End of MOC Picture of the Day Options

[Guest_AlexBlackwell_*]

If you noticed there was no MOC Picture of the Day today, here's why. It's too bad but understandable. Kudos to MSSS for all of the captioned releases over the years.

[MarkL]

If you noticed there was no MOC Picture of the Day today, here's why. It's too bad but understandable. Kudos to MSSS for all of the captioned releases over the years.

MGS is a fantastic mission which has been integral to the MER missions as well with relay, CPROTO's, and global weather images. It was also the first to demonstrate aerobraking successfully at Mars. It's still going strong so lets hope they keep funding it. Perhaps Malin's team are now too wrapped up in the MRO campaign but it would be a shame to let a lack of funding stop such a productive platform for the study of Mars. There's an endless amount of terrain to be imaged at 1 metre so why not keep it going in some sort of autonomous picture snapping mode where it sends to DSN during off peak times and gradually works toward global coverage?

Hats off to them for some great photos and commentary which went way beyond the typical government-funded outreach program.