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I would think NASA spotted that bright spot using an algorithm. Do they have people staring at each photo looking for such small anomalies?
by sixQuarks 14y ago
I would think NASA spotted that bright spot using an algorithm. Do they have people staring at each photo looking for such small anomalies?
- vhf 14y agoNASA spotted that bright spot after deploying the scooping robotic arm for the first time, after its first scooping.[1] You can see the scoop full of sand very clearly on the images. This kind of maneuver (sampling martian stuff) is certainly crucial for Curiosity's mission. You would guess that they were watching this first very carefully, with a lot of engineers, scientists and attention. All of this makes me think that they spotted this bright thing with bare eyes. [1] http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16225.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16225.ht...
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoI would not be so sure - they will have a lot of image processing but they are not sending back realtime video - they only have limited bandwidth so the number of images is fairly low. I would guess NASA spotted it pretty similarly to how the rest ofus did - suddenly going wtf is that?
- dwc 14y agoWhen we got first light on LROC, pretty much everyone on our team looked over images like crazy. The PI was a madman in that regard. I imagine that some person spotted this.