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Oddly, the satellite that did the mapping ended its mission in 2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE Did it really ta
by raldi 9y ago
Oddly, the satellite that did the mapping ended its mission in 2009: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE
Did it really take until now to analyze its data?
- kobeya 9y agoAs someone whose job was once to work with that data, yes. It’s a tremendous amount of data and the resources allocated is often a half dozen grad students with a copy of MATLAB. The big iron is only really applied to create the official maps for the planetary science data archives, then real analysis is often paid for piecemeal with relatively small grants.
- paulvs 9y agoYou worked on this actual data? It's amazing how Hacker News brings together people from such diverse backgrounds.