Re: Mars 3-D...

[P3D John W Roberts <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 19:37:12 -0500
>From: P3D Allan Woods  <allanwx@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Mars 3-D...

>This url describes the camera:
>http://mars.sgi.com/mpf/sci_desc.html#IMP
>but has anyone found any 3-D images from Mars?

On a replay on C-SPAN2 of a 7/8 NASA news briefing which is running
as I type, they said that they have stereo images now, and hope to
get some on the Web "tomorrow", though they don't guarantee that time.

A little more information on the rover: from statements in the news
briefing, it sounds like the stereo imager on the front of the *rover*
produces monochrome images, but there may also be a 2D color imager on
the back of the rover. The imager on the *lander* can produce color stereo
images.

I went to the Air and Space Museum on July 4 - they had live coverage of the
landing, and also models of the lander and rover. The stereo imager on
the lander is not too far from the size of a soft drink can, and the imagers
on the front of the rover are extremely tiny.

John R


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