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To: demlosers
You tell us.

Can you?

69 posted on 01/09/2004 7:44:45 PM PST by genew
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To: genew
You tell us.

Nasa should be using this:


The Pancam calibration target is, by far, the most unique the rover carries. It is in the shape of a sundial and is mounted on the rover deck. Pancam will image the sundial many times during the mission so that scientists can adjust the images they receive from Mars. They will use the colored blocks in the corners of the sundial to calibrate the color in images of the Martian landscape. Pictures of the shadows that are cast by the sundial's center post will allow scientists to properly adjust the brightness of each Pancam image. Children provided artwork for the sides of the base of the sundial.

73 posted on 01/09/2004 7:53:37 PM PST by demlosers (Light weight and flexible - radiation shielding is solved.)
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