• These Are The Cameras Currently Shooting On Mars
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[QUOTE=gaboer;37117128]SD cards can survive under water, one sd card was found in a camera dropped in an ocean for a year and still worked. [url]http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/after-a-year-in-the-pacific-ocean-a-canon-eos-camera-photographs-are-reunited-with-its-owners-28-11-2011/[/url][/QUOTE] It's like how some people (like me) put their keyboards in the dishwasher to clean them. You can do that. The only reason water is bad for electronics is that shit gets fucked up if you run a current through a wet object. So, clean it and let it dry and you're fine.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37116600]Why would they use SD? They don't have any plans to be physically removing the memory any time soon.[/QUOTE] That's what [I]you[/I] think.
SD cards are durable and simple.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37117425]It's like how some people (like me) put their keyboards in the dishwasher to clean them. You can do that. The only reason water is bad for electronics is that shit gets fucked up if you run a current through a wet object. So, clean it and let it dry and you're fine.[/QUOTE] Not even that, it's just water shorting a circuit that causes problems.
I know, that's basically what I meant.
Well a device can be totally wet and you can still run a current through it and it will work, hell if the water is sterile you have a good chance of using the device underwater.
well shit maybe if you've got a processor with a 10,000,000 nm manufacturing process then your camera will work underwater yes
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;37118229]well shit maybe if you've got a processor with a 10,000,000 nm manufacturing process then your camera will work underwater yes[/QUOTE] What the hell are you talking about. 10,000,000 nm is 10 millimeters.
I know i'm making an incredibly pisspoor joke. Virtually any piece of modern electronics would be at risk of complete destruction upon actual use when submerged in water.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;37115560]8 gigs of onboard storage? What is this, 2003?[/QUOTE] My phone has more storage. What the fuck NASA. With such a high def camera, you would think they'd put more storage on it. I mean seriously, a MicroSD card can hold like 64 gigs for 80 bucks, and I know something like that would have no problem withstanding the trip and a prolonged stay on Mars.
[QUOTE=Master Kief-117;37119905]My phone has more storage. What the fuck NASA. With such a high def camera, you would think they'd put more storage on it. I mean seriously, a MicroSD card can hold like 64 gigs for 80 bucks, and I know something like that would have no problem withstanding the trip and a prolonged stay on Mars.[/QUOTE] They don't need any more storage than 8gb
There probably is another reason for the space, maybe it's all they need for caching before sending it off to earth, even the most resilient and indestructible flash drive is relatively cheap nowadays.
Actual video of the landing: [url]http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/08/curiosity-descent-video/[/url]
[QUOTE=Master Kief-117;37119905]My phone has more storage. What the fuck NASA. With such a high def camera, you would think they'd put more storage on it. I mean seriously, a MicroSD card can hold like 64 gigs for 80 bucks, and I know something like that would have no problem withstanding the trip and a prolonged stay on Mars.[/QUOTE] They don't need any bigger because it's just stored while it's being sent.
[QUOTE=Master Kief-117;37119905]My phone has more storage. What the fuck NASA. With such a high def camera, you would think they'd put more storage on it. I mean seriously, a MicroSD card can hold like 64 gigs for 80 bucks, and I know something like that would have no problem withstanding the trip and a prolonged stay on Mars.[/QUOTE] Already been explained. [QUOTE=GunFox;37115790]The stuff sent up always lags significantly behind the tech curve. It has to be hardened all to hell to ensure that it virtually never fails and can withstand large amounts of radiation.[/QUOTE]
Maybe we will find the lost rover that got stuck on Mars a few years back
What I'm most excited for is actual footage of mars. It's one thing to see still frames, but I think being able to see actual 720p video will be an incredible sight.
That's some pretty outdated tech but it's understandable since it's radiation proof and shit Cameras that survive underwater or a couple meters of shock are already way behind normal DSLRs so something that resists [I][B]mars[/B][/I] would be pretty old compared to any camera here.
