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Mars Science Lab Cameras
Stu
post Mar 26 2010, 07:40 PM
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Wow... that would propel MSL into a whole new catergory of cool, wouldn't it? Imagine the impact it would have if people could travel to Mars, virtually, in 3D, not just at an IMAX theatre but in their own local cinema a la AVATAR, etc. It could be the greatest leap forwards for Outreach, and for increasing public awareness of the worth of space exploration, for a generation.

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease let that happen.


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post Mar 26 2010, 08:04 PM
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QUOTE (briv1016 @ Mar 26 2010, 09:26 AM) *
According to Emily's twitter account, James Cameron is teaming up with Malin Space Science Systems to try and bring back the original zoom feature to Mastcam.

http://twitter.com/elakdawalla/status/11058862622


I read elsewhere that Panavision (the long-time supplier of movie cameras for Hollywood films) was to provide lens for the Mastcam. Don't know if that's still the case.


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post Apr 7 2010, 01:54 AM
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Fixed focus Mastcam has been delivered. MSSS "just started" building the zoomed version.


http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/w...&NewsID=990

http://www.msss.com/press_releases/mast_delivery/
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post Apr 7 2010, 05:50 AM
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That's the camera's first image, correct? Or were there some from before?
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post Apr 7 2010, 06:48 AM
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There is a Mastcam mosaic here.
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post Apr 7 2010, 07:35 AM
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QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 7 2010, 06:50 AM) *
That's the camera's first image, correct? Or were there some from before?


It's AN image taken AFTER shipping to JPL. There will of course have been many many test images taken previously to that.
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post Apr 8 2010, 01:38 AM
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That swiss army knife photobombs all the MSSS promo shots! smile.gif


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post Apr 26 2010, 04:43 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 26 2010, 11:40 AM) *
Imagine the impact it would have if people could travel to Mars, virtually, in 3D, not just at an IMAX theatre but in their own local cinema a la AVATAR, etc. It could be the greatest leap forwards for Outreach, and for increasing public awareness of the worth of space exploration, for a generation.


Definitely, it would be a huge leap for "public engagement" (NASA's new term for public outreach) to have a 3D high-definition movie that's REALLY from Mars—not just a computer animation like you see right now in documentaries on the Discovery Channel, and to have it in a real theatre rather than just in science center IMAX theatres like Hubble 3D. I am incredibly excited for this possibility. It's also personally exciting because I'll be one of the folks operating and targeting the Mastcam, so it would be really neat to take my family to a film using Mastcam footage so they can see it.


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post Jul 2 2010, 01:08 PM
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Any word of progress with zoom-cam? Likely to be completed in time?
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