water ice dispersed across about > 18,000 square miles (173,000 square kilometers) of the north > pole and about 7,200 square miles (70,000 square kilometers) > of the south pole. > I wonder why the area of water is larger on the North pole than the South pole? From the info we had from Clementine the South pole had larger areas of shadow than the North. Maybe Prospector did not cover the South pole as effectively as the North? Stewart Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00439; 6 Mar 98 14:23:19 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10074; 6 Mar 98 14:21 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10071; 6 Mar 98 14:21 EST Received: from chroma.jpl.nasa.gov by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa01021; 6 Mar 98 14:18:45 EST Received: (from mwm@localhost) by chroma.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4.cjm-wja) id LAA02343 for meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:17:27 -0800 (PST) From: Mark W Maimone Message-Id: <199803061917.LAA02343@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> Subject: Euromoon 2000 PR To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:17:27 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha3] Content-Type: text Forwarded message: > From jdalmau@hq.esa.fr Fri Mar 6 03:03:48 1998 > From: jdalmau@hq.esa.fr > X-Lotus-FromDomain: ESA > To: isu-news@isu.isunet.edu > Message-ID: <412565BF.00372459.00@esahqmail1.hq.esa.fr> > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:06:03 +0200 > Subject: Taking Europe To The Moon > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Length: 5323 > > > ESA Press Release Nr 09-98, Paris, 5 March 1998 > Taking Europe To The Moon > > In 1994 the European Space Agency (ESA) developed a phased Lunar > programme leading to the long-term goal of creating an infrastructure for > utilising and developing the Moon whilst preserving Lunar assets. > > The first step in this ESA initiated programme is a unique project called > ?Euromoon 2000? which is currently being studied by ESA engineers/ > scientists and key European Space Industries. The project is intended to > celebrate Europe?s entry into the New Millennium; and to promote public > awareness and interest in science, technology and space exploration. > > Euromoon 2000 has an innovative and ambitious implementation plan. This > includes a ?partnership with industry? and a financing scheme based on > raising part of the mission?s budget from sponsorship through a dynamic > public relations strategy and marketing programme. > > The mission begins in earnest with the small (approx. 100 kg) LunarSat > orbiter satellite, to be designed and built by 50 young scientists and > engineers from across Europe. Scheduled for ?launch in 2000 as a > secondary payload on a European Ariane 5 rocket, it will then orbit the > Moon, mapping the planned landing area in greater detail in preparation > of the EuroMoon Lander in 2001. The Lander?s 40 kg payload allocation > will accommodate amongst others scientific instrumentation for in-situ > investigation of the unique site. Elements of specific support to the > publicity and fund-raising campaign will also be considered. > > The Lander will aim for the ?Peak of Eternal Light? on the rim of the 20 > km-diameter, 3 km-deep Shackleton South Pole crater ? a site uniquely > suited for establishing a future outpost. This location enjoys almost > continuous sunlight thus missions can rely on solar power instead of > bulky batteries or costly and potentially hazardous nuclear power > generation. As a consequence of the undulating South Pole terrain there > are also permanently shadowed areas ? amongst the coldest in the Solar > System resulting in conditions highly favourable for the formation of > frozen volatiles (as suggested by the Clementine mission in 1994). > > Earlier this year (7th January 1998), NASA launched its Lunar Prospector > satellite which is currently performing polar lunar orbits surveying > areas of the moon?s surface rarely documented in previous missions. The > data now being received back from Prospector strongly suggests the > presence of the suspected volatiles (water ice?). Understandably the > presence of billions-of-years-old frozen water in proximity to Euromoon?s > planned landing site would provide a tremendous boost for the > implementation of the EuroMoon project now in its 10th month of study. > The in-situ analysis of such rare substances will provide an invaluable > scientific window back in time (the Moon is believed to have been formed > over 3.5 billion years ago from elements of the earth?s mantel). The > water?s constituent elements of hydrogen and oxygen have also the > possibility of offering an essentially free supply of rocket propellant > and oxygen for exploitation during future activities. EuroMoon is the > only mission being studied that can investigate this ice in-situ, while > the US satellite will remain in a orbit. > > The mission is particularly challenging because of the required landing > precision (within 100 m2) in terrain varying between +6 km and -5 km in > altitude. Achieving the required pinpoint touchdown capability would > allow the future exploitation of other interesting sites. One such site > is the 6 km-high Malapert Mountain, 120 km from the pole from which the > Earth can always be seen thus allowing continuous communications with the > home planet for any future outpost in the region. The ?Peak of Eternal > Light? (described above) is in direct view of Malapert, the twin peaks > offer the tantalising possibility of both of uninterrupted power and > communications. > > Euromoon can be seen as be the initial step in founding the first > extraterrestrial outpost, founding the infrastructure for a ?robotic > village? controlled by a ?virtual community? of Earth-based operators > using telescience. This would indeed mark the beginning of an expansion > of the human domain beyond Earth without the risk or cost of manned space > travel. This concept also forms an essential element of the fund-raising > campaign which will create an exciting media opportunity involving all > levels of society. > > Mission costs will be minimized by using existing hardware and a rapid > schedule. Industrial partners would share risk and responsibility of > realising the mission by forming the EuroMoon Company. A new marketing > and advertising consortium has been formed with the specific task of > raising funds through diverse commercial activities. > > EuroMoon 2000 was chosen by ESA?s Long-term Space Policy Committee as the > candidate for the Millennium Celebration and presented to the Agency?s > Council in December 1997. A progress report, as well as a programme > proposal will be presented to the March Council and a final decision is > expected in June next > Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00484; 6 Mar 98 14:38:03 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10116; 6 Mar 98 14:37 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10114; 6 Mar 98 14:37 EST Received: from chroma.jpl.nasa.gov by RI.CMU.EDU id aa29288; 6 Mar 98 14:35:55 EST Received: (from mwm@localhost) by chroma.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4.cjm-wja) id LAA02356; Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:34:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:34:56 -0800 (PST) From: Mark W Maimone Message-Id: <199803061934.LAA02356@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> To: isu-talk@isu.isunet.edu, meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Subject: Lunar Ice URLs Hi all, I've been collecting various Lunar Ice URLs together and adding them to my home page. See http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/space.html#ice for the latest collection of links. Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00889; 6 Mar 98 17:36:10 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10395; 6 Mar 98 17:35 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10393; 6 Mar 98 17:35 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa02956; 6 Mar 98 17:34:56 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA03545; Fri, 6 Mar 98 17:34:52 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35007A0B.B6148D86@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1998 17:34:51 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Mark W Maimone , meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Euromoon 2000 PR References: <199803061917.LAA02343@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mark: To the best of my knowledge the Euromoon program was cancelled... Dimi ps. Maybe the Propsector news has prompted some interest... > Mark W Maimone wrote: > > Forwarded message: > > From jdalmau@hq.esa.fr Fri Mar 6 03:03:48 1998 > > From: jdalmau@hq.esa.fr > > X-Lotus-FromDomain: ESA > > To: isu-news@isu.isunet.edu > > Message-ID: <412565BF.00372459.00@esahqmail1.hq.esa.fr> > > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 11:06:03 +0200 > > Subject: Taking Europe To The Moon > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Content-Length: 5323 > > > > > > ESA Press Release Nr 09-98, Paris, 5 March 1998 > > Taking Europe To The Moon > > > > In 1994 the European Space Agency (ESA) developed a phased Lunar > > programme leading to the long-term goal of creating an infrastructure for > > utilising and developing the Moon whilst preserving Lunar assets. > > > > The first step in this ESA initiated programme is a unique project called > > ?Euromoon 2000? which is currently being studied by ESA engineers/ > > scientists and key European Space Industries. The project is intended to > > celebrate Europe?s entry into the New Millennium; and to promote public > > awareness and interest in science, technology and space exploration. > > > > Euromoon 2000 has an innovative and ambitious implementation plan. This > > includes a ?partnership with industry? and a financing scheme based on > > raising part of the mission?s budget from sponsorship through a dynamic > > public relations strategy and marketing programme. > > > > The mission begins in earnest with the small (approx. 100 kg) LunarSat > > orbiter satellite, to be designed and built by 50 young scientists and > > engineers from across Europe. Scheduled for ?launch in 2000 as a > > secondary payload on a European Ariane 5 rocket, it will then orbit the > > Moon, mapping the planned landing area in greater detail in preparation > > of the EuroMoon Lander in 2001. The Lander?s 40 kg payload allocation > > will accommodate amongst others scientific instrumentation for in-situ > > investigation of the unique site. Elements of specific support to the > > publicity and fund-raising campaign will also be considered. > > > > The Lander will aim for the ?Peak of Eternal Light? on the rim of the 20 > > km-diameter, 3 km-deep Shackleton South Pole crater ? a site uniquely > > suited for establishing a future outpost. This location enjoys almost > > continuous sunlight thus missions can rely on solar power instead of > > bulky batteries or costly and potentially hazardous nuclear power > > generation. As a consequence of the undulating South Pole terrain there > > are also permanently shadowed areas ? amongst the coldest in the Solar > > System resulting in conditions highly favourable for the formation of > > frozen volatiles (as suggested by the Clementine mission in 1994). > > > > Earlier this year (7th January 1998), NASA launched its Lunar Prospector > > satellite which is currently performing polar lunar orbits surveying > > areas of the moon?s surface rarely documented in previous missions. The > > data now being received back from Prospector strongly suggests the > > presence of the suspected volatiles (water ice?). Understandably the > > presence of billions-of-years-old frozen water in proximity to Euromoon?s > > planned landing site would provide a tremendous boost for the > > implementation of the EuroMoon project now in its 10th month of study. > > The in-situ analysis of such rare substances will provide an invaluable > > scientific window back in time (the Moon is believed to have been formed > > over 3.5 billion years ago from elements of the earth?s mantel). The > > water?s constituent elements of hydrogen and oxygen have also the > > possibility of offering an essentially free supply of rocket propellant > > and oxygen for exploitation during future activities. EuroMoon is the > > only mission being studied that can investigate this ice in-situ, while > > the US satellite will remain in a orbit. > > > > The mission is particularly challenging because of the required landing > > precision (within 100 m2) in terrain varying between +6 km and -5 km in > > altitude. Achieving the required pinpoint touchdown capability would > > allow the future exploitation of other interesting sites. One such site > > is the 6 km-high Malapert Mountain, 120 km from the pole from which the > > Earth can always be seen thus allowing continuous communications with the > > home planet for any future outpost in the region. The ?Peak of Eternal > > Light? (described above) is in direct view of Malapert, the twin peaks > > offer the tantalising possibility of both of uninterrupted power and > > communications. > > > > Euromoon can be seen as be the initial step in founding the first > > extraterrestrial outpost, founding the infrastructure for a ?robotic > > village? controlled by a ?virtual community? of Earth-based operators > > using telescience. This would indeed mark the beginning of an expansion > > of the human domain beyond Earth without the risk or cost of manned space > > travel. This concept also forms an essential element of the fund-raising > > campaign which will create an exciting media opportunity involving all > > levels of society. > > > > Mission costs will be minimized by using existing hardware and a rapid > > schedule. Industrial partners would share risk and responsibility of > > realising the mission by forming the EuroMoon Company. A new marketing > > and advertising consortium has been formed with the specific task of > > raising funds through diverse commercial activities. > > > > EuroMoon 2000 was chosen by ESA?s Long-term Space Policy Committee as the > > candidate for the Millennium Celebration and presented to the Agency?s > > Council in December 1997. A progress report, as well as a programme > > proposal will be presented to the March Council and a final decision is > > expected in June next > > Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02053; 7 Mar 98 10:39:32 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11775; 7 Mar 98 10:38 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11773; 7 Mar 98 10:38 EST Received: from server07.icaen.uiowa.edu by RI.CMU.EDU id aa06875; 7 Mar 98 10:37:46 EST Received: from server01.icaen.uiowa.edu (root@server01.icaen.uiowa.edu [128.255.17.41]) by server07.icaen.uiowa.edu (8.8.6/8.7.1) with ESMTP id JAA08886 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 09:37:41 -0600 (CST) Received: from server11.icaen.uiowa.edu (root@server11.icaen.uiowa.edu [128.255.17.51]) by server01.icaen.uiowa.edu (8.8.6/8.7.1) with ESMTP id JAA12324 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 09:37:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by server11.icaen.uiowa.edu (8.8.6/client-6.6) with SMTP id JAA01785 for meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu; Sat, 7 Mar 1998 09:37:39 -0600 (CST) Organization: Iowa Computer Aided Engineering Network, University of Iowa From: gthomas@icaen.uiowa.edu X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 09:37:34 -0600 Message-Id: Subject: Aerospace Daily--moon commericalization and Townsend to Goddard MIME-Version: 1.0 TO: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="openmail-part-00422545-00000001" --openmail-part-00422545-00000001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; name="Aerospace" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Aerospace" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought you might be interested in this clip from Aerospace Daily: - Geb > 3/9/1998 Article:101817 > >What's Ahead: > Long Island firm proposes commercial lunar ice sample return mission. > > LUNAR COMMERCE: A Long Island company, Applied Space Resources Inc., >reacted to the news of lunar ice with a proposal of its own to go get some >and sell it. The company says it was already developing a "Lunar Retriever" >to return lunar samples from the Mare Nectaris for sale to researchers and >the general public. The off-the-shelf technology the company plans to use, >including the same Lockheed Martin Athena 2 launch vehicle that sent Lunar >Prospector to the moon, could enable a follow-on mission to return lunar >ice "at a cost well under $100 million," the company says. That could be a >bargain, if the samples lead to a practical source of water on the moon. >NASA calculates that at the $1,000-a-pound launch costs targeted by its >reusable launch vehicle program, it would cost at least $60 trillion to >ship an equivalent amount of water from Earth to its satellite. > > Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. --openmail-part-00422545-00000001 Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 07:04:58 -0800 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Subject: Aerospace Daily--moon commericalization and Townsend to Goddard MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: yclearwater/INTERNET////////RFC-822/yclearwater#a#mail#f#arc#f#nasa#f#gov@server11 TO: ic@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov FROM: yclearwater/INTERNET////////RFC-822/yclearwater#a#mail#f#arc#f#nasa#f#gov@server11 Content-Type: multipart/Mixed; boundary="openmail-part-00422545-00000002" --openmail-part-00422545-00000002 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Aerospace" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 18:50:13 -0800 (PST) >>Subject: Aerospace Daily--moon commericalization and Townsend to Goddard > > Copyright 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All > rights reserved. None of the content of this publication > may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted > in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopy, > records, or otherwise) without the permission of the publisher. > >3/9/1998 Article:101818 > >What's Ahead in Aerospace: > Europe eyes faster-better-cheaper landing at moon's south pole. > > LUNAR SPLASHDOWN: Last week's confirmation of water ice at the lunar poles >was a shot in the arm to the European Space Agency's Euromoon 2000 project, >which would send a lander to the moon's south pole in 2001. Planned as an >ESA/industry collaboration, Euromoon would start with an orbiter in 2000 >and then try to land on the rim of the Shackleton South Pole Crater in 2001 >for an in situ survey of the area as a possible lunar base site. Peaks on >the crater rim offer continuous sunlight for solar power and continuous >communications with Earth, while the permanently shaded areas nearby are >the likely site of ice that could be converted into oxygen, drinking water >and cryogenic propellant for lunar shuttles (DAILY, March 6). ESA's >governing council is to receive a formal proposal on the project this >month, and make a decision in June on whether to proceed. > > Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. > > 3/9/1998 Article:101817 > >What's Ahead: > Long Island firm proposes commercial lunar ice sample return mission. > > LUNAR COMMERCE: A Long Island company, Applied Space Resources Inc., >reacted to the news of lunar ice with a proposal of its own to go get some >and sell it. The company says it was already developing a "Lunar Retriever" >to return lunar samples from the Mare Nectaris for sale to researchers and >the general public. The off-the-shelf technology the company plans to use, >including the same Lockheed Martin Athena 2 launch vehicle that sent Lunar >Prospector to the moon, could enable a follow-on mission to return lunar >ice "at a cost well under $100 million," the company says. That could be a >bargain, if the samples lead to a practical source of water on the moon. >NASA calculates that at the $1,000-a-pound launch costs targeted by its >reusable launch vehicle program, it would cost at least $60 trillion to >ship an equivalent amount of water from Earth to its satellite. > > Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. > > 3/9/1998 Article:101809 > >What's Ahead: > Federal R&D spending favors health over defense, NASA. > >R&D TRENDS: Defense research and development will consume less than half of >total U.S. federal R&D spending beginning in fiscal year 2000, and keep on >shrinking as a percentage of federal R&D funding after that, if President >Clinton's FY '99 budget is adopted this year. The American Association for >the Advancement of Science reported in its annual analysis of the R&D >budget last week that the National Institutes of Health are the big winners >in Clinton's five-year "Research Fund For America," gaining 32.7% in >constant-dollar budget authority through FY '03. Military R&D will drop >15.3% over the same period, and NASA will fall 12.8%, AAAS calculated. >Nonetheless, the scientists' lobby was encouraged by "a marked shift in the >Clinton Administration's priorities for discretionary spending toward R&D >funding," given the gloomy outlook in federal R&D budgets from the recent >past. Clinton's budget would have the federal government spending $81.7 >billion on R&D by FY '03, up from $76.1 billion this year. > > Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. > >3/9/1998 Article:101803 > >William F. Townsend named deputy director of Goddard Space Flight Center. > >WILLIAM F. TOWNSEND, until recently acting associate NASA administrator for >Earth science, has been named deputy director of Goddard Space Flight >Center, Md., effective March 23. A 30-year NASA veteran, Townsend will take >the place vacated by A.V. Diaz, who was named Goddard director in January. >He spent almost two years at agency headquarters directing the Earth >science program, for which Goddard is the lead field center. > > Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. > >3/9/1998 Article:101795 > >FAA chief says ATC computers will meet 'Year 2000' requirement > > FAA's air traffic control computer software will be successfully >modified well before the year 2000, Administrator Jane Garvey told >skeptical members of the House Transportation aviation subcommittee. > The subcommittee was also told Thursday by officials of the General >Accounting Office and the Dept. of Transportion's Inspector General that >despite cost overruns and schedule delays on a few major programs, FAA >appears to have resolved many of the problems that led to such disasters as >the Advanced Automation System program. > Despite the optimism, FAA is "facing difficulties in maintaining" the >Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) cost baseline, >Gerald Dillingham, GAO associate director - transportation issues, told the >panel, chaired by Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.). Dillingham said, "we believe >FAA cannot achieve its goal of making the first STARS operational in the >Boston Tracon by December 1998." He said a six-month delay is "likely." > IG Kenneth Mead agreed, saying, "This date is likely to slip, but with >strong management it need not slip by more than a few months." Garvey said, >"We hope what we are doing with STARS will be a prototype for the equipment >that follows." > Dillingham and Mead said one of FAA's top priorities should be to >ensure that it is Y2K-compliant. Garvey said FAA has abandoned its >controversial November 1999 deadline for compliance and has moved the >deadline to June, which will be reflected in its program plan, to be issued >today. She said FAA is "trying to move up the date even further." > DOT Secretary Rodney Slater said last Tuesday that he hopes to make >all mission-critical systems compliant by next January (DAILY, March 4). > Mead said, "In our opinion, FAA must accelerate the implementation >date for Year 2000 fixes to June 1999 or sooner. Given FAA's track record >for completing computer and software - intensive programs on schedule, we >believe it would be wise to allow a cushion for schedule slippages and >unexpected problems." > Mead said computer software is not the only problem, warning that FAA >has an "urgent need to replace the host [computer] hardware because of lack >of certainty about year 2000 compliance and supportability problems." He >said the Host processor has a Sept. 30, 1998, "end-of-service life." > > Copyright 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. > > Yvonne Clearwater, Ph.D. Technology Outreach Leader Computational Sciences Division 650/604-5937 Ms: 269-1 --openmail-part-00422545-00000002-- --openmail-part-00422545-00000001-- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02411; 