[QUOTE=BCell;37120078]Maybe we will find the lost rover that got stuck on Mars a few years back[/QUOTE] They don't land these rovers in the same location.
[QUOTE=IliekBoxes;37115573]I wanna see some red rovers[/QUOTE] That would actually be hilarious if the US stumbles across a Chinese rover, and the Chinese rover looks at ours and just slowly backs away.
'merika is back, baby![img]http://www.gainmoneyfast.com/-159174/3763.htm[/img] Atleast that was going well, after the slashback from CERN.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;37115560]8 gigs of onboard storage? What is this, 2003?[/QUOTE] all electronics on the rover are radiation-hardened, and that stuff is hard to make [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening"]from wikipedia:[/URL] [quote]Most radiation-hardened chips are based on their commercial equivalents, with some manufacturing and design variations that reduce the susceptibility to radiation damage. Due to the extensive development and testing required to produce a radiation-tolerant design of a microelectronic chip, radiation-hardened chips tend to lag behind the cutting-edge of developments.[/quote]
[QUOTE=Ratzz;37115673]I bet we're gonna find iron. Yeah, lots of iron. You wait and see.[/QUOTE] I bet we will find lots of dirt.
I don't think I've ever seen HD footage of the surface. Do want.
Can't help but wonder why they didn't use an excisting camera and modded that. Any hour spent on making a custom camera must be super expensive.
[QUOTE=BCell;37120078]Maybe we will find the lost rover that got stuck on Mars a few years back[/QUOTE] It's not lost. They know exactly where it is, it's just that it got stuck and was unable to move, and thus was unable to prepare itself for a Martian winter and died permanently. They spent several months trying to unstuck it.
[QUOTE=Master Kief-117;37119905]My phone has more storage. What the fuck NASA. With such a high def camera, you would think they'd put more storage on it. I mean seriously, a MicroSD card can hold like 64 gigs for 80 bucks, and I know something like that would have no problem withstanding the trip and a prolonged stay on Mars.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;37115560]8 gigs of onboard storage? What is this, 2003?[/QUOTE] ITT: under ~21 year olds question hardware decisions made by probably some of the most intelligent people on earth MY TOASTER TAKES HIGHER RESOLUTION PHOTOS NASA U SHOULD HAVE SENT THAT UP INSTEAD LOL
For god sakes. You people! It takes thousands upon thousands of dollars to radiation-proof ANYTHING. You send something like that through space, it's gotta be radiation proof. Even if you were to encase a off the shelf DSLR in a ton of lead and kablammie it to Mars, it would still need to be protected from radiation. Of course it's going to be super expensive and time consuming! You think there's nothing up in space? It's a melting pot of radiation, gases, asteroids, planets, aliens, and awesome shit all in a never-ending(?) stew we call the universe! Something like an 8GB flash chip to send it into space requires tons of R&D to make sure it will withstand radiation. Besides, they're not storing every single picture they make on the chip, they're probably beaming them up to Odyssey when it's got a strong enough signal to it, then Odyssey is sending it to Earth. It's not like we're going to send humans to Mars to recover an SD card or something. Also, it seems like some of you folks expect NASA to send something like an full out super computer to the Red Awesome. They're really only going to send what they need. Why would you send something like an array of i7's hooked up to a parallel processing kajiggamathingie when a couple basic processors for sample processing and image processing are all they need? One day, we will go to Mars with our uber gamr rigs and colonize it with our pimply faced basement dweller psuedo-science kind. ONE DAY!
[QUOTE=GunFox;37115790]The stuff sent up always lags significantly behind the tech curve. It has to be hardened all to hell to ensure that it virtually never fails and can withstand large amounts of radiation.[/QUOTE] My main question is why the heck haven't they armed it? God only knows what's up there, should be equipped with a few rounds of buckshot at least.
[QUOTE=joe588;37125515] God only knows what's up there[/QUOTE] rocks lots of rocks
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