Re: No 'approach' pics for 116???
- From: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:55:31 +1100
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:50:59 GMT, Brian Thorn <bthorn64@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:45:13 +1100, Guy Parry <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The ISS crew are sent schematics that show the specific photos that
are required by the engineers on the ground to look for damage. These
photos are taken with several different types of camera and lens. The
extreme HiRes engineering photos showing the tiles don't end up on HSF
because they are for the engineers not the general public. The photos
taken during approach are to look for damage so as to insure crew
safety they are not "pretty" shots taken for the public.
I think this simply means that none of the Station crew at the time
had any artistic ability or much interest in photography. All the
previous crews managed to get great engineering shots *and* a few
beauty shots. Not these guys.
It happens I guess. To these guys, the photography was clearly
something they were forced to do and did not enjoy doing. You can see
it in their matter-of-fact photos. I know people who are just useless
with cameras... cutting off tops of heads, getting their thumbs in
half the frame... and the STS-116/ISS-14 photos are only a little
better.
Photographic talent certainly isn't a priority for ISS crews, but it
sure is appreciated when we get astronauts who have it.
Brian
The crews up there joy-riding around in their shiny supertoys are
in the Service of Humanity, for crying out loud! The very *least* I
expect for that sort of financial layout are a minumum set of shots
for the historical record. I consider missing out on such photos
bordering on criminal negligence and a cause for disciplinary action.
I'm hoping another short truss extension will be required for the
opposite array? If THAT mission receives similar treatment we'll
never see what it looked like in space, which is what this is all
about.
My contact also replied, and here I paraphrase, that shots of the
cargo were taken on the ground prior to launch, so what's the fuss?
Talk about completely missing the point. Carry that argument to its
logical extreme and the Apollo moon astronauts would have only been
given cameras and b&w film to photograph *rocks*. Why bother to take
shots of themselves at work up there or those superb ones posing
alongside the Stars and Stripes when we already had shots of them
training taken here on Earth?
I think maybe she's in the wrong job. I suggest the McDonalds
down the road. At least I can guarantee the folks she'd be working
with couldn't give a f**k about shuttle photographs, either.
.
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