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Originally Posted by Biff
Does anyone find it odd how they have all this manpower, technology and resources to land probes on Mars.. yet the camera resolutions are 1024x1024 pixels in B&W? There are some hardcore conspiracy nutz that claim this is all horse shit that the sensors are similar to what lives in high end dslr's. They also claim the B&W images are to hide the fact that the sky is blue. They also claim we get dumbed downed and photochopped versions of the real images which are ultra high res and show remnants of life. Also, spy satellites can read a postage stamp from space, yet the Mars sats can get anywhere near that close, or maybe they do not want us to see it..
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You sound like one of those crazy conspiracy nutz that you're talking about. So I'll just quote Whiplash's earlier reply to you:
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Originally Posted by Whiplash
Space/mars is very different to earth. People tend to forget that when comparing things like consumer technology to what's been fired into space on the back of a rocket.
The computer you're using is way more powerful than the Hubble telescope, for example.
In order to get a lot of machinery through things like radiation belts, or to operate well in harsh environments, the latest 20,000 gigapixel sony handycam would just fry up. This is why, when you look at the inside of the space shuttle, you don't see an array of touch screens. Instead you see big chunky switches. Why? Because they don't break :P
(Also, spy satellites are closer to earth than the Van Allen (and other) radiation belts, so they can get away with more sensitive equipment...)
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BTW, Hannibal hasn't been around lately - would you like to put your hand up to take over the title of Resident Conspiracy Nut?