Public Request Program Options

[Astrophil]

The MOC public target request program is a wonderful idea.

Just wondering - does anyone here have any experience of having used it successfully? Any anecdotes/tips on the most time-effective way to identify bits that haven't been photographed yet, and on writing the "description of purpose" in a way that will meet the MSSS criteria? So far I've come up with "nobody's taken a photograph of this bit yet", which I guess probably won't cut the mustard.

[paxdan]

The MOC public target request program is a wonderful idea. 

Just wondering - does anyone here have any experience of having used it successfully?  Any anecdotes/tips on the most time-effective way to identify bits that haven't been photographed yet, and on writing the "description of purpose" in a way that will meet the MSSS criteria?  So far I've come up with "nobody's taken a photograph of this bit yet", which I guess probably won't cut the mustard.

Info on how to present requests here. I gotta confess i have never submitted a request. If i get round to it my choice would be a defrosting polar region, i would love to see the retreating ice cliffs.

[djellison]

I've thought about it a lot, but the things I really like to see ( landers etc ) they say they already try to image at every opportunity (pun not intended)

Short of asking for a MOC image of the acre of mars that my other half bought me for our anniversary ( yes yes, not worth the paper they're printed on, but I still wanted one - it's on the SW slope of Olympus mons ) I'm stuck for suggestions really.

Monitoring of steep crater walls for landslides it good

Victoria crater is another obvious submission, but technically it'll be classified under a landing site fairly soon so they'll be imaging it anyway.

Massive kudos to MSSS though - they're getting about 20-40 a month done, thats a couple a day in some cases. Hopefully HiRise's program will be similar - in which case i'll be the first to submit the Pathfinder landing site as I want to spot Sojourner

Doug

[remcook]

Apparantly, HiRise will not at all be like MOC. This is because of the crazy pointing accuracy it requires. From what I understand, HiRise will first carry out its primary mission. after that, other instruments will start to do real work. They couldn't do before because it would disturb HiRise's mission!
Probably HiRise will make some more pictures later, but not continuously anyway.

[gorelick]

Short of asking for a MOC image of the acre of mars that my other half bought me for our anniversary ( yes yes, not worth the paper they're printed on, but I still wanted one - it's on the SW slope of Olympus mons )

I was just checking out the neighborhood there last week:

slope of Olympus Mons

That's a mosaic of some 18m THEMIS/VIS images.