XPost: alt.conspiracy, alt.astronomy, alt.astronomy.solar   
   XPost: alt.astrology   
   From: jphillip@bcpl.net   
      
   On 11 Nov 2005, Brad Guth wrote:   
      
   > Jim Phillips,   
   > No way my warm and fuzzy friend. This time it's all about team   
   > MESSENGER following protocol by way of their excluding our moon like   
   > the plague, and of their 12,500:1 DR CCD taking advantage of at most   
   > the absolute lowest 8-bit worth of what could have otherwise easily   
   > included other planets, a few stars and most certainly that of our   
   > extremely dark albedo and otherwise deeply colorful moon as a beginning   
   > and trailing portion of their Earth fly-by. That extended and full DR   
   > imaging performance could have been accomplished with no extra fuss nor   
   > complications, thus zero extra cost.   
      
   	I've already pointed out that, at the time of the MESSENGER flyby,   
   the best case scenario for photographing the Earth and a bright star in the   
   same field would have needed a CCD able to handle at least 1,000,000:1 DR.   
   I also pointed out that MESSENGER used its flyby to test its instruments   
   which are meant to image Mercury, not Mercury plus background objects, so   
   naturally they tested their cameras on a single object, the Earth (they were   
   also able to test other instruments by observing the Moon, something you   
   conveniently ignore).   
   	Your loony theory about MESSENGER fell apart under the weight of   
   the facts, so chances are any other loony theory you have will do likewise.   
      
   > As for the GOOGLE/NOVA/NASA thing, that's just good old MI6/NSA~CIA in   
   > a Third Reich nutshell.   
      
   	Godwin's Law invoked--you lose (again).   
   	Have a nice day, and don't forget to take your meds.   
      
   --   
   Jim Phillips, jay pee aitch eye el el eye pee at bee see pee ell dot net   
   "I would bring up Ann Coulter's comment about blowing up the New York   
   Times...there's a lot of hateful, violent rhetoric that spews from the   
   Right.  The Left is snide and sarcastic, the Right is dangerous and   
   violent."  -- Dan Savage   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)