What Will This Mission Accomplish Others Won't? |
What Will This Mission Accomplish Others Won't? |
Jan 10 2005, 09:05 PM
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I heard this mission has an extremely high-resolution camera, but don't MGS and Mars Express as well? I know it also has some kind of radar sounder to search for water beneath the surface, but doesn't Mars Express have something like that too? The only instrument I found that hasn't been flown before is one for measuring climate that I think was lost on the Mars Climate Orbiter.
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Jan 12 2005, 01:33 PM
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No I don't have a scanner. But I can give you a comparison MOC image I found that covers almost the exact same area.
Look at this MOC strip: http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/e07_e12/im...0/E1003979.html The full-res version has a 'scaled pixel width' of 6.25 meters, but shows a lot more detail than the MEX picture from the book. However, the tiled 'medium-res' version is comparable to the MEX picture: http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/e07_e12/fu...10/E1003979.jpg The picture in the book covers the bottom half of the second strip and the top of the third strip. So, judging from this image, a 2.3 meter MEX image looks something like a 12 meter MGS image. |
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pioneer What Will This Mission Accomplish Others Won't? Jan 10 2005, 09:05 PM
djellison Well - yes - MGS and MEX have high res cameras - 1... Jan 10 2005, 09:28 PM
Sunspot ......still wondering what happened to the high re... Jan 11 2005, 12:28 AM
djellison QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jan 11 2005, 12:28 AM)......... Jan 11 2005, 09:02 AM
lyford QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 11 2005, 01:02 AM)QUOT... Jan 11 2005, 04:42 PM
djellison The Marsis deployment is scheduled for March iirc
... Jan 11 2005, 06:01 PM
OWW QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 11 2005, 09:02 AM)The ... Jan 12 2005, 09:01 AM
djellison Well - two obvious points.
-That image is colour... Jan 12 2005, 09:49 AM
OWW QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 12 2005, 09:49 AM)-Tha... Jan 12 2005, 10:41 AM
djellison Do you have a scanner
Doug Jan 12 2005, 12:20 PM
djellison Maybe it's just printed small
Doug Jan 12 2005, 02:15 PM
OWW QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 12 2005, 02:15 PM)Mayb... Jan 12 2005, 02:24 PM
djellison Well - maybe they are having calibration problems ... Jan 12 2005, 02:25 PM
MizarKey QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 12 2005, 06:25 AM)Well... Jan 12 2005, 06:55 PM
Decepticon I'm looking forward to seeing the other Lander... Jan 20 2005, 02:09 AM
dvandorn QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jan 20 2005, 02:09 AM)I... Mar 11 2005, 04:01 AM
tedstryk Actually, we already have good locations for Vikin... Mar 11 2005, 04:29 AM
djellison MRO's swath width is ENORMOUS!
6km widt... Mar 11 2005, 07:47 AM![]() ![]() |
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