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I remember being awestruck in about 1992, when our science teacher at school used an antenna and, I think a BBC micro, although it may have been an acorn, to re
by madaxe_again 6y ago
I remember being awestruck in about 1992, when our science teacher at school used an antenna and, I think a BBC micro, although it may have been an acorn, to receive images from weather satellites passing overhead. It was a brilliant educational experience.
Edit: looks like it was a BBC Micro, using AMSAT software and an ASTRID receiver. https://amsat-uk.org/2011/12/11/bbc-micro-and-amsat-uk-software-library/ https://amsat-uk.org/2011/12/11/bbc-micro-and-amsat-uk-softw...
- 83457 6y agoWow. Thanks for this.
- DerDangDerDang 6y agoA teacher I had told a story about using this (or something very similar) with students in the 80s - they were asked (by the U.K. govt he said iirc) to destroy pics they’d got of the Chernobyl area around the time of the disaster.
- driverdan 6y agoThat sounds apocryphal. Why would the UK ask them to destroy images of Chernobyl?
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoWhy would that be? Because of the infrared? What would it have shown? Glowing reactor building?