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From: louie@umd5.UUCP
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Subject: Re: IMAX and the Shuttle flights
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Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 13:27:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 26 13:27:03 1985
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Summary: "The Dream Is Alive" - New IMAX flick

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The new IMAX flick is being shown at the Smithsonian's National Air 
and Space Museum in Washington, DC.  Most of the footage was filmed 
by the shuttle astronauts over 3 missions.  It is simply wonderful! 
Not to be missed if you've got the opportunity to see it.

I was at a special screening of the film last night for the Smithsonian
Resident Associates, and one of the gentlemen involved in creating the film
said that all parties involved (NASA, the Smithsonian, and privite industry)
are very pleased with the film, and are all set to do another.  He said
(off the record) that the Space Telescope mission might be the subject of
the next film.  In addition, he was talking about a new IMAX camera, with
a larger film capacity which would also be space rated.  This means that it
could be carried on EVA excursions or just mounted on the shuttle's arm.

One of the problems that they had filming the movie was the gyroscopic
effect of the film reels in the camera.  Seems it was difficult to move the
camera out of the plane of rotation.  Note that the camera can eat 1000 feet
of film in a matter of 3 minutes.
-- 
Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH   University of Maryland, Computer Science Center
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