none of the other orbiters really give us this kind of view.
If the Mars Orbiter Mission does nothing else but return to us a variety of global images of Mars from different positions and phases, the mission will be a great success, as far as I'm concerned. It'll be a data set unlike any generated by any other mission, and the single-frame photos should find their way into lots of books and magazines, informing the public perception of Mars for years to come.
If they can use a 0.8 m resolution camera on cartosat,why didn't they use the same on MOM ?here is a picture of mars taken by the 70's era viking mission...compare and contrast
here is a picture of mars taken by the 70's era viking mission...compare and contrast
I really do hope that the newspapers here in India carry this image in their front pages tomorrow..
Quote from: abhishek on 09/30/2014 02:38 amhere is a picture of mars taken by the 70's era viking mission...compare and contrastThat isn't "a" picture, it's a carefully assembled and processed mosaic of many images. Individual Viking orbiter frames looked something like this http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/vo1_022a54.htmlThe images from MOM so far single frames, presumably pretty much as taken.
Are you saying that this is the best 'Single frame global view' Image ever taken ? (If it is indeed single frame because we were told many were taken but only few are released.. )
Are you saying that this is the best 'Single frame global view' Image ever taken ?
Quote from: Gaganaut on 09/27/2014 02:15 amQuote from: NovaSilisko on 09/26/2014 10:04 pm...north-up preconceptions...... pat yourself at your back all by yourself. ... Nova up there was making a funny about ... o' them smiley things. Personally, I've always preferred Bucky Fuller's map of the world.
Quote from: NovaSilisko on 09/26/2014 10:04 pm...north-up preconceptions...... pat yourself at your back all by yourself. ...
...north-up preconceptions...
While attending the International Astronautical Congress, the two space agency leaders met to discuss and sign a charter that establishes a NASA-ISRO Mars Working Group to investigate enhanced cooperation between the two countries in Mars exploration. They also signed an international agreement that defines how the two agencies will work together on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, targeted to launch in 2020.
Can someone expand the acronyms in the ISRO brochure picture below? I didn't get SPDM (in the context of the Solar Arrays), CASS, SPSS (I assume it's Solar Position Sensor ___ ?), LE (as in the 440 N thruster), and CCSDS, BDH, SSR, TTC (Telemetry and Telecommand?) in the context of communications...
Quote from: abhishek on 09/30/2014 02:38 amhere is a picture of mars taken by the 70's era viking mission...compare and contrastThat's a mosaic generated from many images, not a single picture. Apples and oranges.
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Voices of ISRO social media, and MOM:http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Follow-me/articleshow/43738536.cmsIf you guys are reading this thread: Good going guys, two thumbs up