vik_sgc escribió:De la propia página oficial de la NASA sobre el Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity):
While the Mast Camera (MastCam) will serve many of the same purposes as its predecessor (the Panoramic Camera) on the Mars Exploration Rovers, it will also feature some important new capabilities. The camera will be able to acquire data - including video - at a high rate of speed and store it in its own memory. Compression and sampling of images will be performed entirely using only MastCam resources, not taking up memory in the rover's "brain." The stereo multispectral images, in conjunction with high-definition (HD) video and stereo video, will allow enhanced scientific studies of landscape physiography and processes, properties of rocks and fines, and views of frost, ice, and related processes where applicable. The video capabilities will also provide unprecedented observations of atmospheric and meteorological events including clouds, dust-devils, wind transport of surface materials, and rover trenching.
Puede capturar vídeo HD (aunque supongo que eso será codificado como vídeo en la Tierra).
Más sobre las cámaras de Curiosity:
The Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) is a new device that will allow earthbound geologists to see martian features smaller than the diameter of a human hair, including close-up views of minerals, textures and structures in martian rocks and the surface layer of rocky debris and dust. If scientists are able to see the fine detail of martian rocks and soil, they can better predict their formation and whether or not their environment was ripe for life. MAHLI is an evolutionary advancement of the Mars Exploration Rover microscopic imager (MI), providing higher resolution imagery as well as less complex operations. The highest resolution represents a 2.4 times improvement over Spirit and Opportunity's capabilities.
Más, sobre sus capacidades. Ahora el "láser" que lleva equipado para muy altas resoluciones y pruebas químicas:
The Laser-Induced Remote Sensing for Chemistry and Micro-Imaging (ChemCam) represents the first active remote-sensing device sent to Mars. The camera portion of the instrument will capture high-resolution images five to ten times as sharp as those returned by the panoramic camera aboard the Mars Exploration Rovers.
The ChemCam allows for a much more rapid analysis of targets, and results will allow planners to make much more informed decisions about examining targets in further detail.
El Curiosity llevará 3 cámaras. La primera que usará, llamada MARDI, es la cámara que durante el descenso se activará, tomando 5 fotogramas por segundo para conocer con mayor exactitud el lugar donde ha aterrizado. Luego, MASTCAM, que es la cámara que va en el mástil, tomará imágenes y vídeo de alta definición a todo color. Y por último, la MAHLI, que es la cámara que servirá de lupa geológica al Curiosity, y que podrá resolver cosas menores del diámetro de un cabello humano a todo color.
La foto que hemos visto es de MAHLI. En la NASA ya deberían tener el vídeo de MARDI. Las fotos y el vídeo de MASTCAM llegarán en unos días, cuando activen la cámara.
Más información:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia ... ageID=4238Dios, que mal equipada está, porque algunos conspiranoicos no pueden ver desde el minuto 1 fotos a color del paisaje
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