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Another Voyager Sighting Message #1 Posted by Hugh Evans on 16 Nov 2006, 6:01 a.m. I don't recall this being mentioned here before, so here goes: I was watching a program on DiscoveryHD the other night about the NEAR space probe. During one shot at NASA's center in Maryland I noticed what was clearly a voyager-era HP. I paused on a relatively clear frame and with the help of a 57" screen was able to ID it as a 15c. As always, I was tickled to see a 20+ year old machine being used to make sensitive navigation calculations for a highly-expensive piece of equipment following a 3-billion mile journey! If you haven't gone hi-def yet, you'll still be able to recognize it as a voyager, which is enough fun in itself! Best Regards, Hugh

Re: Another Voyager Sighting Message #2 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 16 Nov 2006, 2:53 p.m., in response to message #1 by Hugh Evans HI; just to recall those who were not here at that time: a Festo catalog. I do not have it, just a couple of scanned images, so I cannot tell any other reference. Because of the key color, I'd bet it is an HP10C. Not a Voyager reference, but indeed another HP one, from the main hall in the university I teach in. Luciano is the name of the teacher the students wanted as their 'best man', but the HP49G-shape plaque was because of me, as they say... Cool, ahn? Click to enlarge I hope you enjoy! Luiz (Brazil) Edited: 17 Nov 2006, 12:11 a.m.

Re: Another Voyager Sighting Message #3 Posted by Pal G. on 17 Nov 2006, 2:40 p.m., in response to message #2 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) Can anyone put up a screen-cap of that NEAR footage of the 15c? Thanks, Pal

Re: Another Voyager Sighting Message #4 Posted by Trent Moseley on 17 Nov 2006, 10:31 p.m., in response to message #3 by Pal G. Referring to sightings, wasn't there one of an HP-65 or 67 on one of the Shuttle flights? tm

Re: Another Voyager Sighting Message #5 Posted by Hugh Evans on 18 Nov 2006, 6:17 p.m., in response to message #3 by Pal G. Sure, I check when the next time it's on and capture it from the firewire port on my DVR box. -Hugh

Re: Another Voyager Sighting Message #6 Posted by Pal G. on 18 Nov 2006, 5:30 p.m., in response to message #1 by Hugh Evans Do you know the name of the program? I spent some time on DiscoveryHD's website but could not figure out what program would be about the NEAR project. (I work with a bunch of engineers and HP fanatics. I would like to print the pic and show the boys). Thanks, Pal

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