Remote Pilot Program Supporting the 1991 Galapagos Island Jason Project
Abstract
We know from research that students remember 10% of what they hear and 15% of what they read, but they remember 80% of what they do. If our nation is to attract young students into science, we want their experiences with science to be positive and leave a lasting impression. The JASON Pilot Program has been a high point of each hour program televised during the 1990 and 1991 field programs. Over both years, 110 students have taken over the controls of JASON, and via the technology of telepresence, flown the vehicle at the field site from their control station at a Museum. This is an experience they will never forget. It has also has a significant impact on all the students at the downlink site who were watching them drive. During the 1991 program in the Galapagos Islands, we had planned to deploy JASON, Jr. (J.J.) and use this vehicle as the remotely piloted robot. The plan was to position J.J. in 300 feet of water at the base of a submerged lava flow, in view of a fixed, bottom mounted camera system. This latter system, which had both video and film cameras mounted on a pan and tilt unit, would be prepositioned to capture images of J.J. while it was operating. Then imagery from both points of view, looking at J.J. and the view from J.J., would be available for transmission over the satellite link.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA251831