I've been lucky enough to make the final of RedGate Software's DBA In Space competition, which aims to put a chosen Database professional into SPACE!
So I'd be most appreciative of any votes you might want to give me as a fellow DPCer. The place to go is www.dbainspace.com.
The background image on my photo is from this entry:
if I win I promise to submit an entry I photograph from up there, and see how long it takes to get asked for proof...
I was so sure this was going to be from Slippy : )
You read the thread title wrong, that's Ast-ro-naut.
Been there, voted, returned. I hope you win.
If you do, it would be nice if we could all have an autographed image of our home planet from up there.
I see that we can vote daily, so I'm putting this thread on the "watch" list.
What I'd like to know is... If you submit a photo taken from space, what date/time are you supposed to set your camera to?
I think the rules need to be clarified. Perhaps a 'Photographs not taken on Earth' section?
Ha! One for Langdon...
You know what, it's not going to be so very long that this becomes a reality. If it's not me then I reckon someone on DPC will manage to take a photo from space in the next 10 years or so...even if from a high altitude balloon, or something. I guess realistically you'd have to be in orbit before this becomes a problem, but that's not impossible... I look forward to when this becomes a real discussion point!
That's an awesome opportunity, fingers crossed for you (voted)... I guess we also know who'll be getting the blue in the free study that month if you win =).
I think, for validation, purposes, you will need to keep setting the time to what ever time zone you are currently orbiting over. That should not be too much trouble; you'll only need to reset your clock about once every three minutes and 45 seconds, LOL. ;-)
