2. Live From Earth and Mars - Science, Technology, Education Partnerships LFEM - STEP 30 Jan, 2004Page 1 University Rotary  J E Tillman UW Viking “enabling” operations 1979-1982 NASA Deep Space Network - JPL - UW Modem Real time Link,1982 Tape UW Viking Computer Facility support for Viking Lander 1, Sols ~ 1,000 to 2,245 A First for a non governmental entity How at UW we kept VL-1 operational, Including real time From Mars for several years Intel Computer NASA JPL Mainframes UW Viking Computer Facility This is exclusively for the technically inclined! It shows how we replaced functionality of NASA JPL’s two mainframes with a single super-mini computer more cost effective and advanced than their IBM and Univac

3. Live From Earth and Mars - Science, Technology, Education Partnerships LFEM - STEP 30 Jan, 2004Page 2 University Rotary  J E Tillman

4. Live From Earth and Mars - Science, Technology, Education Partnerships LFEM - STEP 30 Jan, 2004Page 3 University Rotary  J E Tillman Public Outreach Hundreds of school interactions, the permanent Viking View of Mars exhibit is in its 21’st year at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C. Students will help develop our next MetNet Live From Mars exhibit for Air & Space as Rachel did here Air & Space is the world’s most visited Museum

5. Live From Earth and Mars - Science, Technology, Education Partnerships LFEM - STEP 30 Jan, 2004Page 4 University Rotary  J E Tillman Viking Atmospheric Pressure High School Student’s contribution UW Mission Operations Keeping VL-1 alive July 20, 1976 Nov. 12, 1982 Fronts at 48 deg North during winter Vik Nominal Pathfinder Lakeside high school student Charlie Strauss wrote the original software that processed and plotted these data, leading to my discovery of the transient Kelvin modes And possibly how to predict great dust storms hundreds of sols in the future His teacher said he was one of “the very best ever”. Bill Guest rewrote this enhanced version of the plotting software

6. Live From Earth and Mars - Science, Technology, Education Partnerships LFEM - STEP 30 Jan, 2004Page 5 University Rotary  J E Tillman Data and Information Distribution Multi-cast distribution and validation http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/grayskies/nw_weather.html Finland Unidata As in the past, Unidata provides information distribution of all types with zero maintenance and 100% reliability using throwaway computers McClure middle school Grades 6-9 U Rotary-McClure-Weller Weather Station Coe Primary school Grades K-5 Not operational