tracyw@islenet.UUCP (Tracy Walters) (06/23/85)
I'm going to be in the Washington D.C. area for the month of July attending a Data Comm school, and plan on (as always) going to the Smithsonian to gawk at all the exhibits. The last time I was there I spent one whole day in the Aerospace museum in the IMAX theatre. The films really have to be seen to be believed. What I would like to know is if any more recent film has been produced than "Hail Columbia". I remember seeing the IMAX cameras on board the Shuttles from news shorts, and I hope to see some results from that while I am there. While I am at it, does anyone know anywhere else that IMAX films are being shown? Thanks, Tracyw @ Islenet, Inc., Honolulu, HI. MCI Mail: 231-8682
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (06/26/85)
> Aerospace museum in the IMAX theatre. The films really have to be seen to be > believed. What I would like to know is if any more recent film has been produced > than "Hail Columbia". I remember seeing the IMAX cameras on board the Shuttles > from news shorts, and I hope to see some results from that while I am there. > While I am at it, does anyone know anywhere else that IMAX films are being > shown? > The new movie, filmed from IMAX cameras aboard the shuttle is called "The Dream is Alive" and is showing at NASM. By the way, cine freaks should find their way up into the projection room, looking at the projector close up is obligatory. -Ron
louie@umd5.UUCP (06/26/85)
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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
Internet: louie@umd5.arpa
UUCP: {seismo!umcp-cs, ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!louieklr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) (06/27/85)
In article <1306@islenet.UUCP> tracyw@islenet.UUCP (Tracy Walters) writes: >I'm going to be in the Washington D.C. area for the month of July attending a >Data Comm school, and plan on (as always) going to the Smithsonian to gawk at >all the exhibits. The last time I was there I spent one whole day in the >Aerospace museum in the IMAX theatre. The films really have to be seen to be >believed. ...I would like to know is if any more recent film has been produced >than "Hail Columbia". I remember seeing the IMAX cameras on board the Shuttles >from news shorts, and I hope to see some results from that while I am there. >While I am at it, does anyone know anywhere else that IMAX films are being >shown? > >Thanks, >Tracyw @ Islenet, Inc., Honolulu, HI. >MCI Mail: 231-8682 "The Dream is Alive" is the latest. I have only heard the ROAR of the liftoff from the lobby of the theater. Get to the NASM (National Air & Space Museum) EARLY! Tickets for this movie sell out VERY fast.
alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) (06/28/85)
The film from the IMAX shuttle trips debuted at the Smithsonian last Friday. It is called ''The Dream is Alive,'' is 37 minutes long, and is being shown there 10 times daily. It is a must see.
mwherman@watcgl.UUCP (Michael W. Herman) (06/29/85)
> By the way, cine freaks > should find their way up into the projection room, looking at the > projector close up is obligatory. If you are ever in St. Paul, MN, their IMAX projector is in a glass room that you walk by on the way into the theatre.
steve@kontron.UUCP (Steve McIntosh) (07/01/85)
> Aerospace museum in the IMAX theatre. The films really have to be seen to be > believed. What I would like to know is if any more recent film has been produced > than "Hail Columbia". I remember seeing the IMAX cameras on board the Shuttles > from news shorts, and I hope to see some results from that while I am there. > While I am at it, does anyone know anywhere else that IMAX films are being > shown? The film produced with the shuttle footage is called "The Dream is Alive" and is being shown at the Smithsonian and at the Mitsubishi IMAX theatre at the Los Angeles Museum of Science and Industry.
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (07/02/85)
> While I am at it, does anyone know anywhere else that IMAX films are being > shown? There is also an IMAX theater at Marriots Great America in Santa Clara (playing Hail Columbia) and one OMNIMAX (sometimes called the magic golf ball) outside Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas, alternating between Behold Hawaii and Hail Columbia. --Chuck -- "Unix, the Teco of Operating Systems." - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {qantel,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}
jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) (07/02/85)
> While I am at it, does anyone know anywhere else that IMAX films are being > shown? Here, of course, at the Kennedy space center... -- Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos UUCP: ..!{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!vax135!petsd!peora!jer US Mail: MS 795; Perkin-Elmer SDC; 2486 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809-7642
adams@plx.UUCP (Robert Adams) (07/02/85)
I recently heard that the IMAX "The Dream Is Alive" is also being
shown in the San Francisco bay area at Great America. Now you can
ride the roller coasters and then go see the greatest roller coaster
ride.
..!{decvax,ucbvax}!sun!plx!adams -- Robert Adams@S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:TLI@USC-ECLB.ARPA (07/05/85)
From: Tony Li <Tli@Usc-Eclb> There's also an Imax theatre here in LA, just north of the Colliseum. Cheers, Tony ;-)
gray@hound.UUCP (B.GRAY) (07/05/85)
"The Dream Is Alive" is also being shown at the "Naturemax" theater in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The AMNH also invites shuttle astronauts to give lectures in the theater every few months, I believe (usually with home movies from their flights).
@S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:mcgeer%ucbkim@Berkeley (07/06/85)
From: Rick McGeer (on an aaa-60-s) <mcgeer%ucbkim@Berkeley> All you really need to solve the problem is two motor-driven counter-rotating reels, one mounted adjacent to each of the film reels. Let's call these the counter-reels. They have some (constant) mass, so you vary their angular momentum by varying their angular velocities appropriately. This can be done either by computation base on the amount of time the camera has been operating, or can be controlled by simply measuring the net angular momentum of the system and adjusting velocities appropriately.