Dan Maas
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¨ How does it feel
like to be in such a huge part of history in the making?
¨ Is the MER animation video available on DVD
or VHS?
¨ What is your favorite color and why?
¨ What video games do
you have?
¨ Do you like NASA?
¨ Are the special
effects you do the same as in the movies?
¨ What was your most
favorite subject in school and why?
¨ When you got into
college, were you nervous about the upgrade in your
classes?
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QUESTION:
How old are you now and what does it feel like to be such
a huge part of history in the making?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 6 January 2004:
I am currently 22 years old. I was fortunate to be
at JPL for the landing (although not in the control room)...
The real MER mission has been the most "cinematic"
experience of my life... it's like being inside a movie.
Watch Dan's all-new
animation in "Mars: Dead or Alive," a NOVA
documentary at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/
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QUESTION:
Is the MER animation video available on DVD or VHS?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 11 November 2003:
On my website gallery page:
http://www.maasdigital.com/gallery.html
there is a download link for a large (300MB) DVD-quality
MPEG-2 stream of the video.
Incidentally, I just
finished about 6 minutes of original animation for a PBS
NOVA documentary about the MER mission. It will be
shown on PBS the day of the first MER landing. See:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mars/
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QUESTION:
What is your favorite color and why?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 9 November 2002:
I really like sky blue, but I can't think of an
explanation for why. :)
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QUESTION:
What video games do you have?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 9 November 2002:
I have a couple PC games but I most enjoy playing on my
brother's Playstation 2.
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QUESTION:
Do you like NASA?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 9 November 2002:
Of course I like NASA! :) I am very excited about
their upcoming missions, as well as the private and
commercial space exploration projects that are starting
to appear.
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QUESTION:
Are the special effects you do the same as in the movies?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 9 November 2002:
Yes, the software and techniques I use to create
animations are basically the same as Hollywood studios
use.
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QUESTION:
What was your most favorite subject in school and why?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 9 November 2002:
My favorite subjects were math and physics. I'm
always amazed by how many phenomena can be explained with
simple numbers and formulas.
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QUESTION:
When you got into college, were you nervous about the
upgrade in your classes?
ANSWER
from Dan Maas on 9 November 2002:
Yes, definitely. The first few weeks were pretty
tough, since the professors like to pile on tons of work
at the beginning. But it gets easier once you learn
to adjust to their expectations.
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