7 Mar 98 16:23:19 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12199; 7 Mar 98 16:22 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12197; 7 Mar 98 16:21 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa10587; 7 Mar 98 16:21:07 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA09945; Sat, 7 Mar 98 16:21:05 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3501BA3F.2DFA41BE@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 16:21:03 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: FABRICATION CODE & SPIE CONFERENCE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Please make a note that all costs associated with fabrication of equipment for Nomad should be charged to: 1-57244-8976 Also, herein is the call for paper submission to SPIE98: ==================================================================== Call for Papers ==================================================================== This Call For Papers, plus additional information and instructions for Abstract submission, are online at: http://www.spie.org/web/meetings/calls/pe98/mras2.html Mobile Robots XIII (AM13) 1-6 November 1998 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts USA Conference Chairs: Douglas W. Gage, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego; Howie M. Choset, Carnegie Mellon Univ. Program Committee: Derek Abbott, Univ. of Adelaide (Australia); Ronald C. Arkin, Georgia Institute of Technology; Benny M Gothard, SAIC Center for Intelligent Systems; David W. Parish, Omnitech Robotics, Inc.; Gregory D. Teese, Savannah River Technology Center; Xiaoping Yun, Naval Postgraduate School. When Sojourner rolled off of Pathfinder onto the Martian flood plain of Aris Vallis on July 4, 1997, we saw "one small step for a mobile robot, one giant leap for mobile robot kind". But the road to useful mobile robots and unmanned ground vehicles has proved to be an unexpectedly long and difficult one, from its start in the Shakey project at SRI in the late 1960s, through important defense- and other US government- sponsored work at research centers such as Stanford University, CMU, and MIT in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Even as the price performance of computer processing increased by successive orders of magnitude, general solutions to machine vision and the other problems of robotic sensory perception, and the ability to navigate autonomously based on that perception, have remained elusive. But the aggregation of incremental developments both large and small has now brought us to the point where many real-world applications, for the most part involving hazardous environments (e.g., minesweeping, UXO removal, sentry duty, military surveillance, and space exploration) can be addressed by systems that, while incapable of continuous fully-autonomous operation, may require only an acceptable degree of intermittent operator intervention. A new round of US Defense Department- sponsored programs is being initiated to bring these possibilities to fruition. It is in this context that this ongoing series of SPIE Mobile Robots Conferences provides a venue for the presentation of reports on research and development in the field of mobile robotics that affords: * short-fuse presentation and publication of the latest results of one's research: the final manuscript is due only one month before the conference, and the conference Proceedings is published only two or three months after. * a truly international forum for presentation of research results. Mobile Robots XII offered papers from the USA, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, and China. In the past five years, Mobile Robots papers have also come from Spain, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Macedonia, Egypt, and Korea. The conference gains additional visibility because it is presented in the context of SPIE's annual International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing (ISAM), and in conjunction with the major optical and other product/system exhibitions appearing under the Photonics East umbrella. Papers are solicited in all areas related to mobile robots and systems that incorporate mobile robots (e.g., for surveillance, mine countermeasures, UXO clearance), including but not limited to: * advances in robotic sensor systems of all types * sensor-based schemes for obstacle detection and avoidance * local guidance and global navigation and position estimation * architectures for robotic control and system integration * techniques for ensuring the coordination of multiple robots * Command Control and Communications (C3) for robotic systems * systems under development to address specific real-world applications We welcome your participation, and hope to see you in Boston! ********************************* * Abstract Due Date: * * * * April 6, 1998 * * * * Manuscript Due Date: * * * * October 5, 1998 * ********************************* This Call For Papers, plus additional information and instructions for Abstract submission, are online at: http://www.spie.org/web/meetings/calls/pe98/mras2.html Submit to: AM13, GAGE/CHOSET To receive a complete Call for Papers via postal mail, or to request an Advance Technical Program for any of these conferences (when available), please contact SPIE: Phone: +1 360/676-3290. Fax: +1 360/647-1445. E-mail: pe98@spie.org Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06594; 9 Mar 98 17:28:07 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15521; 9 Mar 98 17:27 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15519; 9 Mar 98 17:26 EST Received: from [137.79.125.114] by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa08810; 9 Mar 98 17:25:15 EST Received: (from mwm@localhost) by chroma.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4.cjm-wja) id OAA05570 for meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 14:24:35 -0800 (PST) From: Mark W Maimone Message-Id: <199803092224.OAA05570@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> Subject: rover special on Discover To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 14:24:35 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha3] Content-Type: text Hi all, Sounds like a good program, but I'm afraid I have no details... | >>WATCHABLES: The Mars Pathfinder rover and rovers for future | >>missions will be featured in a two-hour documentary titled | >>"Robots Rising," tentatively scheduled to air Sunday, March 15, | >>at 6 p.m. on the Discovery Channel (recheck local listings to | >>confirm). Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa07728; 10 Mar 98 8:36:07 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16632; 10 Mar 98 8:35 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16630; 10 Mar 98 8:35 EST Subject: Re: rover special on Discover To: Mark W Maimone Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:34:33 -0500 (EST) From: Stewart John Moorehead Cc: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <199803092224.OAA05570@chroma.jpl.nasa.gov> from "Mark W Maimone" at Mar 9, 98 02:24:35 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 475 > > Hi all, > > Sounds like a good program, but I'm afraid I have no details... > > | >>WATCHABLES: The Mars Pathfinder rover and rovers for future > | >>missions will be featured in a two-hour documentary titled > | >>"Robots Rising," tentatively scheduled to air Sunday, March 15, > | >>at 6 p.m. on the Discovery Channel (recheck local listings to > | >>confirm). > > Mark M. Of course, this is 6 p.m Pacific time so thats 9 p.m for normal people. Stewart Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08788; 10 Mar 98 16:05:41 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17197; 10 Mar 98 16:05 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17195; 10 Mar 98 16:04 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa19331; 10 Mar 98 16:04:23 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA02204; Tue, 10 Mar 98 16:04:21 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3505AAD4.A52C9091@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:04:20 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #25 / THURSDAY 03-12-98 9:00-10:30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #25 THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1998 FRC100, 9:00-10:30 Agenda: Meteorite Classifiers --------------------- Liam will present results from his his newly developed automatic meteorite classification code and will critique the (encouraging) findings. Meteorobot Design Requirements & Pre-Configuration -------------------------------------------------- Dimi and Eric will present the latest from requirements and concept development analysis. We will show the breakdown of design and performance specifications and Eric's "tribot" configuration. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09672; 11 Mar 98 1:22:48 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17804; 11 Mar 98 1:22 EST Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17802; 11 Mar 98 1:22 EST Subject: Animated panospheric sequences To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:21:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew C. Deans" Cc: zbinden@artemis.arc.nasa.gov X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 582 All, At Eric Krotkov's request, I have put together a couple of animations of panospheric images. They are at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Antarctica97/Panospheric/Animations/ There are small versions there and larger versions available which are linked to the small ones. They'll all be incorporated into the new web pages once that is all set up. Enjoy, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05050; 13 Mar 98 14:55:30 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21739; 13 Mar 98 14:55 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21737; 13 Mar 98 14:54 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa21254; 13 Mar 98 14:53:20 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA27294; Fri, 13 Mar 98 14:53:17 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35098EAC.AB02BED5@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:53:16 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PRESENATIONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To those who presented in our team meetings in 1998: Please copy your presentation to the appropriate directory in: /user/meteorite1/Documents/Meetings/PRESENTATIONS/ (please use frame, pdf, ps, html, or any other readable format) Thanks, Dimi ps. Eric's tribot cocnept drawings and my presentation are in: /user/meteorite1/Documents/Meetings/PRESENTATIONS/MAR1298/ Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08697; 15 Mar 98 17:47:01 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25023; 15 Mar 98 17:45 EST Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24996; 15 Mar 98 17:44 EST Received: from PUCK.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19290; 15 Mar 98 17:44 EST Message-ID: <350C5A77.17B2@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 17:47:19 -0500 From: Oberon Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: classification results on the web Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, the COMPLETE set of slides (as opposed to simply the ones that would print, plus the ones I drew) I presented last thursday on meteorite classification from spectra are now on the web at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Antarctica97/Spectrometer/ Liam -- *************************************************************** Liam Pedersen Tel: (412) 268 2909 Robotics Institute Fax: (412) 268 5571 Carnegie Mellon University email: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Pittsburgh PA 15213 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen USA Office: BoM-D 306 Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10734; 16 Mar 98 17:37:21 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26700; 16 Mar 98 17:33 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa26698; 16 Mar 98 17:32 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa15856; 16 Mar 98 17:31:47 EST Received: from PLATO.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA07628; Mon, 16 Mar 98 17:30:42 EST Sender: bshamah@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <350DA805.2CC287AF@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 17:30:29 -0500 From: Benjamin Shamah Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu" Subject: ben gone ... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ben will be in New Jesrsey with the US First team from Wed (Mar 18) thru Sun (Mar 22). -- Benjamin Shamah Carnegie Mellon University Office: (412) 268-1202 email: bshamah@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu web: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~bshamah/ Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12307; 17 Mar 98 11:18:10 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27957; 17 Mar 98 11:16 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27955; 17 Mar 98 11:16 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa21716; 17 Mar 98 11:15:18 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA12657; Tue, 17 Mar 98 11:15:15 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <350EA192.3CC26913@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 11:15:14 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #26 / THURSDAY 03-19-98 9:00-10:30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #26 THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1998 FRC100, 9:00-10:30 Agenda: Multi-purpose radar configuration - Alex (30 min) Landmark position estimation from wide imagery - Matt (30 min) Implication of wind forces on the design of the meteorobot - Dimi (5 min) Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16990; 19 Mar 98 11:41:17 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02393; 19 Mar 98 11:40 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02389; 19 Mar 98 11:39 EST Received: from ICE.LRI.RI.CMU.EDU by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08167; 19 Mar 98 11:39 EST Message-ID: <35113BE5.19E26132@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:38:13 -0400 From: Alex Foessel Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu" Subject: Project disk space? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Looks like the project space disk at /afs/cs/project/meteorite is 97% full. Do we have more space than that? I am about to put some more www information for our site. Any comments on this? Alex -- Alex Foessel The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~afoessel afoessel@cmu.edu Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa17719; 19 Mar 98 19:46:49 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03102; 19 Mar 98 19:46 EST Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa03098; 19 Mar 98 19:45 EST Subject: Sun tracking report To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 19:45:27 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 449 For those of you who missed today's meeting, or anyone who just didn't get enough, a full version of the sun tracking experiment report is available now on the web. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Antarctica97/SunTracking Regards, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19958; 20 Mar 98 21:30:57 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05097; 20 Mar 98 21:29 EST Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05091; 20 Mar 98 21:28 EST Subject: Facelift To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 21:28:25 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 981 All, I just spent some time giving the project web pages a facelift. Basically, this has consisted of adding a common titlebar (header), and footer, and making the style and format nicer looking and more consistent. Please check them out at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/ et al. Note to Alex, Liam, Ben, Stewart: I have made some changes to your pages as well, in order to make things a little more consistent, like shrinking down some of the oversized images with links to the originals, adding consistent headers and footers, etc. I am particularly interested in your comments on the changes. Note to Brian: It is much easier for me to work on the pages within AFS filespace. Later we can move the whole thing to FRC at once to put under your framework. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25631; 23 Mar 98 12:35:06 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09834; 23 Mar 98 12:33 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09832; 23 Mar 98 12:33 EST Received: from ICE.LRI.RI.CMU.EDU by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22911; 23 Mar 98 12:33 EST Message-ID: <35168E8D.866C4A32@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:32:13 -0400 From: Alex Foessel Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Facelift References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Matt, the web pages look much better. I like the image on top of each page. That gives consistency and I'll add it to all my antarctica pages. I am concerned about how consistent is this with the formal development of the project page. I hope the effort we put on this is not waisted. This points also to a logo for the project, to identify all literature, web pages, equipment from now on: suggestions? Alex -- Alex Foessel http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~afoessel The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02686; 24 Mar 98 16:00:46 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11941; 24 Mar 98 16:00 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa11939; 24 Mar 98 15:59 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa28887; 24 Mar 98 15:57:52 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00401; Tue, 24 Mar 98 15:57:47 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35181E4B.31A297CC@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 15:57:47 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: SPIE CONFERENCE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit SPIE abstracts are due: APRIL 6, 1998 The abstracts must include all of the following: 1. SUBMIT TO: conference code AM13 (Mobile Robots) 2. CONFERENCE TITLE: SPIE, MOBILE ROBOTS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS CONFERENCE CHAIRs: DOUGLAS GAGE, HOWIE CHOSET 3. ABSTRACT TITLE: 4. AUTHOR LISTING (principal author first): First (given) name, Last (family) name, Affiliation. Mailing address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address. 5. PRESENTATION: Indicate preference for "Oral Presentation" or "Poster Presentation." 6. ABSTRACT TEXT Approximately 250 words. 7. KEY WORDS List of maximum of five key words. 8. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF PRINCIPAL AUTHOR Approximately 50 words. People who intend to send abstracts should coordinate with me on how to submit. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02806; 24 Mar 98 16:55:29 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12014; 24 Mar 98 16:53 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12012; 24 Mar 98 16:52 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa27040; 24 Mar 98 16:51:37 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00815; Tue, 24 Mar 98 16:51:18 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35182AD6.DE699C0D@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 16:51:18 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #27 / THURSDAY 03-26-98 9:00-10:30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #27 THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1998 FRC100, 9:00-10:30 Agenda: * Robot Power [Sib] Analysis of Nomad power subsystem consumption. Laboratory & field measurements, implications to the Meteorobot design. [Mike.P] Configuration of the solar collector: Favorable geometries, power metrics, and energy storage considerations. [Dimi] Power generation from wind forces: Issues and technology. * Report from the spring Meteorite Working Group meeting [Bill] * Progress update and news [all] Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa11375; 27 Mar 98 20:09:12 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17210; 27 Mar 98 20:08 EST Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17208; 27 Mar 98 20:07 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa27154; 27 Mar 98 20:07:27 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA18308; Fri, 27 Mar 98 20:07:19 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <351C4D47.AAD458E2@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 20:07:19 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Euromoon 2000 cancelled Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [1] European lunar exploration project scrapped for money reasons Organization: Copyright 1998 by Agence France-Presse (via ClariNet) Message-ID: Lines: 21 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 9:54:14 PST ACategory: international Slugword: France-moon Threadword: france Priority: regular Xref: ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu clari.tw.space:3499 clari.world.europe.union:5741 + clari.tw.science+space:3381 PARIS, March 26 (AFP) - European Space Agency plans to put a satellite in orbit around the moon and land a probe at the moon's south pole have been scrapped for money reasons, two weeks after it was announced, the ESA said Thursday. Delegates from the ESA's 13 member countries, meeting here Tuesday and Wednesday, decided that "the financial risks inherent in this project, in which the ESA was to have put up 50 million ECUs (53 million dollars) out of the 200 million projected, were too great," said ESA chief Antonio Rodota. They also figured it would be too difficult to stick to the project's timetable without serious overspending, which the industrial partners would not likely have shouldered, he said. Euromoon 2000 was announced on March 6 after reports of water on the moon in the form of ice, sent back by the US Lunar Prospector probe. ESA project director Roger-Maurice Bonnet suggested other projects, including the Mars Express, might get the axe and others might be put back for financial reasons. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13189; 28 Mar 98 17:12:46 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18317; 28 Mar 98 17:11 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18315; 28 Mar 98 17:11 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa10832; 28 Mar 98 17:11:11 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22464; Sat, 28 Mar 98 17:11:08 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <351D757B.912BE638@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 17:11:07 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #28 / THURSDAY, APRIL 2/98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Agenda: MEETING #28 THURSDAY, APR 2/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Reid, MikeP Topics: Reid: Rover autonomy: status, needs, and vision MikeP: Solar power analysis and technologies Quick updates on: * Field testing * SPIE abstract preparations - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24746; 1 Apr 98 18:57:36 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24172; 1 Apr 98 18:54 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24170; 1 Apr 98 18:54 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa28070; 1 Apr 98 18:53:47 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA20923; Wed, 1 Apr 98 18:53:45 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3522D388.81626F46@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 18:53:44 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Cc: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: WEB PAGE & TEAM MEETING TOMORROW References: <351D757B.912BE638@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 1. Thanks to the work of all team members and in particular of Matt, we can advertise our web site: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/ (I expect the site to grow significantly over the next month, at which point, we will move to the FRC web server). 2. The agenda for tomorrow's meeting is: MEETING #28 THURSDAY, APR 2/98, 9-10:30, FRC100 Presenters: Reid, MikeP Topics: Reid: Rover autonomy: status, needs, and vision MikeP: Solar power analysis and technologies Quick updates on: * Field testing * SPIE abstract preparations Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24875; 1 Apr 98 20:21:22 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24243; 1 Apr 98 20:19 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24241; 1 Apr 98 20:19 EST Received: from artemis.arc.nasa.gov by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa18596; 1 Apr 98 20:18:54 EST Received: from kosh.arc.nasa.gov (kosh.