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kwebtv · 1 year
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Pathfinders to Mars   -  ABC (UK) - December 11, 1960  -  January 15, 1961
Science Fiction (6 episodes)
Running Time:  30 minutes
Stars: 
Gerald Flood as Conway Henderson
George Coulouris as Harcourt Brown (credited as 'The Imposter' in The Imposter)
Stewart Guidotti as Geoffrey Wedgwood
Pamela Barney as Professor Mary Meadows
Hester Cameron as Margret Henderson
Hugh Evans as Ian Murray
Astor Sklair as John Field
Bernard Horsfall as Professor Hawkins
Peter Williams as Professor Norman Wedgwood
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lonestarflight · 3 months
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"The Carl Sagan Memorial Station, previously known as the Mars Pathfinder Lander, proved that a high degree of knowledge and innovation, coupled with a bit of luck, could put a very-low cost spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Depicted here by an aritist, the lander and rover surpassed their initial design life and went on to return many high resolution images of the ancient flood-washed plain of Ares Valles.
This art work was produced for NASA by Pat Rawlings, (SAIC). Technical concepts for NASA's Exploration Office, Johnson Space Center (JSC)."
Date: 1997
NASA ID: S99-04196
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nemfrog · 8 months
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The Mars Pathfinder lands. Presidential design awards 2000. 2000.
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krakenmare · 1 year
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Mars Pathfinder Lander: First image ever taken from the surface of Mars of an overcast sky (August 6, 1997)
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mariocki · 5 months
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Pathfinders to Mars (ABC, 1960 - 1961)
"You know, Henderson, the progress of true science depends not only on the cold, calculating types, but also on the adventurers and dreamers. There's a place for all of us under the sun."
"Yes... as long as we don't get too close to it."
#pathfinders to mars#abc#children's television#classic tv#1960#guy verney#malcolm hulke#eric paice#gerald flood#pamela barney#george coulouris#stewart guidotti#hester cameron#hugh evans#astor sklair#peter williams#bernard horsfall#maurice durant#lisa peake#ian sadler#the pathfinders serials seem to have been in production nearly back to back‚ with very little gap between transmission#but that didn't mean there weren't further shakeups between Space and Mars; the two younger children were written out (the hamster remains#don't worry)‚ replaced by the niece of Flood's character tagging along; Peter Williams patronly father figure also disappears after a brief#appearance in the first ep‚ leaving Flood's genial sciencey everyman to take the lead focus. the most notable introduction is surely#the legendary George Coulouris (a former member of Welles' Mercury Theatre) as a slightly loony alien life truther who bluffs his way onto#the voyage; bf was present for me watching this with my dad and he DETESTED this new character‚ a perpetually suspicious and treacherous#hindrance to every one else whose stupid schemes and mischief routinely put eveyone in mortal danger. i get it... but then he's kind of fun#too‚ for all his ridiculousness... ymmv of course. the Coulouris character is perhaps the closest parallel we can see with Doctor Who‚#bearing more than a little similarity to the original Hartnell characterisation (by which i mean the very very original‚ in the first few#serials; purposefully mysterious‚ even antagonistic‚ often at odds with his fellow travellers but with a bond with a young girl among them)
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cursedthing · 1 year
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Happy (landing day) birthday Sojourner and Pathfinder!! :D
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rpgchoices · 2 years
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Useless rpgs recs. Rpgs with romance... but I actually tell you my opinion on the romance. PART 4/6
️‍🌈 = you can romance a same sex character
Enderal️‍🌈: You can romance two characters (Jespar or Calia), and there are scenes where you can meet with them with some flirty options, flirty options also during the quests where they are your companions. Personal quest (one for each) turns into romantic content if you locked in the romance. Then there is a scene where you openly talk about your feelings, plus the ending scene and an extra ending scene based on your choices. Amount of content: 4/5
Pathfinder: Kingmaker️‍🌈: For this game I romanced Octavia, Regongar, both of them at once, Kanerah and Tristian. The game has multiple romances, there is flirting options in dialogues (triggered by quests or back at castle). There is a romantic scene that confirm you locking in the romance, and after that you will get multiple extra romance dialogue scenes while camping. The ending quest has romantic elements for your romance option, plus you can marry your romance (or romances if you romance the polyamorous ones. Amount of content: 4.5/5
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous️‍🌈: As the previous game, the romance is mainly a series of flirting encounter, a personal quest turned more romance, a romance specific mini quest, extra dialogue, and the ending. A lot of good content! Amount of romance: 4.5/5
The Technomancer️‍🌈: There are multiple options. Flirting dialogues, then a more flirty/romance dialogue at one point in the game. I have to be honest I do not remember if the ending had a lot of romance, but there is a romance cut scene. Amount of content: 3/5
Greedfall️‍🌈: even the romance did not make me finish the game, so I can say little.
