Comments on: About the cameras on Curiosity: "Taking pictures on Mars" http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/about-the-cameras-on-curiosity.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 14:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: brainflakes http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/about-the-cameras-on-curiosity.html#comment-1521460 brainflakes Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178620#comment-1521460 It does uplink with the orbiting craft, but they only have so much bandwidth themselves. It does uplink with the orbiting craft, but they only have so much bandwidth themselves.

]]> By: Roberto Martinez http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/about-the-cameras-on-curiosity.html#comment-1521374 Roberto Martinez Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178620#comment-1521374  Hey! good idea...Angry Birds in Space.... hum... maybe I should patent it....damn! too late!  Hey! good idea…Angry Birds in Space…. hum… maybe I should patent it….damn! too late!

]]> By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/about-the-cameras-on-curiosity.html#comment-1520889 SoItBegins Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178620#comment-1520889  Careful. Do that and it'll want to start playing Angry Birds.  Careful. Do that and it’ll want to start playing Angry Birds.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/about-the-cameras-on-curiosity.html#comment-1520716 Nathan Hornby Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178620#comment-1520716 I say get a load of repeaters in space and get the rover onto a local network. Or is that a bit optimistic? I say get a load of repeaters in space and get the rover onto a local network.

Or is that a bit optimistic?

]]> By: nowimnothing http://boingboing.net/2012/08/29/about-the-cameras-on-curiosity.html#comment-1520713 nowimnothing Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=178620#comment-1520713 Wow, 2MP cameras with 8GB memory cards. But even more amazing, it can only send back 30MB per Sol. Seems like we should be able to get some better bandwidth than that. Maybe with uplinks to the orbiting craft? Wow, 2MP cameras with 8GB memory cards. But even more amazing, it can only send back 30MB per Sol. Seems like we should be able to get some better bandwidth than that. Maybe with uplinks to the orbiting craft?

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