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.115.142]) by artemis.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id RAA29196 for ; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:19:09 -0800 From: Hans Thomas Received: (hans@localhost) by kosh.arc.nasa.gov (950413.SGI.8.6.12/8.6.11) id RAA27698 for meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu; Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:19:09 -0800 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 17:19:09 -0800 Message-Id: <199804020119.RAA27698@kosh.arc.nasa.gov> To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: test test Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26565; 2 Apr 98 11:13:29 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25360; 2 Apr 98 11:10 EST Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25358; 2 Apr 98 11:10 EST Received: from ICE.LRI.RI.CMU.EDU by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07285; 2 Apr 98 11:09 EST Message-ID: <3523A9DB.327881A7@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 11:08:11 -0400 From: Alex Foessel Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu" Subject: Minutes-meeting April 02 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You will find today's meeting notes in /afs/cs/project/meteorite/doc/meetings98/notes.apr.02.txt Alex -- Alex Foessel http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~afoessel The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27620; 2 Apr 98 17:17:33 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab25878; 2 Apr 98 17:13 EST Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25876; 2 Apr 98 17:13 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa27675; 2 Apr 98 17:12:19 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA27987; Thu, 2 Apr 98 17:12:16 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35240D40.2E42690B@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 17:12:16 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@CS.cmu.edu Subject: Notes from Meeting #28 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Thanks to Alex: Robotics Antarctic Meteorite Search April 2nd, Group Meeting Notes General comments: -Nomad goes to the field today to test new GPS setting, measure torque on the wheels and show it to Keith. -Reid interested in when testing NAV. -Alex and Liam have proper material to send abstracts to SPIE -Reid: Rattler worked by having two defined days a week to field testing. Sign up sheet to inform about what each person would like to do to organize field tests. -Reid introduces Keith, from Nasa ames visiting us. Mike presentation: Solar power for Meteorobot Solar power: theoretical solar constant 1353 W/m2 on Earth Factors that modify this: angle of incidence, location, weather (unpredictable), atmosphere (thickness) 1000 W/m2 maximum at sea level, sun overhead, is standard metric for evaluation (uncommon, more like that 800-900 W/m2) Stewart: we got at most 110 W/m2 in antarctica Orientation of the collector -radiation total = radiation * cos angle -angles at patriot hills: Nov. 01 to Feb. 01 7 to 33 degrees -panel elev. angle: optimize for direct radiation intensity vs. optimize for total radiation intensity (direct, diffuse, reflected energy) Discussion: how close can we get to Patriot hills given its shadow, how do we include the shadow effect in the rover planning Basic stuff about solar cells, solar experiment were rated 10W (which is max. peak output) Different efficiencies for solar cells: 10-25% Red: new development with higher efficiency with certain particular frequencies (if you know the freq., you get 60%) Another idea is using crystals that diffract the solar light and use this selective cells underneath. another is working with nasa to do the right request and get the fancier staff. Current uses: satellites, comms.. relays (on earth), solar racers (specification, performance) 10 m2 of solar panels (get 1000W) top speed 130 mph, sojourner rover Antarctica results: cold increase efficiency, 4 Siemens 10W solar panels (0,4 m2) Discussion on the panel angle, that might be important to have more reflected light in to consideration. So conditions in Antarctica are interesting and we can maximize this in the design Load makes a difference in the efficiency of solar panels. high resistance doesn't get max. so proper load management makes a difference in the total power output. how to change load to have power transference? Panel configurations: tracking panel vs fixed panels, panels to use at most 1m3 volume 1. tracking panel: total area 1.4 m2, peak output 126 m2 2. multiple panel: tot area: 4 m2, peak 140W 3. cylinder panel: 3.14m2, peak 132W Reid: peak does not matter, average is what we really care Meteorobot: 1.5 m x 1.5 m x1.5 m fits twin otter total solar area 4.7m2, peak power output 200W average speed 15 cm/s, weight 200 kg Hybrid power system: solar cells and batteries energy storage: lead acid 45 W-h/kg 250 W/kg Lithium 130 Wh/kg 800 W/kg AgZn 160 Wh/Kg 210 W/kg Discussion about batteries and power management. What is optimal: do we use batteries or not: they help to provide power to climb, they provide ballast to prevent tipping over because of wind. Mass and power comparison between different vehicles (nomad, Rattler, solar racers, sojourner) Conclusions: solar power is feasible. Target: 200 W continuos Do preliminary research on Nomad and refine later to mount on solar machine Power management: distribution (locomotion, computing, science) Operational Modes: high speed, general area research, inspection of sample, comms. to sat) Comparison with the moon: moon still has reflectance, panel degradation (example in Mars, high rate of degradation), no diffusion. Meeting is over. Reid's presentation on autonomy is delayed. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27633; 2 Apr 98 17:21:15 EST Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25896; 2 Apr 98 17:19 EST Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25894; 2 Apr 98 17:18 EST Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa10396; 2 Apr 98 17:17:45 EST Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA28075; Thu, 2 Apr 98 17:17:38 EST Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35240E83.8D5150C5@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 17:17:39 -0500 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Team meeting notes & presentations Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As a reminder to all presenters: Please save your presentations in: /user/meteorite1/Documents/Meetings/PRESENTATIONS/ and team meeting notes in: user/meteorite1/Documents/Meetings/AGENDA-MINUTES/ Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08595; 6 Apr 98 19:54:27 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04107; 6 Apr 98 19:54 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04105; 6 Apr 98 19:53 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa19644; 6 Apr 98 19:53:00 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA24529; Mon, 6 Apr 98 19:52:56 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35296AD8.2F3E06F8@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 19:52:56 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #29 / THURSDAY APRIL 9-98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search Team Meeting #29 Thursday, April 9/98 FRC100, 9-10:30 Agenda: ------- This week's meeting will be an informal internal review of the technical themes we have been researching. Each person will have about 6-8 minutes to present 1-2 overheads summarizing the technical focus of his/her research and present a notable result. Please note that these should not be background presentations. Presenter Theme --------- ----- Ben: Nomad's steering performance characterization MikeM: Star identification algorithm Stewart: Nomad navigation system evaluation Matt: Landmark-based navigation algorithm Alex: Radar sensor configuration Liam: Meteorite & rock classification network Kim: Meteorobot science-driven planning algorithm Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08617; 6 Apr 98 19:57:06 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04115; 6 Apr 98 19:56 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04113; 6 Apr 98 19:56 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa00267; 6 Apr 98 19:56:03 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA24548; Mon, 6 Apr 98 19:55:55 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35296B8A.F3376B75@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 19:55:54 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Dimi out Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I will be out of the office: Friday, April 10/98 Monday, April 12/98 Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa11460; 7 Apr 98 15:53:26 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06209; 7 Apr 98 15:52 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06206; 7 Apr 98 15:52 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa01619; 7 Apr 98 15:51:46 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA01311; Tue, 7 Apr 98 15:51:45 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <352A83CF.56EDC4E2@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 15:51:43 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: SPIE ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: We submitted three abstracts to SPIE: 1. Field Validation of Nomad's Robotic Locomotion, Ben/Dimi/Eric/Red/ 2. Radar Sensor for an Autonomous Antarctic Explorer, Alex/Dimi/Red/ 3. Sensing and Data Classification for Robotic Meteorite Search, Liam/Dimi/ Manuscripts are due: October 5, 1998 Conference: Boston, November 1-6, 1998 Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa11989; 7 Apr 98 18:54:23 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06538; 7 Apr 98 18:53 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06536; 7 Apr 98 18:53 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa03239; 7 Apr 98 18:52:44 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA02510; Tue, 7 Apr 98 18:52:43 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <352AAE39.DC11000E@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 18:52:41 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Water in space Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From CNN Interactive: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/07/space.water.ap/ European observatory sees water in curious places April 7, 1998 Web posted at: 4:42 p.m. EDT (2042 GMT) LONDON (AP) -- Orbiting high above Earth, Europe's infrared space observatory has discovered water around stars and planets and in many other surprising places, raising expectations of life elsewhere in the universe, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The discovery of water vapor in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has generated the most excitement, because that moon may duplicate the conditions that led to the creation of life on Earth, said Roger Bonnet, the agency's director of science. "Now that water has been discovered ... this lends more support to the possibility that we have all the conditions which prevailed on Earth 4 1/2 billion years ago to give birth to life," he said. "These conditions may also exist on Titan, and the only thing you need is a little heat to heat up Titan, and maybe (the) birth of life may be seen." For 2 1/2 years, the European Space Agency's Infrared Space Observatory, known as ISO, has been exploring the universe at wavelengths that can't be seen with the human eye, giving astronomers a new view of the solar system. They have been able to see water throughout the universe, to see where stars are forming, to shed light on distant galaxies -- and to solve riddles that have puzzled astronomers for centuries, said Reinhard Genzel, chairman of the agency's Astronomy Working Group. "With ISO, for the first time, you could see water," Genzel said at a news conference Tuesday. "In fact, it has been a spectacular vista to see water everywhere." 'Remarkable' discoveries The observatory found water around dying stars, newborn stars, in intersteller space, in other galaxies, and in the atmospheres around Mars and all the outer planets, in particular the Titan moon, Genzel said. "Now you may say, 'So what?' Well, that's actually quite surprising because it's so cold out there. So water should normally freeze out. So the fact that there is water in these atmospheres is really rather remarkable," he said. Genzel said the explanation probably has to do with the fact that something in space is bringing water to the icy outer planets all the time -- "and this something could be comets." "And that is important, because maybe that's the way water came on Earth in the early part of the solar system -- when there were many more comets around, and the Earth was bombarded by these icy objects bringing in water," he said. Athena Coustenis of the Paris Observatory said scientists knew Titan's atmosphere contained carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, so they expected water vapor, too. Now that it's been detected, she said, scientists hope to study the mysterious moon's organic chemistry. Cassini the best bet for searching Saturn The U.S. space agency's planetary explorer Cassini, which was launched in October, promises the best look yet at Saturn and its enticing rings and icy moons. When the plutonium-powered spacecraft arrives at Saturn in 2004 after a 2.2 billion-mile journey, it will release the Huygens probe, built by the European Space Agency, which will land on Titan. "After ISO, the Huygens probe will reveal the actual degree of complexity in a mixture of elaborate organic molecules closely resembling the chemical soup of the young Earth," Coustenis said. Last month, U.S. scientists reported that closer-than-ever pictures of Jupiter's moon Europa showed a 16-mile-wide crater that may have been filled with water, and large frozen plates surrounded by what appeared to be slushy material. The photos, taken in December by the spacecraft Galileo, bolstered the theory that an ocean possibly containing life exists beneath Europa's icy crust, scientists said. 'Stars send out shock waves' With the European infrared telescope, Genzel said scientists also unexpectedly discovered "remarkably high concentrations" of water around young stars in the Orion constellation. "These young stars send out shock waves -- vast streams of gas which run into the surrounding material out of which they were born. And then these streams of gas, these shocks, smash their molecules around and water is formed," Genzel said. "That may be a way to then convert material into water, which then again may play an important role in the life cycle of forming planets, and maybe life," he said. The infrared observatory also has been able to solve the riddle of what causes distant galaxies to be up to 10,000 times more luminous than the Milky Way, Genzel said. Its observations found that their brightness is a result of star formation. Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13695; 8 Apr 98 9:36:25 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08017; 8 Apr 98 9:35 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08014; 8 Apr 98 9:34 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa08256; 8 Apr 98 9:34:45 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA06452; Wed, 8 Apr 98 09:34:39 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <352B7CF0.CC5410D6@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 09:34:40 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Meeting tomorrow Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reminder: Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search Team Meeting #29 Thursday, April 9/98 FRC100, 9-10:30 Agenda: ------- This week's meeting will be an informal internal review of the technical themes we have been researching. Each person will have about 6-8 minutes to present 1-2 overheads summarizing the technical focus of his/her research and present a notable result. Please note that these should not be background presentations. Presenter Theme --------- ----- Ben: Nomad's steering performance characterization MikeM: Star identification algorithm Stewart: Nomad navigation system evaluation Matt: Landmark-based navigation algorithm Alex: Radar sensor configuration Liam: Meteorite & rock classification network Kim: Meteorobot science-driven planning algorithm Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa17891; 9 Apr 98 11:53:22 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10835; 9 Apr 98 11:52 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10833; 9 Apr 98 11:51 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa19409; 9 Apr 98 11:51:04 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA15988; Thu, 9 Apr 98 11:51:01 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <352CEE65.E853F31C@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 11:51:01 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: AGENDA FOR TEAM MEETINGS, APRIL-MAY 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Herein is the tentative agenda for the upcoming team meetings: MEETING #30 / APRIL 16, 1998 Presenters: Stewart, Reid, Alex - Nomad autonomy recent developments (Stewart - short presentation) - Radar sensor configuration (Alex - short presentation) - Autonomy future developments (Reid) MEETING #31 / APRIL 23, 1998 Presenters: Liam, MikeM - Meteorite & rock clustering and classification (Liam) - Formation of robot surveying networks (MikeM) MEETING #32 / APRIL 30, 1998 Presenters: Eric, Richard, MikeP, Dimi - Meteorobot configuration (Eric, Richard) - Configuration of renewable propulsion source (Mike, Dimi) MEETING #33 / MAY 7, 1998 Presenters: Ben, Dimi - Nomad steering system performance evaluation (Ben) - 1998 Antarctic Season expedition profile: programmatics & technical (Dimi) MEETING #34 / MAY 14, 1998 Presenters: Kim, Mark - Analysis and comparative evaluation of exploration paths (Kim) - Status of Nomad field testing (Mark) MEETING #35 / MAY 21, 1998 Presenters: Alex, Matt - Validation of mm-wave radar sensor (Alex) - Landmark-based position estimation and navigation (Matt) MEETING #36 / MAY 28, 1998 Internal review meeting (similar in format to the meeting we had today). Eric/Richard/Mike/Dimi: Meteorobot configuration Eric/Liam/Dimi: Meteorite sensor deployment mechanism Stewart: Nomad autonomy - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18087; 9 Apr 98 12:42:52 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10902; 9 Apr 98 12:41 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10898; 9 Apr 98 12:41 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa19859; 9 Apr 98 12:40:45 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA16385; Thu, 9 Apr 98 12:40:42 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <352CFA09.B9CE7159@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 12:40:41 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Working Space Clean-up Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: It is very important that we all contribute to the clean-up of Building E. FRC's machine shop will be moved up there by next Wednesday and there are a number of tasks required in preparation of the move. Our project will occupy half of the open space and the area under the mezzanine. I suggest that, as we did in November, we use the area under the mezzanine for the individual experiments (camera, radar, spectrometer,...). Eric: Please define tasks and make the calls. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08451; 15 Apr 98 10:55:46 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23807; 15 Apr 98 10:55 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23805; 15 Apr 98 10:54 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa18545; 15 Apr 98 10:52:38 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA27766; Wed, 15 Apr 98 10:52:27 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3534C9AA.4958BB08@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:52:26 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: MEETING #30 / APRIL 16, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The agenda for tomorrow's meeting, is: MEETING #30 / APRIL 16, 1998 Presenters: Stewart, Reid, Alex - Nomad autonomy recent developments (Stewart - short presentation) - Radar sensor configuration (Alex - short presentation) - Autonomy future developments (Reid) Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa17022; 17 Apr 98 17:27:36 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27801; 17 Apr 98 17:27 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27799; 17 Apr 98 17:26 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa02566; 17 Apr 98 17:26:13 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11861; Fri, 17 Apr 98 17:26:10 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3537C8F2.D005F2B2@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 17:26:10 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #29 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tjanks to Alex: TEAM MEETING #29 APRIL 9, 1998 NOTES: Eric: machine shop is being moved to building E. Needs to clean the way to put all machines in the east side of the buildings. Concerns about space to drive Nomad in and out. Red talks about moon, Boeing proposal support to be defined this Friday for discovery. Other possibilities are commercial initiative with government contract. Japanese consortium succeeded in putting money together, hot lead, short fuse (earth 2001), necessary to have video from moon day before 2001, 1000 days from now. Where to go in upcoming season: still a month to know about possible join with NSF an other places to Antarctica. Important to know soon to plan possible activities through Chile. Wisconsin trip (mike, sib): met the leader of next year solar car project. They are putting together solar cells, not that hard to build this special panels, get solar cell from ASC (8 sqm is 10K to 15K) they got 1000W. 4 or 5 modules of solar cells, each fed to a regulator, those in parallel to the batteries. They arrange the cells to output the same the same current at any given time (155V out of each module). Problem: cells break easily. Comments from them: he has seen pointed solar arrays and they do not work well if there is no more intelligence. For them reliability is the key to win competition. Strategies to wire cells in a cylindrical shape. They also put cells in the bottom of the car. They shape the car for given race (N-S or E-W). Races are 10 days, 8 hours a day. Motors: direct drive, no transmission power loses at all (water proof) (120V 100A motors). Series of short presentations. Ben: trying to compare skid steering vs explicit steering. No developments since last time. No news. No elaboration on Sib results. Red: tremendous amount of control (jitters) in the wheels. Velocity control loop, we use all we have to control velocity. All wheel are fighting each other. Open question: another control mode that would improve the power expenditure. Each time there is an obstacle lots of power is wasted to keep velocity of all independent wheels. Steering to straight is something we need. The steering activity necroses with roughness of terrain and drivers (scientists?). Torque experiments to calibrate, only static torque so far (sib), will do dynamic. Liam: trying to improve classification network, compression of features (there is a 1000 points in each spectra). Clustering of data in rocks, meteorites and meteowrogns (with subclasses of each). Class results: 28 classes (21 rocks, 2 meteowrogns, 5 meteorite classes). they discriminate nicely. Probabilities of detection. Comments from people: meteorite from lab, rocks from field (is the classifier classifying field vs lab data, no matter whether is a rock or meteorite). This is using only visible spectra.... talk about clustering EM algorithm. This results (today) are not from a bayes network. Spectrometer has to leave right away because of the delay. Is there good rock discrimination of just common rocks using spectra? General geology.... yes, some. Next step is to work the same problem with a bayesian belief network. Matt: he has been working to porting matlab to c. The mapping part is working, so recursively estimating positions of landmarks and vehicles . Display of this is still missing. Red suggests to improve the presentations of the overhead to audience not familiar with this work. It will track many landmarks at each frame. The boggiest technical challenge is to include that fact that the noise of each landmark is correlated (oppose to Kalman assumption). One approach is to estimate distance between landmarks. Question: when is this going to be ready for field tests? Will you go 3D, maybe not necessary unless used for attitude, although seems better to use onboard attitude sensing (which is easy in planets (starts, inclinometers, etc.). MikeM: networks of geometric observations: what if triangle angles add 181 degrees, what should be done. The use of least squares give better results, although Lagrange multipliers provide the possibility to solve some equations with least square, and some exactly. The you can enforce some constraints and leave the others more loose. You can add weights to different equations or constraints. Long discussion about the meaning of terms in the matrix...... Revisiting a point (red) is a challenge to mobile robotics. If you do reoccupy a point, that imposes a loop constraint making corrections globally. Application to a previous location (Liam)? Kim: analysis of rover path considering area coverage, solar energy, energy savings. Energy, speeded, solar assumptions. Simulator results only for solar. Wind is not considered yet, but it might change the patterns a lot given the competing between power sources. Discussion on holonomic vehicle versus a non-hol, for different paths. Red: good to see some quantitative results, we would see wind on the way (referred to Kim presentation). Dimi: we are considering all types of wind generators, important issue is the energy available close to the ground. Alex presentation on radar: next week Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa17034; 17 Apr 98 17:31:49 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27811; 17 Apr 98 17:31 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27808; 17 Apr 98 17:30 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa09729; 17 Apr 98 17:28:25 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11886; Fri, 17 Apr 98 17:28:21 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3537C975.5BE5ECFF@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 17:28:21 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit TEAM MEETING #30 APRIL 16, 1998 NOTES: Present : Dimi, Sib, Alex, Kim, Vandi, Ben, Eric, Stewart, Mike P, Mike M, Liam, Jim, Red, Reid, Matt, Richard, Bill Red - update on Earthrise 2001 meetings from Wednesday. We are written into the Earthrise mission as the robot guys. It is an initiative not a program so might not go. Will know in a month. 