NASA establishes FTP site for shuttle debris photo/video uploads (spread the word!)

NASA ^ | February 2, 2003

[Timesink]

Instructions for Uploading Images and Video Related to the Columbia Accident

For anyone who has recorded video or taken photos that they believe may be of aid in the investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, NASA has established a special location on the Web where Internet users may upload their media files to be reviewed by NASA.

Using the FTP method of your choice, log on to the server 38.201.67.72 as "anonymous," using your e-mail address as your password.

Example:
User ID: anonymous
Password: john_doe@hotmail.com

Along with any image or video file that you wish to upload, please include a text file containing your name and a detailed description of the time and location at which the image or video was taken.

Example:
I, John Doe, recorded this video in my front yard at 1111 My Street in Nacogdoches, Texas, at 7:55 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003.

Please be sure that your media file and your text file conform to the following naming convention: your first and last name, an underscore, the date the files are being uploaded, another underscore and the time the files are being uploaded. Other than the file extension (.jpg, .txt, .rm), the names of the two files you upload should be the same.

Example:
Image file: johndoe_020203_0415pm.jpg
or
Video file: johndoe_020203_0415pm.rm
and
Text file: johndoe_020203_0415pm.txt

Then, upload your media and text files.

Please note that files contained on this site are not listable. Therefore, users will not be able to view any files uploaded to the server, including their own.

If you have any problems uploading your files, please e-mail Mike Koester.

[Timesink]

Spread the word on this, Texas/Louisiana Freepers. Your piece of debris could be the one that solves the puzzle!

[TomServo]

Bump! Damned fine idea...

[Riley]

Might not be a bad idea to include some small common item, like a quarter for example, to establish scale in debris shots, along with a notation as to what it's there for.

Better still, take a separate shot of the scale item, against a similar background at the same aspect, lighting, and distance, so there is no chance of either being contaminated by toxics when retreiving the scale item, or of disturbing forensic evidence.

[ChemistCat]

I don't know much about it, but I hope that NASA can't be harmed by anything sent to them.

There are not only terrorists out there, but also cretins who think they can get attention by feeding falsehoods into official investigations--such as that guy who lied about witnessing the snipers in the DC area, and that clerk who claimed to see Laci Peterson.

[Michael Barnes]

Best idea that has come out of NASA recently...Good use of equipment, excellent use of expediant technology to forward the investigation.

[sigSEGV]

Great. I predict about 150TB of warez there in a few hours.

[Timesink]

Nah. It's upload only. You can't even view directories.

[MeekOneGOP]

bttt