Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Aaron Curtis
Yep, I'm been a grad student funded by MEVO for three years now. First a MS and now a PhD. Aaron On 08/27/2012 10:26 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: Hi Aaron, Very interesting. And Mt. Erebus would be a good test for temperatures resembling Mars. Good luck. Will you be visiting Mt. Erebus Volc

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Aaron Curtis
Yep, I'm been a grad student funded by MEVO for three years now. First a MS and now a PhD. Aaron On 08/27/2012 10:26 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: Hi Aaron, Very interesting. And Mt. Erebus would be a good test for temperatures resembling Mars. Good luck. Will you be visiting Mt. Erebus Volc

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Aaron Curtis
Yep, I'm been a grad student funded by MEVO for three years now. First a MS and now a PhD. Aaron On 08/27/2012 10:26 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: Hi Aaron, Very interesting. And Mt. Erebus would be a good test for temperatures resembling Mars. Good luck. Will you be visiting Mt. Erebus Volc

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Aaron Curtis
Hi Lee & SWR list, You may be interested to hear I will be using flying robots to explore the ice caves on Mt Erebus this December as part of my PhD project at New Mexico Tech. I am currently testing an xAircraft X650 frame with the open-source ArduPilotMega 2 flight controller. I hope to purc

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Aaron Curtis
Hi Lee & SWR list, You may be interested to hear I will be using flying robots to explore the ice caves on Mt Erebus this December as part of my PhD project at New Mexico Tech. I am currently testing an xAircraft X650 frame with the open-source ArduPilotMega 2 flight controller. I hope to purc

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Aaron Curtis
Hi Lee & SWR list, You may be interested to hear I will be using flying robots to explore the ice caves on Mt Erebus this December as part of my PhD project at New Mexico Tech. I am currently testing an xAircraft X650 frame with the open-source ArduPilotMega 2 flight controller. I hope to purc

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Hi Aaron, Very interesting. And Mt. Erebus would be a good test for temperatures resembling Mars. Good luck. Will you be visiting Mt. Erebus Volcano Observatory? Lee Hi Lee & SWR list, You may be interested to hear I will be using flying robots to explore the ice caves on Mt Erebus thi

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Hi Aaron, Very interesting. And Mt. Erebus would be a good test for temperatures resembling Mars. Good luck. Will you be visiting Mt. Erebus Volcano Observatory? Lee Hi Lee & SWR list, You may be interested to hear I will be using flying robots to explore the ice caves on Mt Erebus thi

Re: [SWR] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Hi Aaron, Very interesting. And Mt. Erebus would be a good test for temperatures resembling Mars. Good luck. Will you be visiting Mt. Erebus Volcano Observatory? Lee Hi Lee & SWR list, You may be interested to hear I will be using flying robots to explore the ice caves on Mt Erebus thi

RE: [Texascavers] DistoX X2 Whatever.

2012-08-27 Thread S S
I got a response from a couple people who are working on a board for the Leica DX and the newest model.  The boards are still in development but they should have a release here in the next 6 months.   I'm so excited for my surveyor of one-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Aug 26, 2012 7:39 PM, Mark Mint

RE: [Texascavers] DistoX X2 Whatever.

2012-08-27 Thread S S
I got a response from a couple people who are working on a board for the Leica DX and the newest model.  The boards are still in development but they should have a release here in the next 6 months.   I'm so excited for my surveyor of one-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Aug 26, 2012 7:39 PM, Mark Mint

RE: [Texascavers] DistoX X2 Whatever.

2012-08-27 Thread S S
I got a response from a couple people who are working on a board for the Leica DX and the newest model.  The boards are still in development but they should have a release here in the next 6 months.   I'm so excited for my surveyor of one-- Sent from my HP TouchPadOn Aug 26, 2012 7:39 PM, Mark Mint

Re: [Texascavers] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Gill Edigar
I'm not sure that the dreamers have a complete grasp on it all, Lee. But they should get something, at least, for dreaming. --Ediger On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: > Discovery news article: > > http://tinyurl.com/8jkgvbx > > Now can't you imagine a bunch of robots explorin

Re: [Texascavers] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Gill Edigar
I'm not sure that the dreamers have a complete grasp on it all, Lee. But they should get something, at least, for dreaming. --Ediger On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: > Discovery news article: > > http://tinyurl.com/8jkgvbx > > Now can't you imagine a bunch of robots explorin

Re: [Texascavers] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Gill Edigar
I'm not sure that the dreamers have a complete grasp on it all, Lee. But they should get something, at least, for dreaming. --Ediger On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Lee H. Skinner wrote: > Discovery news article: > > http://tinyurl.com/8jkgvbx > > Now can't you imagine a bunch of robots explorin

[Texascavers] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Discovery news article: http://tinyurl.com/8jkgvbx Now can't you imagine a bunch of robots exploring leads in Lechuguilla? :-) Lee Skinner - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubsc

[Texascavers] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Discovery news article: http://tinyurl.com/8jkgvbx Now can't you imagine a bunch of robots exploring leads in Lechuguilla? :-) Lee Skinner - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubsc

[Texascavers] Robots to Go Spelunking in Martian Caves?

2012-08-27 Thread Lee H. Skinner
Discovery news article: http://tinyurl.com/8jkgvbx Now can't you imagine a bunch of robots exploring leads in Lechuguilla? :-) Lee Skinner - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubsc

[Texascavers] Caving over Labor Day

2012-08-27 Thread vivbone
Who's got a good cave trip planned for this weekend? Unexpectedly, I have the 3 day weekend off. I need to go caving. -Vivian Loftin

[Texascavers] Caving over Labor Day

2012-08-27 Thread vivbone
Who's got a good cave trip planned for this weekend? Unexpectedly, I have the 3 day weekend off. I need to go caving. -Vivian Loftin

[Texascavers] Caving over Labor Day

2012-08-27 Thread vivbone
Who's got a good cave trip planned for this weekend? Unexpectedly, I have the 3 day weekend off. I need to go caving. -Vivian Loftin

[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting - Wed August 29th

2012-08-27 Thread Gary Franklin
Howdy Caver, You are cordially invited to attend the next UT Grotto meeting Wednesday August 29th from 7:45PM- 9:00PM University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall (156 West 24th Street, Austin TX 78712) http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html Ellie Watson will present - The Ongoing

[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting - Wed August 29th

2012-08-27 Thread Gary Franklin
Howdy Caver, You are cordially invited to attend the next UT Grotto meeting Wednesday August 29th from 7:45PM- 9:00PM University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall (156 West 24th Street, Austin TX 78712) http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html Ellie Watson will present - The Ongoing

[Texascavers] UT Grotto Meeting - Wed August 29th

2012-08-27 Thread Gary Franklin
Howdy Caver, You are cordially invited to attend the next UT Grotto meeting Wednesday August 29th from 7:45PM- 9:00PM University of Texas Campus in 2.48 Painter Hall (156 West 24th Street, Austin TX 78712) http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/pai.html Ellie Watson will present - The Ongoing