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Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Monday, August 6th, 2012 5:25pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter saber2x.

Wow.

*timeshift *travel

Adding video to channels (Timeshift, Travel) - requested by ant.

I'd love to see higher res version of this.

C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

When someone mentioned this at JPL yesterday I thought 'man, I'd love to see that video'... and here it is

>> ^Deano:

C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!


A perfect landing using radically new technology, and you are complaining about the resolution!? Jeez, no pleasing some people...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

720p full-color 10fps is coming from the mast cam soon. That's the duck's nuts of Mars video.>> ^A10anis:

>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

A perfect landing using radically new technology, and you are complaining about the resolution!? Jeez, no pleasing some people...

>> ^A10anis:

>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

A perfect landing using radically new technology, and you are complaining about the resolution!? Jeez, no pleasing some people...


NASA/Space/Mars program is intensely connected to public opinion. Better images, higher resolution etc.... more support more money. NASA should drop some scientific equipment and get some higher resolution images (that sir is what we call looking at the long-term game). Why do you think they release these images?

>> ^A10anis:

>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

A perfect landing using radically new technology, and you are complaining about the resolution!? Jeez, no pleasing some people...


From Mechwarrior to the movie Aliens, the idea of a dropship is old hat. Hardly "radical".

>> ^Payback:

>> ^A10anis:
>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

A perfect landing using radically new technology, and you are complaining about the resolution!? Jeez, no pleasing some people...

From Mechwarrior to the movie Aliens, the idea of a dropship is old hat. Hardly "radical".


Be quiet, your ignorance in citing a film, as opposed to the reality of such an achievement, is insulting to the genius of these men and woman.

>> ^Confucius:

>> ^A10anis:
>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

A perfect landing using radically new technology, and you are complaining about the resolution!? Jeez, no pleasing some people...

NASA/Space/Mars program is intensely connected to public opinion. Better images, higher resolution etc.... more support more money. NASA should drop some scientific equipment and get some higher resolution images (that sir is what we call looking at the long-term game). Why do you think they release these images?


Oh, ok, lets drop the science to allow higher resolution. Stfu you idiot.

I am fascinated and quite proud of humanity for this feat. It is no small accomplishment and the NASA engineers should be congratulated on their planning and execution of a near flawless automated landing.

However all that being said this video is not very exciting nor captivating, the majority of it is simply a brownish blur of an image.

An overlay of what is taking place and maybe even some highlights would help this video have more general impact.

> An overlay of what is taking place and maybe even some highlights
> would help this video have more general impact.

per frame altitudes and such I am sure will follow

>> ^Deano:

C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!


1080p? Pffft, why stop there, let's get a IMAX 3D camera on board . Mars landing on giant screen ftw!!!

>> ^A10anis:

>> ^Confucius:
>> ^A10anis:
>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

A perfect landing using radically new technology, and you are complaining about the resolution!? Jeez, no pleasing some people...

NASA/Space/Mars program is intensely connected to public opinion. Better images, higher resolution etc.... more support more money. NASA should drop some scientific equipment and get some higher resolution images (that sir is what we call looking at the long-term game). Why do you think they release these images?

Oh, ok, lets drop the science to allow higher resolution. Stfu you idiot.


Oh, ok, come out from beneath the bridge and show us who you really are... OMG! It's Mr obvious troll! And I just fed him! NOOOOOOO!

There was a initial plan to have 3d cameras by James Cameron, but that was stopped due to a lack of time to test the cameras. http://www.space.com/11241-nasa-mars-rover-3d-camera-james-cameron.html

>> ^steroidg:

>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

1080p? Pffft, why stop there, let's get a IMAX 3D camera on board . Mars landing on giant screen ftw!!!

Sorry, I don't watch videos lower than 360 res. Let me know when the human race can send decent video back, until then, I don't care what planet you land on.

first HD images from this released today

>> ^saber2x:
There was a initial plan to have 3d cameras by James Cameron, but that was stopped due to a lack of time to test the cameras. http://www.space.com/11241-nasa-mars-rover-3d-camera-james-cameron.html
>> ^steroidg:
>> ^Deano:
C'mon NASA, 1080p, full screen!

1080p? Pffft, why stop there, let's get a IMAX 3D camera on board . Mars landing on giant screen ftw!!!



At least there are still some 3D images coming our way from NASA!

Here's some info on the resolution issue:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/08/08/Curiosity-interview-with-Malin-Space-Science-Systems-Mike-Ravine

tl;dr: the cameras on board Curiosity have 2 megapixel sensors, because NASA has a very conservative design philosophy and locked down the tech in 2004. They chose what they were most confident would work.