Mars 360-degree panoramic view from Curiosity
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Mars 360-degree panoramic view from Curiosity
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#2Well it doesn't look like path planning is going to be an issue for the first couple of Km :-)
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#3Curiosity should totally become the first extraterrestrial Street View car on mars.google.com!
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#4Very cool! Does anyone else think the interactivity adds nothing and just makes looking at a big image more difficult?
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#5Can someone explain how/why a $2.6 billion piece of equipment appears to have cameras that can't match a $100 digital camera?
I know it takes a long time for data to travel from there to here, but I am sure a lot of people wouldn't mind waiting for 1080p, full-color video footage of the red planet.
Instead, we get these 1-megapixel, black-and-white shots that need to be stitched together to create a half decent panorama image.
Sorry, there is probably a good technical reason for this, but I am just ignorant of it and I would appreciate an explanation.
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#6Can someone explain how/why a $2.6 billion piece of equipment appears to have cameras that can't match a $100 digital camera? I know it takes a long time for data to travel from there to here, but I am sure a lot of people wouldn't mind waiting for 1080p, full-color video footage of the red planet. Instead, we get these 1-megapixel, black-and-white shots that need to be stitched together to create a half decent panor…
See this discussion and article from earlier today:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4360502
Re: Mars 360-degree panoramic view from Curiosity
#7Can someone explain how/why a $2.6 billion piece of equipment appears to have cameras that can't match a $100 digital camera? I know it takes a long time for data to travel from there to here, but I am sure a lot of people wouldn't mind waiting for 1080p, full-color video footage of the red planet. Instead, we get these 1-megapixel, black-and-white shots that need to be stitched together to create a half decent panor…
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Re: Mars 360-degree panoramic view from Curiosity
#8Can someone explain how/why a $2.6 billion piece of equipment appears to have cameras that can't match a $100 digital camera? I know it takes a long time for data to travel from there to here, but I am sure a lot of people wouldn't mind waiting for 1080p, full-color video footage of the red planet. Instead, we get these 1-megapixel, black-and-white shots that need to be stitched together to create a half decent panor…
See this discussion and article from earlier today: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4360502
Thanks!
The reason seems to be: It's the way it was planned 10 years ago and we don't go back on planning on a project like this one.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
See this discussion and article from earlier today: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4360502
Thanks! The reason seems to be: It's the way it was planned 10 years ago and we don't go back on planning on a project like this one.
Its more than just choosing the camera 10 years ago, its having 10 years of testing of that particular camera under their belt and knowing every in and out of it. 10 years is plenty of time for any quirky behavior to emerge and be dealt with.
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