1 of three initiatives to the moon. Meeting went well, we looked good. Looking for very small robot. Dimi - What are next steps. Red - Conceive what type of robot to be developed for the mission. Dimi - Be careful with idea of space and equipment setup, even the Perception Lab may go. PhD guys help setup a space in Building E. We have three presentations. Alex, Stewart and Reid on Autonomy. Alex Presents - Radar Results -feature detection - pipes -we may find crevases, rocks/meteorites, different strata/layers -uses pipes to mark the beginning and end of a run -try to automatically detect pipes as first step to automatic detection of crevases, rocks etc. -plots in pipe/no pipe areas show a phase difference -phase difference is primarily near the surface for pipes on the surface -looks at correlation over 5 pixels. Get peaks at pipes which exceed the noise level. Place a threshold to pick off all peaks. -approach too naove. Does not work for different sized objects. -working on recognizing shapes. Using migration deconvolution, Hilbert transforms, elaborate on work of Herman Herman. -other meteorite search programs - LAAS in France J.Y. Prado. Handout a paper from them. 6 wheeled robot, autonomy 400km, search for meteorites 300 to 1000m under the surface, and surface to 10m under. Travel 5km/hr to 10km/hr -------- Stewart presents -------- Reid Presents - Autonomy -divide autonomy into 2 areas - task achievment (nav, exploration) and health maintenance/safeguarding (monitoring, diagnosis, fault tolerance) -Task Achievement - buld heirarchy of behaviors on top of reliable components - layer received commands from layer above, treat commands as guidance, layer below can command layer above, responsible for monitoring command achievement -Monitoring & Diagnosis -two major approaches - enumerate fault modes - list or tree. Monitor for symptoms that you are in one of these modes - model of the system. Compare expected behavior to current behavior -diagnosis - enumerate method easy since you know which fault mode you are in. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26538; 21 Apr 98 9:43:31 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04150; 21 Apr 98 9:43 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04148; 21 Apr 98 9:42 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa17312; 21 Apr 98 9:42:11 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA06345; Tue, 21 Apr 98 09:42:08 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <353CA230.8FE00087@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:42:08 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Summer Plans Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This message is intended for the graduate and undergraduate students in our team: What are your plans for the summer? Are you going to be here for part or the whole summer? What are your work commitments? Please let me know ASAP so I can pass the information to the RI office and budget accordingly. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27591; 21 Apr 98 14:07:00 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04467; 21 Apr 98 14:06 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04465; 21 Apr 98 14:05 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa20686; 21 Apr 98 14:04:55 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SLIPPY.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA08531; Tue, 21 Apr 98 14:04:52 EDT Message-Id: <353CDFC5.33FFFCD2@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 14:05:19 -0400 From: Michael Parris Reply-To: mparris@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 (Macintosh; U; PPC) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: equipment returned Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, Antarctic expedition equipment has returned. You may come to look at it, but please do not remove any items from Bldg. E just yet. One box is missing - sled and tents. Burlington is tracking this piece. Much of the equipment is wet, and will be dried and tested before it leaves the building. -michael Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27826; 21 Apr 98 15:14:39 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04582; 21 Apr 98 15:14 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04580; 21 Apr 98 15:13 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa21633; 21 Apr 98 15:12:49 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA09183; Tue, 21 Apr 98 15:12:47 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <353CEFAF.915138CF@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:12:47 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #31 / APRIL 23, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MEETING #31 / APRIL 23, 1998 FRC100, 9:00-10:30 Presenters: Liam, MikeM - Meteorite & rock clustering and classification (Liam) - Algorithm for star identification (MikeM) We will also spend 10-15 minutes to discuss status of Nomad testing and upcoming tasks for the next week. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa27015; 29 Apr 98 18:10:00 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18672; 29 Apr 98 18:08 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18670; 29 Apr 98 18:07 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa13962; 29 Apr 98 18:06:22 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11298; Wed, 29 Apr 98 18:06:19 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3547A45B.818DE8D7@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 18:06:19 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #32 TOMORROW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I apologize for the delay in reminding you about tomorrow's meeting: TEAM MEETING #32 / APRIL 30, 1998 ROBOTIC SEARCH FOR ANTARCTIC METEORITES FRC 100, 09:00-10:30 Agenda: - Evaluation of solar and wind power technologies for meteorobot [Richard and Mike will present new analyses and address engineering issues] - Schedule for Nomad reworks, augmentations, and field testing for the next 6 months [Dimi and Mark will outline the plan, milestones, and roles] Oberon: Could you please take notes? See you tomorrow, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00121; 30 Apr 98 15:27:31 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20363; 30 Apr 98 15:26 EDT Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20361; 30 Apr 98 15:25 EDT To: meteorite-list@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu Subject: first commercial use of Moon Date: Thu, 30 Apr 98 15:25:05 EDT From: mwm+@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu Sender: mwm+@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu Hi all, Hughes is going to make the first commercial use of the Moon, by sending a satellite stuck in a transfer orbit around Earth there for a lunar-gravity-assisted circularization into geosync around Earth. Similar to the "free return" trajectories used during Apollo. http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9804/29/crippled.satellite/ Who would have thought that lunar gravity would be the first exploited resource? Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04493; 1 May 98 18:08:08 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22397; 1 May 98 18:07 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22395; 1 May 98 18:07 EDT Received: from nick.arc.nasa.gov by CS.CMU.EDU id aa11229; 1 May 98 18:06:40 EDT Received: from 128.102.155.149 (zymurgy.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.155.149]) by nick.arc.nasa.gov (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA25702; Fri, 1 May 1998 15:06:34 -0700 (PDT) From: mellon@barsoom.arc.nasa.gov Message-ID: <354A4C69.56B1@barsoom.arc.nasa.gov> Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 15:27:53 -0700 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Macintosh; U; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu CC: zent@mawrth.arc.nasa.gov, cmckay@mail.arc.nasa.gov Subject: Meteoritical Society Abstract Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------4F886FCC3D56" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------4F886FCC3D56 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is a copy of our abstract for the Meteoritical Society Meeting to be held in Dublin, Ireland (27-31 July, 1998). No meteorites at Patriot Hills is still a useful result. Thanks to all who helped find out (including those who didn't go to the Ice). 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by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04643; 1 May 98 19:04:23 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22467; 1 May 98 19:03 EDT Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22465; 1 May 98 19:03 EDT Received: from GS247.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01353; 1 May 98 19:03 EDT Sender: afoessel@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <354A549C.4D72DDEA@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 19:02:52 -0400 From: Alex Foessel Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.4 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu" Subject: Website update Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FYI, Under Antarctica 97 Expedition Report, you will find updated web pages: 3.Radar Mapping Experiment Incorporated GPR control interfaces (LabView), description of the different control and display windows used for the operation of the sensor in the radar sled. Rearranged the early results information in one page. 9.Meteorite Search Trips Incorporated Pascal's abstract as the description of the meteorite search, together with the maps he produced while at the field. Enjoy, Alex -- Alex Foessel The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~afoessel Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04688; 1 May 98 19:33:56 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22490; 1 May 98 19:32 EDT Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa22488; 1 May 98 19:32 EDT Subject: Pascal's abstract To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 19:31:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 692 All, I added a link on the main RAMS web site to a publication list. Currently the publication list contains only a pointer to Pascal's abstract. The abstract is there linked from the Publication List page. Let's keep all publications related to the project in that list. (are there any that should be added?) Affected pages: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Publications/ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Publications/lee1abstract.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16479; 5 May 98 15:40:51 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28770; 5 May 98 15:40 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28768; 5 May 98 15:39 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa08426; 5 May 98 15:38:44 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA12750; Tue, 5 May 98 15:38:39 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <354F6ABF.B4E131E@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 15:38:39 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #33, THURSDAY, MAY 7/98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TEAM MEETING #33 / MAY 7, 1998 ROBOTIC SEARCH FOR ANTARCTIC METEORITES FRC 100, 09:00-10:30 Agenda: - Evaluation of Nomad's steering system; first evaluation of field data [Ben] - 25 min - Implications of wind and solar power collection on Meteorobot's configuration; most significant analytical results [Mike - solar, Richard - could you please present the configuration sketches you showed at the end of last week's meeting? We did not really discuss them] - 35 min - Modified Schedule for Nomad reworks, augmentations, and field testing for the next 6 months; focus on milestones and roles [Dimi, Mark] - 20 min If time permits I will present a first version of the expedition plan - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22421; 7 May 98 14:48:44 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01941; 7 May 98 14:47 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01939; 7 May 98 14:47 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa26421; 7 May 98 14:46:10 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA10905; Thu, 7 May 98 14:46:05 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3552016C.FB202265@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 14:46:04 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETINGS & NOTES Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Over the last few weeks, certain people have not attended the team meetings. It should be crystal clear that team meetings are a MUST for everybody who is funded by or works for this project. If there is a serious reason not to be able to attend, you owe to let me know ahead of time. On another matter: Notes from April's and May's team meetings can be found in: /user/meteorite1/Documents/Meetings/AGENDA-MINUTES/ (files Meeting-28.txt through Meeting-33.txt) - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08109; 12 May 98 17:12:53 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09865; 12 May 98 17:12 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa09863; 12 May 98 17:11 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa01657; 12 May 98 17:11:41 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00892; Tue, 12 May 98 17:11:37 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3558BB09.9AA94A38@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 17:11:37 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #34 / MAY 14, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TEAM MEETING #34 / MAY 14, 1998 ROBOTIC SEARCH FOR ANTARCTIC METEORITES FRC 100, 09:00-10:30 Agenda: EXPEDITION PLAN [Dimi - 50 min] Profile of the 98-99 expedition to Patriot Hills & Pecora. The presentation will cover programmatic, technical, and logistical issues. The focus will be on the technical demonstrations and field tests. ANALYSIS & COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF EXPLORATION PATHS [Kim - 25 min] SUMMARY ON SOLAR & WIND ANALYSES [Richard - 15 min] This is the last part of Richard's presentation from two weeks ago that deserves more discussion Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13509; 14 May 98 0:20:56 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12418; 14 May 98 0:19 EDT Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12416; 14 May 98 0:18 EDT Received: from PUCK.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24314; 14 May 98 0:18 EDT Message-ID: <355A7196.4BCC9D93@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:22:46 -0400 From: Liam Pedersen Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: contact info References: <3558BB09.9AA94A38@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: I will be at ICRA in Belgium from tomorow onwards. I can be contacted at the IBIS hotel Brussels Center, till thursday may 21. tel 514 40 40 fax 514 50 67 Liam -- *************************************************************** Liam Pedersen Tel: (412) 268 2909 Robotics Institute Fax: (412) 268 5571 Carnegie Mellon University email: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Pittsburgh PA 15213 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen USA Office: BoM-D 306 Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa15057; 14 May 98 11:35:42 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13415; 14 May 98 11:34 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13412; 14 May 98 11:33 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa25260; 14 May 98 11:32:46 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA02712; Thu, 14 May 98 11:32:43 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <355B0E9A.1E9B38FD@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:32:42 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #34 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to Stewart: RAMS Meeting - May 14, 1998 Present : Ben, Stewart, Vandi, Irina, Richard, Mike M., John, Red, Alex, Kim, Dimi, Mike W., Sib, Bill, Eric, Reid, Lenny Dimi - News: got response from Lavery regarding plans. Most important piece of info is to strongly pursue Patriot Hills option this year. Still views this year as one of validation of technologies in Antarctica. - tracking schedule. will send out message on who is doing what each week. indicate where heading where we are behind. No mechanical group. Arm design is not happening at this time. - have some video of locomotion tests. We had no real time crashes during yesterday's tests. Did slow skid point turn in stowed position. Turned 10 or 11 circles. Seemed to create a very small donut. Mike M. - field tests last night of StarGrav. Moon was up so very difficult (if not impossible) to see any stars in images. Introduce Lenny - working on the pan-tilt camera John - looking at the science sensors. Kush - (not here) work on radar work - selection of components and data interpretation Irina - working with Mike M. on StarGrav and discovery proposal Presentations ------------- Dimi - Robotics Demonstrations for Search for Meteorites - objective - demonstrate rob. tech and search in a planetary environment of autonomous navigation, perception, communication, env. survival - success criterion : enable convincing demonstration of autonomous technologies and robotic confirmation of meteorites - secondary : advance state-of the art in robotic search for meteorites - commitment to NASA : meteorobots in support of ANSMET teams (Red : opening paragraph may not emphasize autonomous science enough. Success criterion lack quantified statement) - this year : meteorite confirmation and autonomous ice traverse - confirm 20 meteorites (planted), 200 rock samples to classify, traverse 50km in polar terrain, pattern search in 300m^2, 500 hrs of ops (argument about how to get 500hrs in only 30days - Dimi timing robot time + human search for meteorites) - duration of 4weeks in field (Nov 18-Dec 15). Robot at Patriot Hills, human search at Pecora Escarpment (using hi-res imagery, spectroscopy) - transport to Pecora by Twin Otter (Bill - good opportunity for radar to detect meteorites under snow) - thinking of 7-8 days in Pecora -field teams : 4 people 21 days in Patriot Hills, 7-10 days 4 people in Pecora -idea to set up camps between Patriot and Inde. Hills. - perhaps circumnavigate Patriot Hills (Alex -Perhaps go just north of Patriot Hills. A small moraine. Large cryoconites which may be interesting to see with robot) (Sib - plan to have a telephone link to US all the time) (Reid - are you not planning to have the science sensors integrated with robot at any time?)(No good answer given) -total mission cost (not including comm) $170K -meteorite demonstration : use panoramic imagery to track objects point hi-res camera to rock classify on visual features position EM sensors or spectrometer to most promising rocks compute rock classification search and recording of cryoconite holes -confirmation issues requirements for visual classification how to servo robot to the rock odometry combined with visual tracking Ames visual servoing system? how to deploy EM and spectrometer sensors if no arms - manually deploy instrument connected to robot science vs. exploratory navigation: fully decoupled unless we devise simple scheme -autonomous ice traverse patterned search -> maybe coupled with a single solar experiment safeguarded teleoperation for meteorite search - new internal safeguards and real time improvements safeguarded autonomy with laser & stereo - what are advantages over Atacama landmark based navigation from wide imagery health maintenance demonstration -key technologies algo for autonomous visual deadreckoning UHF radar for nav algo for pos est algo for meteorite identification and classification algo for auto task achievement monitoring & diagnosis robotic ice mobility (Red - expectation that this is the most autonomous robot in the world. Essential to get clear, and that we put it out front) ---------- Kim - partial presentation (rest to follow next week) -presented autonomy block diagram (Red : community thinks of this group as the long distance travel guys. They believe they are the science guys. So ideas such as circumnavigating Pat. Hills should be incorporated into our agenda.) ---------- Richard - Technical Info on Solar and Wind Power -air marine turbine up to 400W of power. Startup speed of 6knots. 1.14m diameter -power expected given wind data at Patriot Hills : 96W for worst turbine -air marine 129W average (0.8 steady + 0.2 gust) -wind seeker 154W average -present a comparison of solar and wind power/mass 8.4 W/kg for solar compared with 15-20 W/kg for wind Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa15101; 14 May 98 11:45:54 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13452; 14 May 98 11:45 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13431; 14 May 98 11:44 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa00268; 14 May 98 11:44:29 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA03018; Thu, 14 May 98 11:44:26 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <355B1159.D3EBF653@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:44:25 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Presentations Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please place postscript versions of your presentations in the directory: /user/meteorite1/Documents/Meetings/PRESENTATIONS Thanks, Dimi ps. I have put hard copies of the expedition presentation in a card box outside my office. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18899; 15 May 98 14:25:25 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15418; 15 May 98 14:24 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa15416; 15 May 98 14:24 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa07504; 15 May 98 14:23:55 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22800; Fri, 15 May 98 14:23:53 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <355C8838.F4BC348A@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 14:23:52 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, lalit@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: S.King Order Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have received a package from S.King Co. in WI that contains three power inverters. The person who placed the order should stop by and pick it up from my office. