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None of the probes has ever used what could be called cutting edge equipment, the science behind it all is cutting edge but you can't put a camera, lenses or pr
by sondr3 12y ago
None of the probes has ever used what could be called cutting edge equipment, the science behind it all is cutting edge but you can't put a camera, lenses or processors on a device going into outer space without having done some serious testing. It's just easier to do it with devices and such that have a long track record of working with radiation, incredible cold and so on.
I totally know where you're coming from though, having Curiosity or Rosetta be equipped with some serious photographical capabilities would've been awesome. But I doubt any of the firms are going to put any kind of cutting edge imaging solution on them any time soon.
- unclebucknasty 12y agoI hear you, but it's hard to imagine we didn't have better, reliable tech at the time, including hardening for the environment. And, at a minimum, seems they could've developed the tech in concert, and still retained the lower quality camera as a backup.
- rasz_pl 12y ago>you can't put a camera, lenses or processors on a device going into outer space without having done some serious testing old timers have been saying this for a very long time, and it took years to convince someone to JUST FUCKING SHOOT A PHONE UP THERE http://www.space.com/21036-space-smartphones-photos-nasa-phonesats.html http://www.space.com/21036-space-smartphones-photos-nasa-pho... Shaun Meehan (almost 100 private satellites currently in orbit, all more or less smartphones in space) talks about this in the podcast: http://www.theamphour.com/220-an-interview-with-shaun-meehan-doctiloquent-dove-deployer/ http://www.theamphour.com/220-an-interview-with-shaun-meehan...