Google has a photo-robot on Mars and has been mapping and photographing the planet for a couple of years. Those are very old photos that you are seeing.
George K2CM ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of James T Kirk [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 2:06 PM To: bill; [email protected] Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] ok rocket scientists The pictures are taken in a remote area near Yuma, Az and only take a few milliseconds on a fiber optic link. -----Original Message----- From: bill Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FlexEdge] ok rocket scientists How long does it take from the time Curiosity takes a pictures/processes it for transmission to reception by NASA? Is the picture sent in segments and does NASA use a 'checksum' type system to make sure of proper reception. Today's pics were better than I took of my dogs yesterday, and they were just a few feet away from me lying in my lawn! _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