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa28167; 18 May 98 11:24:46 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19837; 18 May 98 11:22 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19833; 18 May 98 11:21 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa26225; 18 May 98 11:21:35 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00953; Mon, 18 May 98 11:21:32 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <356051FB.E87988E0@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 11:21:31 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #35 / MAY 21, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TEAM MEETING #35 / MAY 21, 1998 ROBOTIC SEARCH FOR ANTARCTIC METEORITES FRC 100, 09:00-10:30 Agenda: ANALYSIS & COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF EXPLORATION PATHS [Kim - 25 min] EVALUATION OF GPS ANTARCTIC RESULTS [Alex - 15 min] FORMULATION OF CMU's PROGRAM PRESENTATION TO THE UNIVERISTY TRIWG MEETING [ Dimi presents preliminary outline, all participate - 40 min] Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08433; 20 May 98 14:27:48 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23745; 20 May 98 14:27 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23743; 20 May 98 14:27 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa21991; 20 May 98 14:26:37 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA02233; Wed, 20 May 98 14:26:35 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35632059.C31B8935@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 14:26:33 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG AT UMD / JUNE 15-17, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: This year's University TRIWG will be held at the University of Maryland from June 15 to June 17. This is an extremely important meeting because we get to present our research advances and field demonstration results of the year. We have 3.5 hours on Tuesday morning, June 16, to present our best. I will lead the CMU preparations, production, and presentation of our program. We kick-off our preparations with my presentation and discussion in our weekly meeting tomorrow. Dimi ps. Enclosed is Dave Akin's message that describes the agenda and events. --------------------------------------- Subject: Summer TRIWG update! Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 12:42:16 -0500 From: Dave Akin To: "SSL Graduates" , "SSL Staff" , "SSL Undergrads" , , Once again, sports fans, it's time to discuss the planning for the summer TRIWG meeting. Let me remind you up front to please register at our web site (http://www.ssl.umd.edu), even if you know I know you're coming, so we have an accurate head count for food and so forth. I had a short talk with Dave Lavery last week, and we agreed on the following PRELIMINARY agenda for the meeting. If you have a problem with this, please let me know IMMEDIATELY and we'll work it to the extent possible, but we're pretty constrained on timing for this meeting, so I can't promise satisfaction all around. Monday, June 15th 8:00 News from Headquarters Dave Lavery 9:00 MIT/Dubowsky 10:15 Break 10:30 MIT/Salisbury 11:45 Lunch (on your own) 1:00 University of Maryland 2:45 Break 3:00 University of Maryland continues 4:45 Leave for Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility 5:00 Open house, demonstrations, static displays, and cookout at NBRF 7:00 End of daily events Tuesday, June 16th 8:00 Carnegie-Mellon (includes 0:15 for mid-morning break) 11:45 Lunch (on your own) 1:00 Stanford (includes 0:15 for mid-afternoon break) 4:45 Board buses for seafood feast on waterfront in Annapolis* 8:30 (or so) return from Annapolis Wednesday, June 17th 8:00 University of Southern California 9:00 Other events to be scheduled 12:00 TRIWG ends * The seafood feast should be a good one, with indigenous seafood such as crabs and shrimp. Vegetarian and bovine equivalents will also be provided for those not fond of seafood. This will cost you $15 apiece, and you need to sign up for it during your overall signup on the web site. If you're thinking of staying in the UMd dormatories, you MUST register by June 1st. You can't register for the dorms through the web site, but you can get the form there to print out, fill out, and fax to them. There is also a list of nearby hotels/motels for those who like greater amenities in their lodging. Just so we don't forget, I enclose here a canonical copy of the Charles R. Weisbin Questions for Universities: ? Describe the educational and basic research focus of your program. ? How would you characterize your role in fulfilling NASA's long term needs? (e.g., miniaturization, control in the presence of time delay, leaking with microgravity, etc.) ? What is the total funding level (all sources) of the program? ? What work is being specifically supported by NASA funding? ? What are the thrust areas in which you believe you have nationwide/worldwide leadership? ? What fundamental concepts and approaches relating to space robotics have been developed by your program? ? How have the ideas and technology developed at your university permeated the robotics community generally, and the NASA complex, in particular? (For example, current position of graduates, algorithms utilized elsewhere, etc.) ? Are there particular additional outputs (beyond those important ones already cited in Section III) which should be called to our attention? (e.g., patents, papers published, Congressional testimony, experiments flown, etc.) Register now, before you forget! - Dave Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08674; 20 May 98 15:01:10 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23804; 20 May 98 15:00 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23802; 20 May 98 15:00 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa08429; 20 May 98 14:59:32 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA02634; Wed, 20 May 98 14:59:30 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35632811.9607B42F@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 14:59:29 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: REMINDER: TEAM MEETING TOMORROW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TEAM MEETING #35 / MAY 21, 1998 ROBOTIC SEARCH FOR ANTARCTIC METEORITES FRC 100, 09:00-10:30 Agenda: News [all -10 min] ANALYSIS & COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF EXPLORATION PATHS [Kim - 25 min] EVALUATION OF GPS ANTARCTIC RESULTS [Alex - 15 min] FORMULATION OF CMU's PROGRAM PRESENTATION TO THE UNIVERISTY TRIWG MEETING [ Dimi presents preliminary outline, discussion - 40 min] Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09059; 20 May 98 16:34:12 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23917; 20 May 98 16:33 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23915; 20 May 98 16:33 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa23160; 20 May 98 16:33:03 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA03542; Wed, 20 May 98 16:33:01 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35633DFC.8F8DC3CA@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 16:33:00 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PROJECT PROGRESS / WEEK OF MAY 18 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: This is my first message regarding project progress. It is based on the schedule that you should all have and knowledge of ongoing tasks. Sib and I meet every Monday and review the schedule, placing emphasis on task completion and needs. If something is missing from the update or would like to include more detail about your tasks, please let me know. The focus of these updates will be Field Demonstration related work, but I would strongly encourage every grad-student involved to formulate with me individual schedules for at least the next six months. You input and comments are very welcome. Dimi >>> Important Milestones of the Week of 05-18-98 -------------------------------------------- 1. Submit expedition plans and requests to INACH and FACH [Dimi, Alex] 2. Resolve issue on IRIDIUM availability; evaluate other comm. options [Dimi, Alex, Sib] 3. Establish reliable communication between real-time and autonomy [Stewart, Sib] 4. Decide ice-tire construction [Dimi, Mike] Tasks ----- A. Electrical - Design sensor interface architecture [John] - Configure high-res science camera assembly [Lenny] - Install and test electrical connectors for locomotion motors [Tony, Sib] B. Mechanical - Assess availability of Ames arm [Dimi] - Configure arm for metal-magnetic sensors [Eric] - Configure ice-tire and decide development course [Dimi-Mike] - Remove old motor cables to assist new routing [Ben, Eric] C. Software - Electronics Real-time - Develop code for torque control with no velocity loop [Sib] - Complete code for trajectory generators on steering [Sib] - Continue code development for assisted chassis deployment [MikeW] - Establish reliable communication with NAV-1 [Sib, Stewart] Autonomy - Test operational state of stereo cameras and framegrabbers [Stewart] - Create code for analysis of laser signal [Stewart] - Install Trimble GPS upon completion of locomotion tests [Sib] - Install old KVH sensor [Sib] D. Testing - Real-time evaluation through locomotion tests [Sib, MikeW] - Prepare for first week of field autonomy (3 days next week) [Stewart, Sib] E. Logistical - Programmatic - Submit first expedition summary and plan for upcoming expedition to FACH/INACH [Dimi, Alex] - Draft master environmental statement on behalf of NASA [Dimi] - Kick-off TRIWG preparations [all] Concerns -------- 1. Composition and focus of the mechanical team 2. Availability of cold weather chamber for tests in July 3. Design of the EM sensor arm and ice-tires >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12474; 21 May 98 12:58:43 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25357; 21 May 98 12:57 EDT Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25355; 21 May 98 12:57 EDT Subject: NASA and Yale University Push the Barriers of Communications and Medicine on Mt. Everest (fwd) To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:57:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 4558 Apologies to those who might think this is too far off topic, but this is a very interesting application of advanced technology in remote field operations and may be of interest to our community (this is a late post too, originated a week ago): Forwarded message: >Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 16:27:26 -0400 (EDT) >Message-Id: <199805132027.QAA02860@spinoza.public.hq.nasa.gov> >From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov >Subject: NASA and Yale University Push the Barriers of Communications and Medicine on Mt. Everest >Content-Type: text >Sender: owner-press-release@lists.hq.nasa.gov >To: undisclosed-recipients:; > >Roderic Olvera Young >Headquarters, Washington, DC May 13, 1998 >(Phone: 202/358-4726) > >RELEASE: 98-81 > >NASA AND YALE UNIVERSITY PUSH THE BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND >MEDICINE ON MT. EVEREST > > As four climbers make their assault on Mt. Everest's summit >this week, NASA and Yale University will be testing new health >care devices based on space science technology. From the >mountain's extreme environment, health data will travel from the >base camp to the NASA-Yale telemedicine project. The problems of >high altitude adaptation, physiological stress and the climbers' >location represent great medical challenges similar to an >astronaut's situation in space. > > "In a few months we will begin assembly of the International >Space Station with an eye toward further exploration of our solar >system," said NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. "To ensure a >safe trip for our astronauts, we need the best computational, >communication, engineering, and medical technology. At NASA, we >are working on virtual environments for surgery, decision support >systems and the most advanced medical monitoring techniques. Just >think what this could mean for health care here on Earth. The >NASA-Yale project is helping us achieve these goals. I wish our >Mt. Everest pioneers great success as they help NASA climb the >final frontier." > > A team of Department of Defense and MIT personnel will be >stationed at a base camp of 17,500 feet. The climbers ascending >Mt. Everest will transmit data from sensors monitoring vital signs >and location and, whenever possible, video of their progress. >Yale personnel, supervised by Dr. Ronald C. Merrell, chairman, >Yale Department of Surgery and director of the NASA-Yale project, >will support medical consultation and monitor the health status of >the climbers during their trek. > > NASA and Yale have been working in partnership since July >1997, to contribute to the United States' competitive lead in >commercial applications of telemedicine. The goal of the program >is to develop and test next generation technologies. Tests on Mt. >Everest may lead to design improvements in future automated >medical monitoring and care systems for astronauts who may be in >space for months, not weeks. > >Other NASA Telemedicine Activities > > NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, is providing the >telecommunications bridge from Mt. Everest on its Advanced >Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS). NASA also practices >telemedicine on a daily basis in the human space flight program, >currently comprising three areas: Space Shuttle, Shuttle/Mir and >planning for and construction of the International Space Station. > > Additional tests are already taking place at Yale through >NASA's telemedicine connection with Moscow. Using the Internet, >the "Spacebridge to Russia" has become a model for international >telemedicine activities. The telemedicine network linking NASA's >Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, and Star City in Moscow >supports NASA physicians caring for astronauts training in Russia. >NASA demonstrations of telemedicine's potential on Earth have >helped the rural Arizona Pagago Reservation and the Armenians >after the earthquake of 1988. > > NASA has been a pioneer in telemedicine since the beginning >of human space flight. Using reliable, inexpensive communications >NASA has brought expensive medical consultation within the reach >of millions around the globe. For more information on NASA's >Telemedicine program visit our website: > > http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/olmsa/aeromed/telemed/ > > -end- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16085; 22 May 98 11:48:19 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27139; 22 May 98 11:45 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27137; 22 May 98 11:45 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa03313; 22 May 98 11:44:36 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA17870; Fri, 22 May 98 11:44:33 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35659D5C.17889FE7@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:44:28 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Meteorobot Mechanical Group Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This message is intended for the mechanical people of our team, but it is good for others to know: Beginning next week, Dimi, Eric, Mike, and Richard will be having working sessions every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30-1:30. The purpose is to pull together the mechanical team and meet through team work the great design and development challenges we face. Our first assignments will be the design of the metal-magnetic arm and ice-wheels, and progress with the configuration of the meteorobot. Each session will have specific technical objectives and deliverables. Our kick-off session will be in Building E (area under the mezzanine), Tuesday May 26 at 10:30. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa16890; 22 May 98 15:23:41 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27429; 22 May 98 15:23 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa27427; 22 May 98 15:22 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa05051; 22 May 98 15:21:31 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA19257; Fri, 22 May 98 15:21:23 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3565D032.17AD1146@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:21:22 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: UPCOMING TEAM MEETINGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: The next three team meetings (May 28, June 4, and June 11) will serve as rehearsals for CMU's presentation to TRIWG. As the first step I would like to ask every student involved in the project to prepare not more than three slides of their research and present them in next week's meeting. The slides should include: 1. technical problem and where it fits in the big picture 2. bottom line technical results to date (two slides that must include the best technical summary and visuals) View this as the best presentation of your work! Stay tuned for more details about TRIWG early next week. Thanks, - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04501; 27 May 98 12:11:24 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04779; 27 May 98 12:10 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04776; 27 May 98 12:09 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa24230; 27 May 98 12:09:01 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA16429; Wed, 27 May 98 12:08:55 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <356C3A95.55F5B94B@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 12:08:53 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING TOMORROW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: In tomorrow's team meeting we will discuss ongoing preparations for TRIWG and review short (5 min) technical presentations (summary of last year's technical progress and accomplishments): Navigation Autonomy: Stewart, Matt Science Autonomy: Liam, Kim Technologies: Ben, Alex, MikeM - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04888; 27 May 98 13:16:49 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04871; 27 May 98 13:16 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04869; 27 May 98 13:16 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa25062; 27 May 98 13:15:43 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA16972; Wed, 27 May 98 13:15:41 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <356C4A3C.F3770A30@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:15:40 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #35 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to Alex: >>> NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #35 MAY 21, 1998 Reid: concerns with the pan and tilt unit. Should check the vendor to check if this would work in Antarctica. There might be an other better or more rugged model from the same vendor. Contacting him should come first that an testing in cold chambers. Richard asks if it is possible to winterize it. Controllers, motors (stepper). Dimi: Triwg is coming and we will kick preparations for presentations Mark: we have Nav talking with Real Time System, better than when in the desert. This achieved by Sib and Stewart. Reid highlights this achievement's importance. Dimi: three days of testing next week, laser incorporated to stop. Alex: proposes to add testing to obtain trajectories for obstacle avoidance. Needed for proper sensor design. Kim presentation: Farming path type. Graphs of the sun incidence and the power. Same for the wind. Wind perpendicular to farm travel, with both a fixed and a rotating turbine. Everybody gets confused by the plots, but she explains. Then spiral path type. It is possible to observe the fluctuations of the solar and wind power. Curve path type, total solar power remains more constant. There are energy plots that show that for the fist configuration (solar sail) the curved and following are the most promising paths in terms of energy generation. Recommended to get similar power and energy plots for random trajectories. The group expresses concerns about the meaning of this measure. Area measurement standard might change. Covered area is more the distance traveled by the width of the sensors. Bill: areas to be searched are irregular. Humans do well to adapt to them. The success will be taken from the ability to cover an irregular area with a regular pattern. Reid, seems that the concern is that those patterns will never be achieved. Lots of talk about how the search is performed. Bill tells that the first search is random, and later if somebody starts finding them, then a regular search is performed. Another issue with spiral path is that the center is well covered, because of the irregular border, you waste time with overlapping. Dimi's presentation: TRIWG preparations. Once a year we have this meeting to university work. This is the one and that is why it is so important. There is also interaction with more students. The structure might look like: Themes and speakers .... Robotics Institute (Red) Nomad (Red, Dimi, Eric) RAMS (Dimi) Robot Autonomy (Reid) NREC (JB) Sage (Illah) Lunar Rover Initiative (Red, Dimi, Kim) intentions of this community US FIRST Technical presentations 17 CMU presentations last year, too many 3.5 hrs max, 10 presentations all involved closure: upcoming expedition There is one programmatic presentation, and then technical. Not everyone presents. Binder: presentations, PhD thesis, list of publications, press clippings, web page summary, videos. Each prepares: 2-3 overheads, 1-2 minutes videos. Good opportunity to summarize the work and scope. Showcase: computers simulation, posters, computer simulations, videos during breaks Strategic points: present 97 accomplishments, articulate of new thrusts, quantify impact and relevance with NASA, cast CMU's planetary technology and demonstration vision. Everybody should go. John will help with logistics. Contacting people for good visuals and presentation. We might pursue the use of Web presentations. Alex GPS presentation >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10861; 28 May 98 14:31:25 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06525; 28 May 98 14:28 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06522; 28 May 98 14:28 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa06977; 28 May 98 14:28:18 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA24852; Thu, 28 May 98 14:28:16 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <356DACC0.59BECAEC@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 14:28:16 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #36 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to Stewart: ROBOTIC ANTARCTIC METEORITE SEARCH NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #36 MAY 28, 1998 Present : Dimi, Mike M., Lenny, Liam, Mark S., Alex, Kim, Ben Stewart, Vandi, Mike W., Bob, Irena, Red, Matt, Jim, Scott News : sent out proposal/requests to FACH/INACH - initiated process of issuing a master env. statement of all activities in Antarctica for 2 years. NASA requirement - started mechanical group meetings : topics - ice tires, science arm, meteorobot configuration - working with motorola to get iridium service - so far voice available, possibly data; link 2.4 kbs - bidirectional - progressing with TRIWG preparations -ready to register, reserve dorms & vans -Fredkin room reserved June 9-14 for document assembly -Maryland has 2 overhead projectors, portable computer/projector Red : news from ICRA. 5 presentations. 1 all day workshop on Field robotics. Great achievements of noname outfits. Auzzies good in agriculture. In construction, automation of rolling machines for surfacing highways. 