How long until the first particle is found?
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How long until the first particle is found?
I'm betting it doesn't take more than a few weeks after the launch of the VM that the first one is found. With all the interest in Stardust@Home I'm sure there will be thousands of people using the VM at all times of the day. Of course, I plan on being the first to find one.
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Major differences. I don't think Mir was out looking for Stardust, and if it was, it didn't find any because after all, the Berkely team hasn't any examples of a true stardust trail.martinbogo wrote:Why is such a low particle count expected? The aerogels from MIR showed lots of impacts, or is that a question of particle density differences between earth orbit and out there in interplanetary space?
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How Long will it take to find the first one?
We need more data before an answer can be determined.
How many movies will initially be released?
How fast will new data sets, i.e. movies, be released?
How many people will be searching the released data sets?
How fast can that number of people search the available movies?
How long will it take the searchers to develop the necessary skills to actually spot a trace? I ran through the tutorial tonight and it does not look like its going to be all the easy to spot them. I think we are going to have a great many false positives as eager searchers report findings that later prove to by in error.
Which leads to the next question: How are the reported finding verified and how long will that take?
As well as, how many people will be viewing the same movie at a time. Most <fill in the blank>@home projects have multiple computers running the same work units. It generally takes 3 or more systems to report with result before a data set is closed out and credits assigned.
If someone has the necessary math skills perhaps a "Drake's" formula could be created to calculate the variable and arrive at an intelligent and meaningful value. Or we would just wait and see .
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How many movies will initially be released?
How fast will new data sets, i.e. movies, be released?
How many people will be searching the released data sets?
How fast can that number of people search the available movies?
How long will it take the searchers to develop the necessary skills to actually spot a trace? I ran through the tutorial tonight and it does not look like its going to be all the easy to spot them. I think we are going to have a great many false positives as eager searchers report findings that later prove to by in error.
Which leads to the next question: How are the reported finding verified and how long will that take?
As well as, how many people will be viewing the same movie at a time. Most <fill in the blank>@home projects have multiple computers running the same work units. It generally takes 3 or more systems to report with result before a data set is closed out and credits assigned.
If someone has the necessary math skills perhaps a "Drake's" formula could be created to calculate the variable and arrive at an intelligent and meaningful value. Or we would just wait and see .
The Spice Must Flow.
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Well that considering that MIR was orbiting Earth with the aerogel, and you may know of the space debris from past missions that weve had into space. There are over 100,000 debris that are orbiting earth and are larger then 4 inches in diameter which are being tracked by radar here on Earth. An estimated 150,000 debris are less then 4 inches. So imagine how many debris may be a few microns wide. Although when are so small they are supposed to be pushed away from the sun by the pressure of radiation. Out in space Stardust was going through "pure" interstellar dust, but unfortunately for us there are less particles out there and so we captured what we could.martinbogo wrote:Why is such a low particle count expected? The aerogels from MIR showed lots of impacts, or is that a question of particle density differences between earth orbit and out there in interplanetary space?
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How long?
If the particle is in the released data, I predict it will take less than 1 hour to find the first particle!
It appears that the release of microscope movies will be the limiting factor in finding particles. The team estimated it would take 20,000 hours of searching to scan the entire gel (including redundancy), and the six-month figure they mentioned was before they knew what kind of respone they'd get. With 100,000 people preregistered and their estimate of 2 hours of searching per week by each volunteer, then the ENTIRE SEARCH should take less than two days! That assumes that all the movies are available at the launch, and also that their servers can handle a thousand viewers at a time.
Don't be surprised if their website response is a bit slow after launch...
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It appears that the release of microscope movies will be the limiting factor in finding particles. The team estimated it would take 20,000 hours of searching to scan the entire gel (including redundancy), and the six-month figure they mentioned was before they knew what kind of respone they'd get. With 100,000 people preregistered and their estimate of 2 hours of searching per week by each volunteer, then the ENTIRE SEARCH should take less than two days! That assumes that all the movies are available at the launch, and also that their servers can handle a thousand viewers at a time.
Don't be surprised if their website response is a bit slow after launch...
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I'm pessimistic about finding one, first because they are soo exotic, and second because there will probably be hundreds of people looking at the same time. I'll have to rest with alian life forms floating in vacuum... boring
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First Stardust Particle Found!
You can all rest easy now. I found the first particle while perusing some images on the server. I also realized George Foreman had invented the perfect naming system years ago.
Here for your astonishment and awe, I give you the first StarDust particle:
Here for your astonishment and awe, I give you the first StarDust particle: