Quote from: Comga on 08/31/2012 04:57 amIt can be noted that many of the technical references from refereed journals include the term "laser radar" in their titles. Apparently, Jorge's and my distinction of terminology is not universally shared in the industry. Oh well.When I come across a paper with "laser radar" in the title, abstract or keywords, I usually move on to the next paper.
It can be noted that many of the technical references from refereed journals include the term "laser radar" in their titles. Apparently, Jorge's and my distinction of terminology is not universally shared in the industry. Oh well.
Quote from: peter-b on 09/05/2012 01:28 pmQuote from: Comga on 08/31/2012 04:57 amIt can be noted that many of the technical references from refereed journals include the term "laser radar" in their titles. Apparently, Jorge's and my distinction of terminology is not universally shared in the industry. Oh well.When I come across a paper with "laser radar" in the title, abstract or keywords, I usually move on to the next paper. That's kind of petty.
Quote from: Robotbeat on 09/05/2012 04:04 pmQuote from: peter-b on 09/05/2012 01:28 pmQuote from: Comga on 08/31/2012 04:57 amIt can be noted that many of the technical references from refereed journals include the term "laser radar" in their titles. Apparently, Jorge's and my distinction of terminology is not universally shared in the industry. Oh well.When I come across a paper with "laser radar" in the title, abstract or keywords, I usually move on to the next paper. That's kind of petty.Hah. What I didn't tell you is that I skip them because my area of interest is SAR, not LIDAR. Edit: Which journals are you seeing these sorts of inaccuracies in, anyway? I know that IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. and IEEE Remote Sens. Lett. are really pretty good at not putting out papers with those sort of simple errors.
11 years ago today, the first @SpaceX Dragon cargo craft approached @Space_Station, where my crewmates and I captured and docked it, beginning this new era of commercial space. Photos in near infrared and visible imagery.
Visible Dragon, showing true colors.Notice that the reaction control thrusters in the infrared image are magenta, showing that they are “hot.” Seen in the background, healthy vegetation on Earth reflects magenta in the infrared.
This reminds me of a funny story. After Cargo Demo 2 SpaceX gave all the employees an "official" infographic poster about the mission as a keepsake. Then, a day later an email came out saying it might be ITAR sensitive so we could never take it home.
The very first @SpaceX Dragon D1 departure burns from @Space_Station. When the docking hooks release, spring pushers give Dragon a nudge and it drifts away where reaction control thrusters fire, moving it about a kilometer from Station. Then deorbit engines fire, sending it to a fiery cremation in the upper atmosphere. First three photos show departure thrusters firing, the 4th, with Dragon visible as only a dot, shows an X plume from the deorbit burn. When thrusters fire in space, the hot combustion products create a glowing plasma.Captured Expedition 31, May, 2012; Nikon D3s, 85mm, 1/20th sec, f5.6, ISO 400.