3 presentations of our project. Got a warm reception. Dimi : first cut of TRIWG presentations Overview - Red - 25 min Atacama - Eric/Sib - 25min Antarctica - Dimi - ? - 25min Art - Reid-Liam - 45min LRI - Mike M/Red - 25min Outreach/sage/first - Kim - 15min NREC - Tony - 30min Red : get the old students back (Lalit, Deepak, Murph, Kevin). Also NREC is too long Matt : tracking landmark features in the Antarctic Mike M. : STARGRAV results. algorithm and analysis. simulation - testbed for algorithms prototypes - wide field of view camera, also experimenting with an automated theodolite. Camera not sensitive enough to see stars. Stewart : autonomy results. make metrics more explicit. remove implementation jargon such as nav1 Ben : steering performance explicit, deployed skid, stowed skid quantified power results for various steering radii (Red : fantastic. I am breathless) Kim : search patterns for meteorite search pattern needs to be altered due to terrain considerations (Red : don't lead with meteorite search since its a generic capability. Introduce through site coverage. Not easy to distinguish patterns, maybe rename farming path. Include simulation results. You are also latitude dependant in the sun following pattern. Include metrics) Alex : better sensing for robots in all conditions, detect crevasses and hidden targets (Red : some cleanup on front end. Show results of CrevDar as up and coming. Why not a higher frequency than MMW? What is package size/electronic size of 94Ghz? To be relevant in planetary robotics community must not be too big. I see this one as having to convey more technical content. What are 2 or 3 research issues for mobile robots) Liam : classification. integration of multiple sensors for the classification of meteorites and rocks (Red : this is the key talk of our program. Without meteorite classification this project is dead) Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04915; 2 Jun 98 18:26:13 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13709; 2 Jun 98 18:25 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13707; 2 Jun 98 18:25 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa14463; 2 Jun 98 18:24:28 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA27866; Tue, 2 Jun 98 18:24:25 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35747B97.AAB8FF19@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 18:24:23 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, bares@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu, axs@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: CMU Presentations at TRIWG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Enclosed is the list of themes and presenters for this month's University TRIWG. We are scheduled to present on Tuesday, June 16 from 8:00 to 11:45. There might be some changes, but everybody should be in preparation mode. - Dimi >>> RI SPACE ROBOTICS & LRI Red 40 min ATACAMA & NOMAD Eric - Desert/Stateside accomplishments Sib - Control & navigation advances Ben - Robotic locomotion performance (all together - 40 min) METEORITE SEARCH Dimi - Overview, accomplishments Liam - Automatic meteorite classification Kim - Search planning with resource constraints (all together - 45 min) AUTONOMOUS ROVER TECHNOLOGIES Reid - Overview of navigation-science autonomy Matt - Navigation & science from wide imagery MikeM - Pos estimation via relative and absolute survey networks Reid - Integrated Rover Architecture (short) (all together - 45 min) SAGE & FIRST Kim 15 min NREC JohnB-Tony 20 min Closure Red-Dimi 5 min >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04942; 2 Jun 98 18:35:55 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13723; 2 Jun 98 18:34 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13721; 2 Jun 98 18:34 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa02447; 2 Jun 98 18:33:40 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA27946; Tue, 2 Jun 98 18:33:38 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35747DC1.2786E745@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 18:33:37 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Staying at UMD's dorms Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is the list of people who will be staying at UMD's dorms during TRIWG (nights of June 14-15-16). If you DO NOT see your name listed here, let me know. Thanks, Dimi SCIENTISTS-STAFF (4) -------------------- Dimi Eric Mike P. Mark GRADUATES (9) ------------- Alex Ben Kim Liam Matt Mike M. Richard Stewart Vandi? UNDERGRADUATES (4+3) -------------------- Brett John B. Lenny Mike W. and probably: Irena Rob Terry Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05150; 2 Jun 98 19:41:53 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13786; 2 Jun 98 19:40 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13784; 2 Jun 98 19:39 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa03040; 2 Jun 98 19:38:55 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA28375; Tue, 2 Jun 98 19:38:52 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35748D0A.EB3FA84A@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 19:38:50 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #37 / JUNE 4, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ROBOTIC ANTARCTIC METEORITE SEARCH TEAM MEETING #37 / JUNE 4, 1998 FRC 100 / 09:00-11:00 (we will use an extra 30 minutes) Agenda: RAMS Program: Overview and 97 Accomplishments [Dimi] [15 min. presentation - 10 discussion] Round 2 of technical presentations: [Each presentation 5-8 minutes, 5 min for discussion; polish and augment as appropriate] Kim - Search planning with resource constraints MikeM - Pos. estimation from networks Matt - Landmark based navigation Liam - Meteorite classification Nomad accomplishments & technical advances [Eric-Sib] I understand this is a short notice, but let's review a first draft! [30 min] Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14163; 4 Jun 98 16:06:01 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16639; 4 Jun 98 16:01 EDT Received: from JUBILEE.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa16637; 4 Jun 98 16:01 EDT Received: from [127.0.0.1] by jubilee.learning.cs.cmu.edu id aa04947; 4 Jun 98 16:00 EDT To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu cc: jean@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Malik Ghallab In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 02 Jun 1998 19:38:50 -0400. <35748D0A.EB3FA84A@frc.ri.cmu.edu> From: Reid Simmons Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 16:00:47 -0400 Message-ID: <4945.896990447@jubilee.learning.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: Reid_Simmons@jubilee.learning.cs.cmu.edu Malik Ghallab from LAAS (does work on planning and architectures for autonomous mobile robots, including planetary explorers) will be visiting CMU next week (Thursday and Friday). He is giving a special AI Seminar on Thursday June 11 at 3:30 in Wean 5409. If you would like to meet with Malik individually, please contact Jean Harpley (jean@cs.cmu.edu). Reid Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18153; 5 Jun 98 12:52:21 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18223; 5 Jun 98 12:51 EDT Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18221; 5 Jun 98 12:50 EDT Received: from VOYAGER.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa14746; 5 Jun 98 12:50 EDT Sender: afoessel@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <357821CB.54418E5B@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 12:50:19 -0400 From: Alex Foessel Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; IRIX 6.2 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu" Subject: GPS results web page Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks, I put together some results of the GPS experiment down in Antartica. Please take a look and give me your comments. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~meteorite/Antarctica97/GPS/ Alex -- Alex Foessel The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~afoessel Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22680; 6 Jun 98 17:31:15 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20086; 6 Jun 98 17:30 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa20084; 6 Jun 98 17:29 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa06709; 6 Jun 98 17:29:30 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA25561; Sat, 6 Jun 98 17:29:27 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3579B4B7.AEDC4587@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 17:29:27 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG PREPARATIONS NECT WEEK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 9 from 4-7 pm to review TRIWG presentations. We should definitely have: 1. the 3 presentations about Atacama & Nomad 2. Liam's and Kim's talks and 3. MikeM talk (if time permits Matt and I will present again). - Dimi >>> RI SPACE ROBOTICS & LRI Red 40 min ATACAMA & NOMAD Eric - Desert/Stateside accomplishments Sib - Control & navigation advances Ben - Robotic locomotion performance (all together - 40 min) METEORITE SEARCH Dimi - Overview, accomplishments Liam - Automatic meteorite classification Kim - Search planning with resource constraints (all together - 45 min) AUTONOMOUS ROVER TECHNOLOGIES Reid - Overview of navigation-science autonomy Matt - Navigation & science from wide imagery MikeM - Pos estimation via relative and absolute survey networks Reid - Integrated Rover Architecture (short) (all together - 45 min) SAGE & FIRST Kim 15 min NREC JohnB-Tony 20 min Closure Red-Dimi 5 min >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25965; 7 Jun 98 17:55:04 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21644; 7 Jun 98 17:53 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21640; 7 Jun 98 17:52 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa17218; 7 Jun 98 17:52:17 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00272; Sun, 7 Jun 98 17:52:14 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <357B0B8A.F68F0E2C@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 17:52:10 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Out of town tomorrow Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I will be out of the office tomorrow. I will respond to e-mail requests tomorrow evening. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04121; 9 Jun 98 13:22:10 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id bk24578; 9 Jun 98 13:12 EDT Received: from SAGUARO.LEARNING.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24231; 9 Jun 98 7:37 EDT Received: from [127.0.0.1] by saguaro.learning.cs.cmu.edu id aa24196; 9 Jun 98 7:37 EDT To: Reid Simmons cc: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, jean@cs.cmu.edu, Jean_Harpley@saguaro.learning.cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Malik Ghallab In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jun 1998 16:00:47 EDT." <4945.896990447@jubilee.learning.cs.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 07:37:17 -0400 Message-ID: <24194.897392237@saguaro.learning.cs.cmu.edu> From: Jean Harpley Folks, At the moment I've not had one reply from anyone willing to spend time with Malik. If you could spare some time to talk with him during his visit Thursday and Friday, please send me e-mail with your time constraints so I can arrange an itinerary. Thanks much! Jean Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04616; 9 Jun 98 14:35:32 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24850; 9 Jun 98 14:33 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24848; 9 Jun 98 14:33 EDT Received: from PO8.ANDREW.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa12255; 9 Jun 98 14:33:09 EDT Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.2) id OAA17767 for meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:33:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: via switchmail; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:33:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:31:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:31:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:31:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:31:27 -0400 (EDT) From: John T Bates To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG Registration Hi, all. The people at UMD asked that we register for TRIWG individually via the web, so if you're going, please take a look at the following: www.ssl.umd.edu:7473/TRIWG/ and click on the link that says "Registration Form" Filling out the form is pretty self explanatory, but make sure you keep in mind a few things: 1. Special Needs: Dietary considerations, disabilities, etc. 2. If you're bringing a car, you need a parking permit. We'll be picking up the permits for the minivans on Monday morning at 7AM. If you're bringing a car, you should come along to pick up your permit. 3. We are all staying on campus, unless you have arranged for something else. 4. We are attending every day (15-17) 5. You can attend the crab dinner, but you have to pay for this yourself. It's $15, but probably worth it! Please register as soon as you are able to. Thanks! -John Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04850; 9 Jun 98 15:13:42 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24951; 9 Jun 98 15:13 EDT Received: from SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24949; 9 Jun 98 15:12 EDT Received: from localhost by sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu id aa01509; 9 Jun 98 15:12 EDT Sender: da1v@sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu Message-ID: <357D890B.167E@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 15:12:11 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SGoldC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: MEETING AT 4PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: This is a reminder for the 4 o'clock meeting. I apologize for the late notice, but I just managed to overcome problems with outgoing e-mail. Today, we will hear presentations from Eric/Sib, Liam, Kim, and MikeM. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04932; 9 Jun 98 15:26:18 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24989; 9 Jun 98 15:25 EDT Received: from SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa24987; 9 Jun 98 15:25 EDT Received: from localhost by sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu id aa01520; 9 Jun 98 15:25 EDT Sender: da1v@sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu Message-ID: <357D8C17.2781@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 15:25:11 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SGoldC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Message from Dave Lavery Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: The following message from Dave Lavery is extremely important. Please read and prepare for a strong show at Maryland next week. Dimi >>> Subject: Next week's TRIWG meeting Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:51:28 -0500 From: Dave Lavery To: triwgbig@telerobotics.jpl.nasa.gov, triwgmem@telerobotics.jpl.nasa.gov TRIWGers- As the universities prepare for the TRIWG meeting next week, I would like to make a few recommendations and requests regarding the format and content of the meeting. Over the past two or three years, the summer meeting of the TRIWG - which is targeted at conducting a review of the university content of the program - has changed significantly. What was once a forum for open dialog with strong technical and academic discussions has become a much more rigid and targeted set of presentations. This got to the point that last summer's meeting fundamentally became a series of "presentations to Dave" rather than the entire TRIWG, much less the student members of the meeting. This is not good. While we all recognize the implicit pressures to "look good in front of the source of funding" we have fallen into of a rut that has significantly lowered the potential value of this meeting for all of us. Everyone has viewed this meeting as increasingly important for the university community. This is a positive reaction, however we may have taken it too far. Audience members now view the perceptions of the formal TRIWG members to the presentations as so important they tend to wear kidd gloves when critiquing each other's work. Such comments as "this is not really up to the state of the art" or "that method won't work" were commonly heard in the audience, yet never publicly aired. All of us on the TRIWG have areas where we are well qualified to make such judgments, and other areas where we aren't. On those weaker areas we must rely on the overall judgment of the communit - particularly the students that may currently be researching related areas. Bringing that discussion back onto the table and being open enough for that to safely occur would add immensely to the university TRIWG. Toward that end, I would like to ask that as you prepare your presentations for next week you consider the following suggestions: - Have fewer talks during each university session. We recognize the pressure to allow every student get up and "show their stuff" at the meeting. However, this results in a packed schedule of 5-to-7-minute snapshot presentations with no time for discussion or exploration of the topic. - Instead have fewer talks that go into greater depth. Instead of reviewing every students work every year, focus more time on a few this year and a few next year. - Understand that your target audience is really the other students in the room. The TRIWG is looking for good give-and-take discussions between the presenters and the audience (such as at the UT-Austin and first UMd meetings), and uses that information exchange as a critical element of the information gathered for evaluation. - Schedule in at least 1/3 of your time for questions and discussions. If you have packed your agenda so tightly that there is no time for the audience to ask questions, much less the members of the TRIWG, then you have done yourself a disservice. OK, now on to more pragmatic items. There are a few elements that we will be looking for in each of the university presentations. In addition to the set of eight "standard questions" that we expect to have answered during the introduction of each university effort (as listed in Dave Akin's May 20 e-mail, and repeated below), please include discussions on two additional items: 1. What are the specific objectives of the lab in terms of technology development and capabilities over the next five years? Explicitly state the objectives, target performance, and the metrics that will be used to determine whether you achieve your objectives or not. 2.Where appropriate, provide and specific responses to the feedback from the 1997 summer TRIWG meeting that is not included elsewhere in your presentation. As a reminder, the feedback from last summers meeting is attached as an MS-Word format file (note that this was sent out in the middle of last fall to the TRIWG and lead contacts at the universities, however a few of you have recently indicated that you may not have received that mailing). Finally, please be sure to bring two hardcopy and two viewgraph versions of each presentation, along with two copies of any video tapes that are presented. These will go to Charles Price and myself. I look forward to seeing everyone next week! -dave >>> Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04990; 9 Jun 98 15:38:00 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25032; 9 Jun 98 15:37 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25029; 9 Jun 98 15:37 EDT Received: from PO8.ANDREW.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa05325; 9 Jun 98 15:35:56 EDT Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.2) id PAA20643 for meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:35:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: via switchmail; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:35:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:33:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:33:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:33:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:33:59 -0400 (EDT) From: John T Bates To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG Registration 2 Hi, All. A few of you have asked about the dorm situation at TRIWG. Dimi and I are taking care of it, so you don't have to register for dorm rooms individually. Sorry about the confusion. -John Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06037; 9 Jun 98 18:26:05 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25481; 9 Jun 98 18:25 EDT Received: from SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa25475; 9 Jun 98 18:24 EDT Received: from localhost by sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu id aa01667; 9 Jun 98 18:24 EDT Sender: da1v@sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu Message-ID: <357DB611.15FB@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 18:24:17 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SGoldC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Dinner at PHI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: We are meeting at 6:45 at PHI for dinner. Hope to see you all there. Dimi (It's Tuesday night, by the way) Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10664; 10 Jun 98 17:39:22 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28697; 10 Jun 98 17:37 EDT Received: from SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa28694; 10 Jun 98 17:36 EDT Received: from localhost by sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu id aa03253; 10 Jun 98 17:35 EDT Sender: da1v@sokrates.frc.ri.cmu.edu Message-ID: <357EFC3E.167E@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:35:58 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SGoldC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING TOMORROW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Tomorrow's meeting will include the following presentations: * Nomad (quick) overview and summary of achievements and lessons [Eric] * Advances on real-time control [Sib] * Locomotion evaluation of Nomad's performance [Ben] * Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites overview [Dimi] Our final preparation meeting will be on Friday to cover the rest of Nomad/Meteorobot/Autonomy presentations. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00662; 11 Jun 98 11:15:26 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ac00531; 11 Jun 98 11:01 EDT Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00522; 11 Jun 98 10:52 EDT Received: from PUCK.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01105; 11 Jun 98 10:51 EDT Message-ID: <357FF01C.A9B660CC@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:56:28 -0400 From: Liam Pedersen Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Subject: [Fwd: HMP Website up and running!] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------1C4405E3342CFAE7EB1C8EC5" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1C4405E3342CFAE7EB1C8EC5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, below is a pointer to the official website for the Haughton-Mars Project expedition to Devon Island in the Canadian arctic at the end of this month. Liam -- *************************************************************** Liam Pedersen Tel: (412) 268 2909 Robotics Institute Fax: (412) 268 5571 Carnegie Mellon University email: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Pittsburgh PA 15213 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen USA Office: BoM-D 306 --------------1C4405E3342CFAE7EB1C8EC5 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05343; 11 Jun 98 4:17 EDT Received: from smtp04.primenet.com by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa28482; 11 Jun 98 4:17:00 EDT Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA29505; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 01:16:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from ip-21-049.phx.primenet.com(206.165.21.49), claiming to be "[206.165.21.49]" via SMTP by pop-proxy04.primenet.com, id smtpd029454; Thu Jun 11 01:16:21 1998 X-Sender: komat@mailhost.primenet.com (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 01:15:18 -0700 To: pclee@mail.arc.nasa.gov, jrice@mail.arc.nasa.gov, komat@primenet.com, schutt@curate.jsc.nasa.gov, PeterSX@aol.com, zent@mawrth.arc.nasa.gov, jmoore@mail.arc.nasa.gov, steven.j.hoffman1@jsc.nasa.gov, afoessel@cmu.edu, ncabrol@mail.arc.nasa.gov, cockell@ix.netcom.com, gdunfield@mail.arc.nasa.gov, bglass@mail.arc.nasa.gov, egrin@mail.arc.nasa.gov, pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu, schwehr@artemis.arc.nasa.gov, Omead_Amidi@postbox.ius.cs.cmu.edu, jmce@ri.cmu.edu, delouis@cs.cmu.edu, air-cosmos@air-cosmos.com, ralena@mail.arc.nasa.gov, bclancey@mail.arc.nasa.gov, mlong7333@worldnet.att.net From: komat@primenet.com Subject: HMP Website up and running! Dear Team Members, - the Haughton-Mars Project web site is now up and running! It can be found at http://www.arctic-mars.org - The site is still under construction and should be mostly done by Monday, June 15. The Listserver is up and running, but has not been fully validated yet. I should have it certified by the 15th as well. The listserver address is on the website under "Contact the Team". If a few of you would try to subscribe in a day or two that would be helpful. - Please look at your bio to see if it meets your approval (under "Meet the Team" on website). Some of the bios had to be edited for brevity. If there are any significant changes you want done to your bio, please email me. - I have not received bios from the following Team members yet... Theodore Bunch Charles Cockell Mark DeLouis Brian Glass Christian Lardier Mike Long John W. Schutt Please send ASAP to komat@primenet.com, also attach a picture if possible. - Also, anyone who has not sent a picture yet, you can e-mail it, or snail-mail it to me at the address listed below and I will scan it in then return it to you promptly. - An e-mail about getting e-mail while in the field will be coming soon after a discussion with Pascal. That's about it. Please feel free to send me comments on the web site or any other topic relating to the HMP. Thanks! ######################## David Reyes Education Outreach Haughton-Mars Project 1939 E. Loma Vista Dr. Tempe, AZ 85282 602/968-7726:h 602/716-2069:o mailto:komat@primenet.com http://www.arctic-mars.org --------------1C4405E3342CFAE7EB1C8EC5-- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00674; 11 Jun 98 11:17:27 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00606; 11 Jun 98 11:15 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00603; 11 Jun 98 11:15 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa01040; 11 Jun 98 11:14:07 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA01342; Thu, 11 Jun 98 11:13:34 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <357FF41D.681CEFF@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:13:33 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: PUBLICATIONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Please send me a list of papers you published or you had accepted for publication in 1998. Include the title, author, and conference or journal published. I will include it all in the CMU's TRIWG folder. I would very much appreciate if I could have your input on this today. