NASA's Myriad Uses of Digital Video

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE J
Volume: 109, No. 6, pp. 484–489
Abstract: Since its inception, NASA has created many of the most memorable images of the past century. From the fuzzy video of Neil Armstrong taking that first step on the moon to images of the Mars surface available to all on the internet, it has provided visuals to inspire a generation, all because a scientist or researcher had a requirement to see something unusual. Digital television technology will give NASA unprecedented new tools for acquiring, analyzing, and distributing video. This paper will explore its DTV future. The agency requires the realtime transfer of video between NASA centers. Specifics will be provided relating to the video infrastructure, including video from the space shuttle and various centers. The pros and cons of interlace and progressive scanned images will be presented and compared. Film is a major component of NASA's image acquisition for analysis usage. The future of film within the context of DTV will be explored.
Publication Date: 2000-06-01
DOI: 10.5594/J05316
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J05316
Author(s): Rodney GrubbsRodney Grubbs is with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, AL
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Rodney Grubbs began his career as a co-op motion picture photographer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center while a student at the University of Alabama. After graduating in 1988 with a degree in film and broadcast production, he began working for NASA full-time. Since then he has worked as a motion picture photographer, film editor, director, colorist, and producer. Since 1997, he has been the lead for NASA's DTV Implementation efforts, and heads the NASA DTV Working Group.
Walt LindblomSandy George and Walt Lindblom are with Computer Sciences Corp., Huntsville, AL.
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Walt Lindblom, a 26-year video professional, started his career in 1974 as master control operator and tape editor with educational television in Birmingham, AL. He has held engineering and operations positions in commercial and industrial television. — Since 1985, Lindblom has worked as a NASA contractor designing, implementing, and managing various video systems. During that period, he helped develop the NASA compressed video teleconferencing system and managed Marshall Space Flight Center's television operation. Currently, he is part of the team chartered with planning and implementing NASA's digital television transition.
Sandy GeorgeSandy George and Walt Lindblom are with Computer Sciences Corp., Huntsville, AL.
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Sandy George obtained a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Alabama in 1986. Since 1987, she has been involved in the design and implementation of data, voice, and video systems supporting a wide variety of NASA mission objectives She managed projects for implementing telecommunications services to NASA's international partners, including directing the installation of a large network infrastructure in Moscow. She has also worked on designing and enhancing voice and video teleconferencing systems supporting NASA agency requirements. — George has been with Computer Sciences Corp. since 1994 and currently evaluates digital television implementation solutions at the NASA DTV Project Office.
Copyright: © 2000 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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