Spellforce 3: Soul Harvest️‍🌈: You could say the romances are the rpg part of this game. You can romance Yria (not confirmed yet, but she is bisexual in the game) or Kaiawu with both genders, Raith as a female General, and have a flirt with Katras. The romance takes place over multiple dialogues, the companions in general also have personal quests and doubts/problems that they bring to you. Also the game can be played indipendently from Spellforce 3. All companions are also voiced. Amount of content: 3/5
Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire️‍🌈: I only romanced Tekehu and Aloth here. I have to say that Aloth had minimal romance (I would say 2/5), but Tekehu was better. In general the romance seems to happen over multiple dialogues, flirty options and comments (for Tekehu not Aloth). Amount of content: 3/5
Mars: Not played yet
Hordes of the Underdark: I have played this so long ago... Valen Shadowbreath (male tiefling) for female characters or Aribeth (female half-elf) for male characters. Romance happens through dialogue, and if I remember it correctly and there is some romance content in the final quest too. Amount of content: 2/5
previous parts: PART 1 - PART 2 - PART 3 - full list - full list of same sex romances with gender/names
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1997thebracket · 11 months
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Round 2B
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Mars Pathfinder: Before the dark, there was light. The Mars Pathfinder was part of a NASA mission to explore the surface of Mars, and it successfully landed on the planet on July 4, 1997– really, you can’t make that date up. The mission's primary goal was to study the geology, climate, and atmosphere of Mars and to demonstrate the feasibility of low-cost lander and rover missions. The lander, named Sojourner, deployed the first-ever successful Mars rover, which conducted experiments, took photographs, and transmitted valuable data back to Earth. The mission's achievements paved the way for further advancements, and the images and data provided valuable insights into the Martian environment; this massively impacted our understanding of the planet and laid a foundation for subsequent Mars missions, such as the beloved and oft-personified Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity.
Radiohead's OK Computer: I go forwards, you go backwards, and somewhere we will meet. By the middle of the decade, Radiohead was weary of the ubiquity of their 1993 hit Creep; although the record that followed it (The Bends) was a lusher, more evolved album than their first, it had failed to produce a distinctive enough sound and image for the band to undo what Creep had done. The song threatened to define the band entirely to those outside their devoted following. In 1997 the band swung for the fences with the haunting, abstract OK Computer. It was a move their label cast immense doubt on at the time, and its success then and now would cement Thom Yorke and his bandmates as soothsayers of a sort, draped not in bohemian silk robes but in white hospital sheets. It's an album that speaks to the future with dread more than wonder, that critics described as "nervous almost to the point of neurosis," but marries the uneasy experimental soundscapes with poetic, surrealist, and increasingly prophetic songwriting regarding the parallel lives we lead with technology. Featuring the singles Karma Police, Paranoid Android and No Surprises, OK Computer is hailed by many as the band's masterpiece, and is often cited by music publications as one of the greatest albums of the decade: it's certified double Platinum in the US and five-times Platinum in the UK, and in 2014 it was included in the United States National Recording Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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catinthedicebag · 2 years
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Nergal, Ares and Tyr. The god of war had many names and we even called our neighboring planet after the roman god of war. Its deep red colour is often a topic of folklore. The "Galaxy Mars" dice set gives you the opportunity to lay your fate in its hands. These dice still need sanding and inking.