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04764; 12 Jun 98 8:38:06 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04665; 12 Jun 98 8:37 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04661; 12 Jun 98 8:36 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa09821; 12 Jun 98 8:35:48 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA10528; Fri, 12 Jun 98 08:35:15 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35812070.D80B6B94@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 08:34:56 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: LAST TRIWG PREPARATION MEETING Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit * Today (Friday 06/12/98) from 1-3pm. Presenters: Liam Kim Reid Matt Mike * Everybody else who is preparing a talk: Bring a single slide with the title of your presentation. * Kim: Please give us an update on the FIRST and Sage talks. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa04794; 12 Jun 98 8:43:08 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04682; 12 Jun 98 8:42 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04679; 12 Jun 98 8:41 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa10083; 12 Jun 98 8:39:30 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA10552; Fri, 12 Jun 98 08:39:27 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35812180.636D464A@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 08:39:28 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG TEMPLATE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: I have placed a template for our presentations in: /user/meteorite1/triwg98-template.fm (FMaker5.5) and in the lunatics folder on the PC server ostrich. * Please format your presentation as close as possible to the template * Insert your presentation title in the footer Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05192; 12 Jun 98 10:29:37 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04907; 12 Jun 98 10:28 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04905; 12 Jun 98 10:27 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa12446; 12 Jun 98 10:26:47 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA11464; Fri, 12 Jun 98 10:26:40 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35813AA0.91178625@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:26:40 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: presentation template Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have also placed a copy of the template in: /afs/cs/project/lri/doc/triwg98-template.fm - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05481; 12 Jun 98 11:48:47 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05056; 12 Jun 98 11:47 EDT Received: from UX5.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05054; 12 Jun 98 11:47 EDT Received: from GS114.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa18488; 12 Jun 98 11:46 EDT Sender: mmde@ux5.sp.cs.cmu.edu Message-ID: <35814D46.6765CCC5@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:46:14 -0400 From: Mike Montemerlo Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: presentation template References: <35813AA0.91178625@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, I have created a Macintosh PowerPoint version of the template as well. It is on the new G3 (deadline) on the Desktop. It is called TRIWG Powerpoint Template or something obvious like that. People tell me that Mac PowerPoint files will also open on PCs. Mike. Dimitrios Apostolopoulos wrote: > I have also placed a copy of the template in: > > /afs/cs/project/lri/doc/triwg98-template.fm > > - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05543; 12 Jun 98 12:00:36 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05076; 12 Jun 98 11:59 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05074; 12 Jun 98 11:58 EDT Received: from PO8.ANDREW.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa11815; 12 Jun 98 11:58:03 EDT Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.2) id LAA11147; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:57:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: via switchmail; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:57:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:56:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:56:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:56:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <0pUIz0O00WB_0DlUY0@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:56:48 -0400 (EDT) From: John T Bates To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, camill+@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu, John.Bares@cs.cmu.edu, sthayer+@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG registration Hi, all. Just a reminder: if you haven't done so already, please register for TRIWG by the end of today. The people at UMD need to have our information together to print up namecards, etc. The registration process is very quick and is contained in one online form at: www.ssl.umd.edu:7473/TRIWG/ Just follow the link on that page marked "Registration Form" Again, don't worry about registering for dorms, but make sure you mark down the fact that we will be staying on campus unless you have arranged otherwise, and we will be attending all three days of the conference. You don't have to attend the crab dinner in Annapolis, but you can if you want to. However, you will have to pay out of pocket. Please register whenever it is convenient for you. Thanks very much. Sincerely, John Bates Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06720; 12 Jun 98 16:08:00 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05597; 12 Jun 98 16:06 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05595; 12 Jun 98 16:05 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa16649; 12 Jun 98 16:05:41 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA14694; Fri, 12 Jun 98 16:05:37 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35818A11.BDFC82DD@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:05:37 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Last message from Dave Akin, TRIWG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: TRIWG final instructions Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 14:20:02 -0500 From: Dave Akin Attention, sports fans! It has come to my attention that we may not have had all of the information on our web site that I would have liked to have had. Therefore, here are some last-minute directions for reaching the TRIWG meeting next week - please pass it along to others in your organization who may not be on the TRIWG mailing lists. The TRIWG meeting will be help on the University of Maryland (College Park) campus in room 0408 of the Animal Sciences Building. You can reach campus most easily from the beltway (I-95/I-495) by heading south on the Route 1 exit (which is labeled College Park/university of Maryland). About 1-2 miles south of the beltway, the road widens from 4 to 6 lanes, there's a Jerry's Subs and Pizza on the right, and the next right (at the light) is the main entrance to campus along Campus Drive. Go straight (left-hand lane past the Engineering Building) to the traffic circle with the large floral M in the center. At the traffic circle, turn right onto Regent's Drive. You may park at meters in the parking garage to your left, or at meters in lots CC and G6 on your right. The large building to your right at the second stop sign on Regent's drive (arranged in a quadrange, ugly green peaked roof all around, lots of semi-translucent glass bricks) is the animal sciences building. When you register, we will give you the necessary parking permits, which differ depending on whether or not you're staying in a dormitory. (We're also planning on meeting people at the dorm office Sunday night to get some of this straightened out.) Beware of the University Parking Nazis - they will swoop in and ticket any car parked illegally for more than, say, 5 seconds. We suspect them of making deals with dark powers, exchanging their souls for making quotas on parking tickets... I am attaching a JPEG map of campus, which should help illustrate this. It is being enclosed without compression, with UUencoding for those of you unfortunates who haven't been enlightened as to the moral and technical superiority of Macintoshes... This material will also be added to the web site semi-immediately. Sorry about the confusion, and I look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting! P.S. Chuck - I think the seats in this lecture hall may be even more uncomfortable than the last one! On the good side, at least we DO plan to have coffee this time... - Dave Akin Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa06838; 12 Jun 98 16:43:09 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05666; 12 Jun 98 16:41 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05664; 12 Jun 98 16:41 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa14115; 12 Jun 98 16:41:04 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA15128; Fri, 12 Jun 98 16:41:01 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3581925D.3954F0DF@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:41:01 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, bares@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: PRESENTATION MATERIAL SUBMISSION Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: As I said at the beginning of the meeting, I need the following from each person presenting at TRIWG: One hardcopy of the presentation in 2x1 thumbnail format (best possible printing quality) by 1 pm tomorrow. Do not send me soft pointers, I will not have the time to print out individual presentations. In addition, each presenter should bring two extra sets of his/her transparencies and videotapes (we will give the extra sets to Dave Lavery and Charles Price) I have blank tapes available for people who would like to duplicate their tapes. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa10251; 13 Jun 98 14:07:11 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08592; 13 Jun 98 14:03 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa08564; 13 Jun 98 13:53 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa20278; 13 Jun 98 13:52:20 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA22114; Sat, 13 Jun 98 13:52:16 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3582BC50.287C572F@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:52:16 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu, bares@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu, sthayer@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu, camill@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Subject: TRIWG Preparation Progress - 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: Thus far I have received hardcopies of half of the presentations. My office door is open; please bring in your hardcopy and leave it at the top of the file cabinet on the left. Reminder: each presenter should bring two extra copies of transparencies and videotapes. The departure time is 2pm tomorrow afternoon from Building E. We will have three seven-seat vans and a couple cars. Dimi ps. John and Scott: if you want to use RI's template for the NREC presentations, look at /user/da1v/triwg98-template.fm Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05509; 17 Jun 98 19:11:16 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19694; 17 Jun 98 19:09 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19692; 17 Jun 98 19:09 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa15363; 17 Jun 98 19:08:43 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA26985; Wed, 17 Jun 98 19:07:25 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35884C18.E7EB3192@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:07:04 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NO MEETING TOMORROW 06-17-98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There will be Meteorite Team meeting tomorrow. I will post the schedule for upcoming meetings by the end of the week. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa15621; 22 Jun 98 12:15:01 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01633; 22 Jun 98 12:14 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa01631; 22 Jun 98 12:14 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa04663; 22 Jun 98 12:13:26 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA04538; Mon, 22 Jun 98 12:13:23 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <358E82A2.5C5EE05C@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 12:13:22 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #39 / JUNE 25, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites Team Meeting #39 June 25, 1998, 09-10:30 @ FRC100 Agenda: * Post TRIWG comments [All - 15 min] * Brief description of primary technical tasks [each person, including the undergraduate members of our team will give a quick update ~3-5 min of their primary task for the next two weeks] [45-60 min] * Status and needs of NASA Discovery MO proposals [Red, Mike, Richard, all] - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23004; 23 Jun 98 10:10:24 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04092; 23 Jun 98 10:09 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04090; 23 Jun 98 10:08 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa18036; 23 Jun 98 10:07:55 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA14953; Tue, 23 Jun 98 10:07:48 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <358FB6B3.B173074D@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:07:47 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: METEORITE SUMMARY DOCUMENT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I need the support of one or two people to put together a summary of this year's expedition results by Thursday. Much text will come from our web site. Let me know if you can help ASAP. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa26169; 23 Jun 98 16:32:43 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04619; 23 Jun 98 16:31 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04617; 23 Jun 98 16:30 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa22841; 23 Jun 98 16:28:43 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA18923; Tue, 23 Jun 98 16:28:36 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35900FF3.9F88E2EC@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 16:28:35 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: ASTEROID PROPOSAL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: We are in preparation of a Discovery proposal to land a small rover on an asteroid. The proposal is due Monday and we are in need of a few more people to help. If you can dedicate the next 3-4 days come to: FRC100 8:00PM TONIGHT Currently, Red, Richard, John Bates, Mike Wagner, Kim, and myself are working on this, but we need more people! - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00768; 24 Jun 98 10:37:15 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04760; 23 Jun 98 18:31 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa04758; 23 Jun 98 18:31 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa24590; 23 Jun 98 18:30:41 EDT Received: from [128.2.195.28] (OZS1400.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA20038; Tue, 23 Jun 98 18:30:30 EDT X-Sender: oz@128.2.242.74 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <35900FF3.9F88E2EC@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 18:28:33 -0400 To: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos , meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu From: Jim "Oz" Osborn Subject: Re: ASTEROID PROPOSAL All : Red just called in and is stranded until 8PM tonight due to a flight cancellation. He will *try* to reach the team via phone for the 8PM meeting. I've put the speakerphone equipment in Dimi's office. -Oz At 4:28 PM -0400 6/23/98, Dimitrios Apostolopoulos wrote: >All: > >We are in preparation of a Discovery proposal >to land a small rover on an asteroid. >The proposal is due Monday and we are in need >of a few more people to help. If you can dedicate >the next 3-4 days come to: > >FRC100 8:00PM TONIGHT > >Currently, Red, Richard, John Bates, Mike Wagner, Kim, >and myself are working on this, but we need more people! > >- Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa18848; 26 Jun 98 12:09:52 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12711; 26 Jun 98 12:08 EDT Received: from UX1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa12705; 26 Jun 98 12:08 EDT Received: from sst-temp1.arc.nasa.gov by ux1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa29405; 26 Jun 98 12:07 EDT Message-ID: <35946FA1.54EB0641@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 21:05:53 -0700 From: Liam Pedersen Reply-To: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Organization: NASA Ames Research Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Subject: Millennium Mars Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------0FB9654A2ED56A69ECF83536" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0FB9654A2ED56A69ECF83536 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, Some people here at NASA have put together a 'martian' calendar that is pretty cool, and features a dante like robot about to go down a crater. take a look at: http://www.tomorrowsf.com/market/mars/welcome.html -- ********************************************************************* Liam Pedersen Tel: (650) 604 3117 NASA Ames Research Center Fax: (650) 604 6779 MS 245-3 email: pedersen+@ri.cmu.edu Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pedersen USA Office: 205B, building 245 --------------0FB9654A2ED56A69ECF83536 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="welcome.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="welcome.html" Content-Base: "http://www.tomorrowsf.com/market/mars/ welcome.html" Millennium Mars
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--------------0FB9654A2ED56A69ECF83536-- Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05973; 29 Jun 98 15:28:16 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id ab19369; 29 Jun 98 15:25 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19367; 29 Jun 98 15:25 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa00731; 29 Jun 98 15:24:59 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA13908; Mon, 29 Jun 98 15:24:56 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3597EA03.AB1DA6FF@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 15:24:51 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: AUTHORITIES Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: As we are trying to improve the effectiveness of our team, I would like to make explicit that: 1. Sib is the authority regarding Nomad operations and state of the vehicle. All requests for reworks, field tests, and equipment changeouts/additions go through him. 2. For the next month until he departs, Eric will be the leader of the mechanical reworks. MikeP, Brett, myself, and others who will get involved will follow Eric's requests. 3. If someone makes a serious request for use of our space, tools, and equipment, make sure you point them to me. I will review all requests and make the decision. From now on, I will be spending my morning time in Building E, to support engineering and programmatic work (comm, plan cold tests, ice tires, etc.) Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa05998; 29 Jun 98 15:32:19 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19377; 29 Jun 98 15:30 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa19375; 29 Jun 98 15:30 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa00240; 29 Jun 98 15:29:29 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA13946; Mon, 29 Jun 98 15:29:26 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3597EB15.556542A6@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 15:29:25 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NHK VIDEOTAPING Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nomad Team: NHK TV from Japan will film Nomad tomorrow around 10am. If we are already in the field, I will bring the crew out there; if we in PRB we will try to finish up the filming quickly and get to the field as soon as weather permits. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14413; 30 Jun 98 18:18:08 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21794; 30 Jun 98 18:16 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa21792; 30 Jun 98 18:16 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa15851; 30 Jun 98 18:15:32 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA25636; Tue, 30 Jun 98 18:15:24 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <3599637A.820BF7DB@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:15:22 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #40 / JULY 2, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites Team Meeting #40 July 2, 1998, 09-10:30 @ FRC100 Agenda: * Discussion on the mechanical reworks [Eric, Dimi, Mike] * Report on recent autonomy tests [Stewart] * Clarification of Antarctica II success criteria and technical priorities [Dimi] * Debrief on the Discovery submissions [Red, Mike, Richard] Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa22419; 6 Jul 98 16:01:17 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05758; 6 Jul 98 16:00 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05756; 6 Jul 98 16:00 EDT Received: from PO9.ANDREW.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa16380; 6 Jul 98 15:59:10 EDT Received: (from postman@localhost) by po9.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.2) id PAA26321 for meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:59:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: via switchmail; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:59:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:57:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix9.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:57:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mms.4.60.Jun.27.1996.03.02.53.sun4.51.EzMail.2.0.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4m.54 via MS.5.6.unix9.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:57:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:57:22 -0400 (EDT) From: John T Bates To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: John out Hi, All. I'll be going home from the 8th to the 18th, inclusive. Take care, John Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa00242; 7 Jul 98 11:30:37 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07761; 7 Jul 98 11:29 EDT Received: from GS250.