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From: watson@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John S. Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Voyager pictures
Message-ID: <31083@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 31 Aug 89 06:27:15 GMT
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In article <4949@portia.Stanford.EDU> rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini) writes:
>
>It was amazing how fast the JPL were able to generate the topographic
>flybys of Triton shown on TV yesterday.  

It also amazes me how far computer graphics has advanced since Voyager 
started on its journey in 1977.

Someday when they do a documentary on Voyager's entire journey,
I hope they use the old graphics so we can remember what it was like
way back then.

P.S.  Today we pulled the plug on our last Xerox SIGMA 9 computer.
        We had a nice little wake for it.  I wonder what  the world 
        will be like when pull the plug on our last Sun. :-)

John S. Watson, Civil Servant from Hell        ARPA: watson@ames.arc.nasa.gov 
NASA Ames Research Center                      UUCP:  ...!ames!watson
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