Snively '11 | May 22, 2009
"Removing a hack"
Ok, this is cool. Schmiedl was invited up to film the hack removal team actually removing the Apollo Lunar Lander from the great dome. This gives a great look into a machine room right inside, a trench around the great dome, and a peek at what the dome looks like up close. I'm not aware of any video anything like this existing anywhere, it's a real treat.
Thanks Schmiedl, let me know how to get invitations like this!
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the hack team is really cool they'll land a boeng on top of the dome someday
Posted by: Anonymous on May 22, 2009 12:32 AM
the above comment was by me
i really hate to be anonymous
Posted by: Rohan Saini on May 22, 2009 12:33 AM
Those guys are so even keeled- they just take care'o us all- so they are hackers too. They are the caretakers. Love them for that! It's an energetic family!
Posted by: another 12 on May 22, 2009 12:39 AM
So cool...
Hey are these people MIT faculty??? They've sure got a fun job!!!
Posted by: Shiv on May 22, 2009 06:26 AM
It's too bad there's no club that's dedicated to hacks. I wonder how the hacks are organized. Obviously a hack like this would require a lot of students working together.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 22, 2009 06:37 AM
I've been wondering, who is Eric Schmiedl. He has a tendency of getting to the hacks before anyone else has seen it.
I guess the hackers just contact him like they invited Snively when they fixed the solar cell powered T
Posted by: Labib (?14) on May 22, 2009 06:40 AM
@Shiv
Yeah, those guys work for MIT. In the past the confined space and rescue guys (also MIT employees) would remove hacks, but I don't think that group exists anymore. I'm not sure the official titles of these guys anymore.
@Anonymous
There's definitely no club, since hacking is illegal.
@Labib
Yeah, that's the thing. Eric is good at taking pictures so he gets called, even officially by MIT. I'm good at getting the pictures out there, so I get called, but not yet by MIT officially (hint hint MIT). Slick deal if you ask me.
Posted by: Snively on May 22, 2009 09:47 AM
awesome :)
Posted by: kimd on May 22, 2009 09:53 AM
@Snively
Being willing to stay up until really late every time a hack goes up helps, too. The only reason this video happened is because I happened to have just gotten some breakfast at 11:30AM after shooting the Apollo and Athena hacks, and was walking back to my dorm looking forward to some sleep... you can see how well that plan worked out.
Posted by: Eric Schmiedl on May 22, 2009 02:18 PM
@Eric
You carry video equipment with you everywhere, or was this shot on a DSLR?
@Snively
What's up with the locks of love?
Posted by: Sam Range '13 on May 22, 2009 04:49 PM
@Sam Range
It was shot with my Canon G9, which I carry with me everywhere. (I'd already put away my DSLRs.) I'm amazed how good the audio quality ended up being for the Cunha interviews, relative to how it "ought" to have been given the conditions. (using the crappy internal mic, with heavy wind and ambient noise...)
Posted by: Eric Schmiedl on May 22, 2009 06:43 PM
So, there are two projects that hacks have done this year?
Posted by: curious on May 26, 2009 12:44 AM