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa07759; 7 Jul 98 11:28 EDT Subject: Ranger documentation To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 11:28:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew C. Deans" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1881 Folks, Regarding our documentation dilemna, I wrote to Craig Carignan at UMD (one of the postdocs there) to find out what they do about Ranger documentation. Here's his answer: >Matt, > >Unfortunately, we do not have an "owners manual" for Ranger either. We >do catalog mechanical parts drawings as well as the parts we order. >Russ, who is doing arm design, has been working on assembly instructions, >and we have just started online documentation on an internal website to >help us keep track of things. However, the actual details of assembly >and instructions for use are pretty much locked up in one or two people's >heads so we would have the same problem. Electrical parts are in even (when he says "same problem," he is referring to what I told him about Eric Rollins taking another job and taking much of the mechanical knowledge of Nomad with him.) >worse shape and distributed over more people. The software is probably >the most organized because we use Clearcase which is a version control >tool. There is however scant documentation for that either except for >comments in the code. I am planning on writing a controls manual at some >point that will explain how the various arm control algorithms work both >for the purpose of flight documentation as well as for someone who wants >to use the arms for testing. Unfortunately, documentation is a problem >endemic to a lab full of engineers who would rather design and build than >document. > >Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Deans The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University deano@ri.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~deano Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08297; 8 Jul 98 10:14:16 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10264; 8 Jul 98 10:13 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10262; 8 Jul 98 10:12 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa12622; 8 Jul 98 10:12:29 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA08028; Wed, 8 Jul 98 10:12:27 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35A37E4A.DB608C21@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 10:12:26 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #41 / JULY 9, 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All: For tomorrow's meeting everybody should be prepared to give an informal update (no overheads needed) on progress since TRIWG and major upcoming milestones. Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08528; 8 Jul 98 11:01:57 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10340; 8 Jul 98 11:00 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10338; 8 Jul 98 10:59 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa10525; 8 Jul 98 10:59:27 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA08377; Wed, 8 Jul 98 10:59:23 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35A3894A.EFB7A55C@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 10:59:22 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #39 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to Stewart: RAMS Meeting June 25, 1998 Present : Dimi, Bill, Kim, Ben, Stewart, Eric, Kush, Sib, Mike M., Vandi, Nicolas, Brett, Irena, Mike M., Bob, John Dimi : Many people not here due to proposal writing. Thought TRIWG went well, although there is room to improve content and uniformity. Also we need to speak up. Mike M. : we got our foot in the door for multi-media presentations. Dimi : one idea is to get presentations on the web 3 or 4 days before the meeting so some people can look at them before. Matt : Got a comment that most of CMU's presentations were too anecdotal rather than factual Reid : part of it is a lot of the students are starting out. Would not be concerned unless this goes on for a while Eric : need to spend a significant portion of talk explaining what things are. Dimi : should have fewer presentations at most 4 technical presentations people who don't talk can have a poster there and give web addresses Eric : talk a 20min slot for people to look at the posters Bill : finds that poster sessions tend to sound good but rarely work well Reid : thought sampling method worked better this year. Does not think having a lot of little things including posters will not help much Dimi : maybe 2 or 3 times a year we can advertise to TRIWG a web page with latest results Matt : is there any plan to send updates from Antarctica? ----- Dimi : Sib is in charge of Nomad. He must agree to let it go out. Mike P. is in charge of mechanical Dimi will give half his time to get all the changes done to reduce the disruption to autonomy during the mechanical reworks Eric will be with us for 1 month. He has produced a detail draft of what needs to be done to the vehicle. July is the month where we need to fill the void of Eric's leaving. Have to work hard to build a good mechanical team. We have to learn how to work 8 hours a day all year. What are major schedule concerns? Sib : no idea what the meteorite computer is what its design. Mike M/John : all the sensors in a box. Will be done next week. Sib : also need to get the arm work out. Dimi : Richard will work full time on it starting Monday. Also could get consultants. Sib : Also said we would have ice mobility by end of July. That won't happen. Also missing all temp sensors. All final tests and cold test will happen in October. Reid : Thats pretty late. Sib : We don't have time for it. Big logistical problem. Dimi : We should push for end of August. Sib : Supposed to have comm solution by end of last month. Did not happen. Leaning towards INMARSAT. Ames is going next month to Antarctica. Maybe the arctic. Somebody there set up a system just like we need. Costs $3-15/min. Supposed to be done with all realtime mods but still need work on assited deploy and steering calibration. Supposed to have whole mission planned out begining of June. Only have a high level one. Ben : need to work out Nomad logistics. How to refuel how long to operate, do we need a heater, what to do with high winds. Need this now since it impacts mechanical reworks. Sib : milestones : June 1 : real time hardware freeze July 13th ice mobilty freeze - failed Sept 1 : science arms integrated July 5 : reliable autonomy June 14 : expedition contract signed - failed Nov 1 : redyness task completed like to have milestones each week biggest concern is the meteorite stuff Dimi : the critical elements Laser/Stereo autonomy landmark based nav classification using high resolution imagery everything else is non-critical and will only happen if it can be integrated without interfering with the critical items will present next week success criteria ------------ Nicolas presents the French-Italian atarctic robot project -> Rossini project -object to build a permanent base at Dome C -the robot will be used for piloting aid, convoy and science experiments - Piloting Aids : help tractor drivers to improve security and reduce fuel consumption. Detect previous paths, crevases with radar & driver assistance - Convoy : truck leader followed by autonomous trucks - main objective a new rover for long range navigation and exploration. Systematic meteorite search, satellite data calibration (modelling snow stratigraphy to calibrate radar altimeters from satellites), and ice flow measurement - capable of operating down to -50 deg C - powered by gas engine - rover weighs 250kg with 500kg payload. Size 2.4x1.4x0.7m six wheels -this year LAAS will not do anything due to financial problems Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa08542; 8 Jul 98 11:03:27 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10350; 8 Jul 98 11:02 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa10347; 8 Jul 98 11:02 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa25589; 8 Jul 98 11:01:06 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA08424; Wed, 8 Jul 98 11:00:57 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35A389A8.FB74A24B@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 11:00:56 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Again, thanks to Stewart: RAMS Meeting July 2, 1998. Present : Red, Ben, Kush, Nicolas, Stewart, Mike W. Mike P., Kim, Bill, John, Dimi, Scott. Late : Eric, Vandi, Reid, Jim, Richard Dimi : -will present on level 1 and 2 demonstrations -submission of Discovery proposals -ongoing mechanical works -report on autonomy tests Dimi reporting : -we submitted 2 Discovery proposals -submitted port to NSF on waste management in Antarctica Red : -we submitted two proposals to Discovery. We did missions of opportunity. One with SpaceDev to an asteroid. The other with LunaCorp for mission to lunar pole. -both asked for $22M Eric : -mechanical reworks. Will be leaving July 19th -baseline is to shop everything out to get things done -will teach Colin & Abe to use CNC machine -as soon as Stewart can take a break will take whole thing apart -critical areas : wheels, linkages - determine where problems will occur in future, generator - bigger gas tank, what needs to be fixed on generator, front area - redesign of mast and mods to front shell. Mike P. - tires not suitable to Antarctica. Possibility of using studded snow tires. Speced out farm type tires. Dimi - looking at using a refrigerator truck for first testing. Mike P. - will probably use two sets of tires - one with studs one without. ----- Autonomy gives an update. ----- Dimi - success criteria Level 1 Demonstrations -safeguarded autonomous navigation of icefield with stereo and laser -landmark based navigation from panomic imagery -target 20km map distance, 40km terrain distance -meteorite classification from high-resolution imagery and onboard processing -meteorite detection with manual sensor deployment -classify 30 planted metoerites, 300 rock samples Level 2 Demonstrations (Tests) -meteorite classification from spectroscopy and magnetic sensing -patterned search for maximum area coverage (a lot of argument as to whether meteorite detection with manual deployment should be level 1) (camera pointing could be automatic or teleop it doesn't matter) (Bill : perhaps you can just get the robot to cover an area and tell what % of rocks you have found in that region. Have a person cover the area to find out the real number, then have robot do the same area.) (Bill : want the robot to be able to tell the diff between snow and ice so that we don't waste time searching through snow fields.) (Big discussion about whether stereo will work on the icefield. Basically we just don't know) Level 3 Experiments -precise sensor placement with manipulator -patterned search for optimal utilization of power -crevase detection with GPR deployed by Nomad -evaluation of locomotion mechanism and tires -hierarchical utilization of meteorite sensors Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13487; 9 Jul 98 15:27:59 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13459; 9 Jul 98 15:26 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13454; 9 Jul 98 15:25 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa26261; 9 Jul 98 15:24:51 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA21633; Thu, 9 Jul 98 15:24:35 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35A518F2.B7D3D4F2@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 15:24:34 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: POINTERS TO PRESENTATIONS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would very much appreciate if someone (Deepak? Mark Maimone?) could give me a pointer to the latest versions of the Nomad Overview presentation. Thanks, Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13571; 9 Jul 98 15:43:42 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13483; 9 Jul 98 15:42 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13481; 9 Jul 98 15:42 EDT Received: from helios.jpl.nasa.gov by RI.CMU.EDU id aa22175; 9 Jul 98 15:38:38 EDT Received: from map.jpl.nasa.gov (map [137.78.165.123]) by telerobotics.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.4/8.8.4.cjm-wja) with ESMTP id MAA23550 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:37:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mwm@localhost) by map.jpl.nasa.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA02461 for meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:38:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:38:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark W Maimone Message-Id: <199807091938.MAA02461@map.jpl.nasa.gov> To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Subject: presentation Dimi et al, To the best of my knowledge, the files in /afs/cs/project/lri/Traverse-96/Documents/Presentations/ represent the "latest" info (as of Nov'97). Mark M. Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13946; 9 Jul 98 16:59:32 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13668; 9 Jul 98 16:58 EDT Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13663; 9 Jul 98 16:57 EDT Subject: Final Field Test before Mechanical Reworks To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:57:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Stewart John Moorehead X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 312 We took Nomad out today for its final test before the mechnical reworks. Things went pretty well, no major crashes and we didn't drive over the cliff. However we did have some problems with stereo today leaving a large blind spot directly in front of the vehicle, so there is still much work to do. Stewart Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa13999; 9 Jul 98 17:05:28 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13681; 9 Jul 98 17:02 EDT Received: from UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa13679; 9 Jul 98 17:01 EDT Subject: Moved lri-7/data to lri-14/data To: meteorite-list@ri.cmu.edu Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 17:01:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Stewart John Moorehead X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25-40] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 467 I don't think this will affect anybody but I moved the directory afs/cs/project/lri-7/data and all its sub-directories to afs/cs/project/lri-14/data. I put a link on lri-7 to point here so this should be transparant. I did this because lri-7 was almost full. Since this is the disk where we keep out CVS repository of code (for realtime, nav, etc) I would like to ask anybody using this disk to move stuff elsewhere if that is at all possible. Thanks. Stewart Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa23866; 13 Jul 98 12:32:14 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23364; 13 Jul 98 12:31 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23362; 13 Jul 98 12:30 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa16398; 13 Jul 98 12:30:18 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA20515; Mon, 13 Jul 98 12:30:06 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35AA3609.97F61381@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:30:01 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #42 / THURSDAY, JULY 16/98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Robotic Search for Anatrctic Meteorites Thursday, July 16/98 FRC 100, 09:00-10:30am The agenda for this week's meeting is: Results from the conceptual study of a solar-powered Antarctic robot [Richard - 45 min] Report from field deployment of the GPR sensor [Alex - 20 min] Final report on Nomad mechanical reworks [Eric - 10 min] I will not be able to attend the meeting because I will be in Boston presenting Nomad-Meteorite Search at a AIAA forum. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa25102; 13 Jul 98 16:39:33 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23708; 13 Jul 98 16:36 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa23706; 13 Jul 98 16:35 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa23952; 13 Jul 98 16:34:57 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA23669; Mon, 13 Jul 98 16:34:53 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35AA6F6D.4731392C@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 16:34:53 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: John Deere Visit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Folks: John Deere will be visiting CMU and NREC tomorrow. They will stop at Building E from 2:45-3:00 to hear about Nomad and Meteorite Search. Scott will setup a VCR and TV by the Nomad assembly area and I will present our program. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02768; 15 Jul 98 12:26:51 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa29541; 15 Jul 98 12:25 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa29539; 15 Jul 98 12:24 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa04676; 15 Jul 98 12:23:50 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA13081; Wed, 15 Jul 98 12:23:48 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35ACD792.45BFF32F@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:23:46 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #42 / THURSDAY, JULY 16/98 References: <35AA3609.97F61381@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit One change for tomorrow's meeting: Alex will present the latest on FACH's response to our request for transportation and field suport for the upcoming expedition. Dimi > > Robotic Search for Anatrctic Meteorites > Thursday, July 16/98 > FRC 100, 09:00-10:30am > > The agenda for this week's meeting is: > > Results from the conceptual study > of a solar-powered Antarctic robot > [Richard - 45 min] > > Report from field deployment > of the GPR sensor > [Alex - 20 min] > > Final report on Nomad mechanical reworks > [Eric - 10 min] > > I will not be able to attend the meeting because > I will be in Boston presenting Nomad-Meteorite Search > at a AIAA forum. > > - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa11355; 17 Jul 98 12:11:40 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06442; 17 Jul 98 12:10 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa06440; 17 Jul 98 12:10 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa22520; 17 Jul 98 12:09:51 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SLIPPY.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00623; Fri, 17 Jul 98 12:09:43 EDT Message-Id: <35AF7749.F7B4A610@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:10:12 -0400 From: Michael Parris Reply-To: mparris@FRC2.frc.ri.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 (Macintosh; U; PPC) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: out next week Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit presenting at Siggraph in Orlando. checking email daily. hotel (407) 351 6600 x7415 Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa11931; 21 Jul 98 16:57:36 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17392; 21 Jul 98 16:55 EDT Received: from CS.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17390; 21 Jul 98 16:55 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU id aa18212; 21 Jul 98 16:54:34 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00474; Tue, 21 Jul 98 16:52:37 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35B4FF82.E0A2FB31@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:52:18 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: TEAM MEETING #43 / JULY 23/98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- --------------------------------------- Robotic Search for Antarctic Meteorites Thursday, July 23/98 FRC 100, 09:00-10:30am --------------------------------------- Beginning this week and for the next two months the focus of our weekly meetings becomes to track progress related to the demonstrations, experiments, and tests planned for the upcoming Antarctic expedition. The primary focus of this week's meeting will be to detail our plans for the "meteorite classification demonstration" which is the focus of the robotic science aspect of the expedition. Through discussion and everybody's participation, we should close the meeting with a clear understanding of: * success criteria * technical content and responsibilities * hardware-software architecture and people working on each subject * tasks and milestones The autonomy group should lead the conversation. Input from Reid, Vandi, Liam, JohnB, and Lenny is critical. I will kick off the meeting with a revised version of the presentation on success criteria I gave a few weeks ago. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa12081; 21 Jul 98 17:10:10 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17423; 21 Jul 98 17:09 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa17421; 21 Jul 98 17:08 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa10125; 21 Jul 98 17:08:12 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA00609; Tue, 21 Jul 98 17:08:05 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35B50335.9F285E6F@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:08:05 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: EXPEDITION Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As most of you know, we are in the process of finalizing a deal with the Chilean Air Force that will cover transportation and field support costs of the expedition to Patriot Hills. Here is brief update: * Dates: - Nomad and equipment leaving Pittsburgh - OCTOBER 15 - People, Nomad, and equipment fly to Antarctica - between OCTOBER 31 and NOVEMBER 4, weather permitting - The duration of the expedition will be 5-6 weeks * Costs: - Given FACH's prices and pending a response from ANI, we are able to afford the operations at Patriot Hills, but not a secondary expedition to Pecora Escarpment of Thiel Mountains. Over the next few days we will examine the possibility of visiting a promising site closer to Patriot Hills than Pecora or Thiel - We are taking action to create the additional resource to enable the trip to Pecora. * People: - 6 people from CMU will participate in this year's expedition. - A final decision regarding the composition of this year's team will be made by August 15. - Dimi Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa24894; 26 Jul 98 13:41:53 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00253; 26 Jul 98 13:41 EDT Received: from EDRC.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa00251; 26 Jul 98 13:40 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by EDRC.CMU.EDU id aa19828; 26 Jul 98 13:39:34 EDT Received: from ri.cmu.edu (PLATO.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA12659; Sun, 26 Jul 98 13:39:27 EDT Sender: bshamah@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35BB69CF.B46659FF@ri.cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 13:39:27 -0400 From: Ben Shamah Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu" Subject: nomad reworks Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, Nomad's locomotion is back together. For this week I propose the following schedule. If there are any problems please let me know. Monday AM: Assemble the mast - I would like to mount all of the components on the mast. I believe the list includes: 4 stereo cameras, 1 laser, 1 panoramic camera, 2 antennas, and 1 pan tilt unit. (If we do not have a mount for the pan tilt unit we still need to figure out where it will go.) people involved: stewart, matt, vandi, ben By Monday evening Nomad will be on the ground in front of the calibration cube. Stewart - can you complete calibration Monday evening? Tuesday: Nomad goes back on the stand for installation of limit switches and software checks. Clean up the ebox. Wednesday: Buffer - either more work with stereo calibration or software fixes. Thursday: out to the slag heaps goal - test locomotion reworks and stereo Note: I will try to keep a weekly schedule of Nomad's testing on the white board in the PRB. Also note the following schedule items on the white board: 51 days until development/integration completed on Sept 15 66 days until packing begins Oct 1 81 days until team departs Oct 15 -- Benjamin Shamah Carnegie Mellon University Office: (412) 268-1202 email: bshamah@frc2.frc.ri.cmu.edu web: http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~bshamah/ Received: from MLIST-1.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by MM.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa02252; 27 Jul 98 10:28:11 EDT Received: from mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02128; 27 Jul 98 10:26 EDT Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by mlist-1.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa02122; 27 Jul 98 10:25 EDT Received: from FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa29836; 27 Jul 98 10:24:04 EDT Received: from frc.ri.cmu.edu (SOKRATES.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU) by FRC2.FRC.RI.CMU.EDU (4.1/5.17) id AA19359; Mon, 27 Jul 98 10:23:59 EDT Sender: da1v@FRC2.FRC.ri.cmu.edu Message-Id: <35BC8D7E.D300EB48@frc.ri.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 10:23:58 -0400 From: Dimitrios Apostolopoulos Organization: Carnegie Mellon University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.4 IP30) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list@cs.cmu.edu Subject: NOTES FROM TEAM MEETING #42 / JULY 16/98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to Stewart: RAMS Meeting July 16, 1998 Present : Sib, Matt, Alex, Lenny, Eric, Bill, Kim, Ben, Stewart, Kush, Scott, Reid, Nicolas, Vandi, Mike M., Mike W., Brett Late : Mike P., Jim, Richard News : L