Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site umd5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!louie From: louie@umd5.UUCP Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.space Subject: Re: IMAX and the Shuttle flights Message-ID: <619@umd5.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 13:27:03 EDT Article-I.D.: umd5.619 Posted: Wed Jun 26 13:27:03 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:22:33 EDT References: <1306@islenet.UUCP> Reply-To: louie@umd5.UUCP (Louis Mamakos) Distribution: net Organization: U of Md, CSC, College Park, Md Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.columbia:1465 net.space:4207 Summary: "The Dream Is Alive" - New IMAX flick Keywords: 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 Internet: louie@umd5.arpa UUCP: {seismo!umcp-cs, ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!louie