[RightWhale]

Dr Malin's spacecraft continues its huge success. He should be receiving awards and medals for the rest of his life.

[cogitator]

Dr Malin's spacecraft continues its huge success. He should be receiving awards and medals for the rest of his life.

Agreed, except that I wouldn't say it was his spacecraft, just his instrument on the spacecraft. It has a few other noteworthy instruments, too. MOLA is a pretty cool tool.

[plusone]

Isn't it odd that the processing of the imagery from this Mars observer craft has been contracted out to a private company, Malin Space Science Services? Why is NASA not doing this in-house?