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[handwritten in margin] VIDEO LITHOS DESCRIBE PGM - ON-GOING, GROWING RAPIDLY CURRENT CAPABILITIES (@ UCSD) [DEFICIENCIES] CAPABILITIES REQ'D AS PGM EXPANDS (~5 yrs) 30 UNDERGRADS 760 XD'S [bold] ISSUES [/bold] - [underline] SCALABILITY [/underline] - TIMELINE DURING MISSION - LATENCY --> ACTUAL DATA - SECURITY - SUPPORT [/handwritten in margin] [typed] [blue text] EarthKAM Concept [/blue text] • Middle school students control and Earth-looking camera on the Space Shuttle • "Mission Control Center" at UCSD makes this possible [blue text] Scenario [/blue text] • Digital camera mounted in Space Shuttle Window (by astronauts) • Commanded from ground (by middle School students, thru UCSD) • Takes photos of the Earth • Photos put on web for students (~hours) [blue text] History [/blue text] • Begun ~3 years ago • Flown on 4 Space Shuttle flights • Gradual scaling of: - Control Center architecture (UCSD) (computing, network, storage) - Number of participating schools (from 3 to 95) [blue text] 4 components of Earthkam [/blue text] • Space Shuttle and camera • Kids in classrooms • UCSD Control Center (links the two) • Image archive (www) [blue text] Shuttle/Camera [/blue text] • Shuttle - altitude ~ 150-300 miles - speed ~ 5mi/sec (!) • Camera - Nikon with Kodak back (2 K x 3K CCD) - 18 MB TIF color images (~70 km x 100 km) - 260 MB PCMCIA card - SCSI to ThinkPad (with Earthkam software) [blue text] Classrooms [/blue text] • Before the Shuttle flight: Curriculum - Gepgraphy (maps, etc.) - Earth Science - Math; technology - Space Science (earth/sun; orbits) • After the flight: "Research Projects" - e.g. dedorestation, wetlands, etc., using images • During the flight: "SMOC"