Say Green Cheese
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has just completed its first series of tests of a new high-resolution camera called a HiRise (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment). And mission controllers everywhere breathe a sigh of relief. I don’t care what kind of warranty the camera has — postage and handling would be outrageous.
Alas, this will be one of the few images we’ll see for a while (be careful with that link - it’s over 4 mb in size). The spacecraft will be spending the next six months in aerobraking maneuvers. Once that’s done, I expect we’re going to see some fantastic photography.
Some may balk at our government using such hi-tech serveillance techniques on innocent Martian civilians. Serves them right for invading us, I say. It’s nice to know that we have such advanced technology in our arsenal. For my part, I was extremely uncomfortable with relying on Tom Cruise as our first line of defense.
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Do you think the orbiter can take shots of the recently found dusty blue rings around Uranus?
I know….you’ve never heard that one before. At least most news outlets had the sense to put the words “the planet” in front of Uranus when they typed the headline.