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Live From Mars ended in December 1997. Please see Mars
Team Online for a more recent project about Mars.
LFM's first live broadcast
NASA LAUNCHED A SPACE SHUTTLE WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THE LIVE LFM BROADCAST.
AS A RESULT, THE LIVE NASA-TV COVERAGE OF LFM WAS PREEMPTED.
On November 19 from 1-2 PM Eastern, the first Live From Mars television
program was broadcast over PBS. The program was entitled "Countdown" and
covered:
- Behind the scenes at Cape Canaveral: the launch of Mars Global Surveyor
and final preparation of the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft.
- Why go to Mars? the evidence of liquid water and the possibility of
life.
- Past missions -- from first dreams of interplanetary travel to the
sophisticated spacecraft of today.
More details about the broadcast video components
of Live From Mars are available by following the link.
Below are details about the Internet services supporting these broadcasts.
Internet service for November 19 "Countdown" program
During the program:
- Sound from the broadcast was shared live over the Internet using
Real Audio. Eventually, an archive of this sound will be made available.
Get the Real Audio player here.
- The ability to ask questions via email. It wasn't be active until
just before the program started. A select few (~10) questions were read
live on TV. These were chosen from the several hundred questions we
received.
- CU-SeeMe, MBONE and once-per-minute snapshots from the television
program were not available due to the shuttle launch preempting LFM
on NASA-TV.
After the program:
- A 90-minute WebChat party in LFM's unmoderated chatroom was held.
This was for students to talk with students, not to experts.
- A 90-minute CU-SeeMe party at a special site: 198.213.9.1 was organized.
This was for students to talk with students, not to experts. Many thanks
to Roger Stryker for securing this capability.
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