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thedeadthree · 2 years
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ADDA (pathfinder kingmaker) // ADEMARTA (p:wotr)
YELENA (fallout 3) // PRIYA (ofna)
MINA (when twilight strikes) // PETRA (the sandman)
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Meet the Contestants: Sojourner Rover
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The Sojourner rover, imaged by the Pathfinder lander. [NASA/JPL-Caltech]
The Sojourner rover was a part of the Mars Pathfinder mission and the first successful Mars rover. It was named for Sojourner Truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth, after a naming competition asking for submissions of heroines to name the rover after.
Sojourner was deployed from the Pathfinder lander after landing for a planned mission of 7 sols. It ended up being active 83 sols, when signal was lost. Sojourner was only 11.5 kg (~25 lbs), but had two black and white and one colour camera, as well as the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, a version of which is still used on the Curiosity rover today.
You can read more about Sojourner and Mars Pathfinder at the mission website.
Tune in for round 2 of the Mars Mission Tournament when Sojourner goes up against the Mars Global Surveyor.
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ronthedunedain · 5 months
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Sojourner on Mars
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So, back in 1997, NASA's Sojourner rover was programmed to circle its lander indefinitely if it ever lost contact with the Base Station. We know that the Pathfinder lander lost its batteries and died after about 90 sols, but Sojourner had not shown any indications of failure up to that point.
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I know it's extremely unlikely, but there is a very tiny chance that Sojourner is still waking up every morning, looking for a signal from Sagan Memorial Station, and failing to get one, is continuing its endless circle, like a good rover should.
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prokopetz · 20 days
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To be fair, a lot of goofy-sounding rocketry/aerospace terminology has a legitimate nomenclatural role beyond just being silly euphemisms.
"Unplanned rapid disassembly", for example, exists as the necessary counterpart to planned rapid disassembly: sometimes a rocket is legitimately supposed to fall apart or blow up, so you need a specific term to emphasise that it wasn't supposed to do that.
Similarly, "lithobraking" was coined by analogy with aerobraking (shedding velocity via atmospheric friction) and hydrobraking (shedding velocity by landing in water), and it does have some intentional applications; the Mars Pathfinder probe, for example, was deliberately crashed into the Martian surface while surrounded by giant airbags, and reportedly bounced at least 15 times before coming to rest.
(That said, aerospace engineers absolutely do use these terms humorously as well, because engineers are just Like That.)
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visualpoett · 10 months
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mariocki · 5 months
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Pathfinders to Venus (ABC, 1961)
"What a paradise this place is. The way Earth must have been before man spoiled it with sprawling towns and filthy machines."
"If it hadn't been for man's filthy machines we wouldn't be here."
"That's true. And the pity of it is that after us will come rocket after rocket to ravage this planet. They'll gouge the minerals out of the earth, destroy the forests and eventually they'll go to war over it."
#pathfinders to venus#1961#children's television#classic tv#abc#malcolm hulke#eric paice#guy verney#reginald collin#gerald flood#george coulouris#graydon gould#pamela barney#hester cameron#stewart guidotti#brigid skemp#hugh evans#bob bryan#astor sklair#robert james#third and final sequel to the sadly missing Target Luna serial; this one picks up immediately after the previous story‚ Pathfinders to Mars#and sees our heroic group once again strongarmed into space exploration by the trickery of George Coulouris (bf's hatred for the character#reached new strengths during this series). this serial delves further into the sci fi fantasy vibe: where Space saw some remnants of#interstellar travel discovered and Mars had some plants and stuff‚ this one has full on alien contact with the native Venusians (handily#very much humanoid). this one also allows the real world to intrude more simultaneously tho; the Cold War‚ having hummed along happily very#much in the background so far‚ gets faced head on here as US and Soviet interests finally start to complicate the plans of our plucky (and#somehow‚ so far‚ entirely apolitical) British explorers. good old Mac Hulke gets a couple of very strong and very prescient environmental#messages in too‚ prefiguring his work on Doctor Who in the 70s (and right you were Mac‚ tho did you have to give those lines to the maniac#character who keeps almost getting everybody killed because of his blind insistence on seeking out some great Spacey Truth..)#these serials have been a lot of fun and I'd highly recommend them to any fan of old tv or old sci fi or DW or the like
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pathfinder-pf · 1 year
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Pictures of Mars and its rovers
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