Stardust@home

fjgiie, I have missed alot of CMs. I wish that I could have only missed twice the number you have! The one you listed is one of them I'm sure. The problem is that the test track doesn't start to come into focus until the bottom of the focus bar and the bar is missing the last two rungs. There are se...

If the average is down about 80% then that means we at about the level where our smallest CM tracks are at the detection threshold for our set of volunteers. So that's pretty cool to know. The size of the CM tracks may not be the main reason that average sensitivity is down. It is not that I don't ...

There are far fewer 100mm movies, but they are still there. I have not noticed any change in the number for bad focus movies.

I have to agree with elainkeefe's comments. I agree that there are several CM's have more than one spot that could be test track. I can not see any difference between the multiple spots.

It now over a month since the last short but interesting update. It is really time for another one. It would be really nice to know what type of progress is being made on this project. Communications is one of the things that keep this project moving. I believe that the project is slowing down. Than...

I can not disagree with anything said by Nikita. However, some form of feedback or updates on a regular basis would help keep interest up. Many of the dusters in the top 100 a few weeks ago are no longer looking for one reason or another. I would guess that the average number of movies reviewed over...

Here is a link to a report that includes information about Stardust@home. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070115/ap_ ... stronomy_7

There was a very short segment on Discoveries This Week on the Science Channel last Friday. (12/15/06) The main focus was on the comet particles collected. The whole segment lasted about 30 seconds, but good PR.