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How come these images were made available to BBC, but not to the mission raw images web page [0]? [0] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ htt
by java-man 6y ago
How come these images were made available to BBC, but not to the mission raw images web page [0]?
[0] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- teraflop 6y agoThe same images were posted to the official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere It's pretty normal for NASA/JPL to release the coolest-looking pictures as quickly as possible for PR, and then follow up with the comprehensive releases of raw data later, especially in the early stages of a mission. I don't see anything to indicate that BBC was given any kind of special treatment.
- java-man 6y agoI wish it were reverse: the raw images would appear first, followed by the processed media.
- giantrobot 6y agoThey used to do it that way and wouldn't get much uptake in the media. Newspapers/websites want big colorful high resolution photos to use as header images for articles. The tiny grayscale HazCam images are technically interesting and useful but are visually boring to non-technical viewers.
- interestica 6y agoI was praising the big steps that NASA is making on this mission to really be publicly accessible... But they don't really have a unified communications plan. Images and information are spread out on various sites. The general public can't be expected to go searching. I was hoping the raw image site would be the primary location for all mission photos.
- mzs 6y agoBecause it's not a raw image instead is placed here: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/
- rpiguyshy 6y agothis also frustrates me