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NASA Releases New Topographic Map of North America

Posted by michael on from the look-like-ants-from-up-here dept.

robsimmon writes "Given all the NASA bashing lately (and the tendency of Slashdot contributors to assume NASA does nothing but Human Spaceflight and Space Science) here's a recent NASA success story: NASA's Newest Maps Reveal a Continent's Grandeur and a Secret. Granted, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission did fly on the Endeavour, but it was an Earth Science mission. Interesting signature of the Chicxulub impact crater, which was not visible in previous topographic maps."

6 of 17 comments (clear)

  1. Finally by jptechnical · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can see my house from here!

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  2. Images are available from lots of missions/craft by Exocet · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/PIADetQuery.html

    Images are available from the 2001 Mars Odyssey, Cassini, Galileo, etc. Go check 'em out!

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  3. Re:Images are available from lots of missions/craf by (a*2)+(ron) · · Score: 2, Interesting


    Wow, there's some awesome stuff there.

    Thanks for the link!

  4. Re:Maybe I'm a little dense, but ... by C21 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    thats how people formulate scientific theories based on empiricism, they interpret data into their own ideas. This theory, along with every new theory, is now standing to be negated and scrutinized by anyone with the knowledge/ability to do so

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  5. try these images by molo · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is more clear without the dashed line in the way.

    http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/earth/centralameric a/pia03379_combined_340_264.jpg

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  6. Now that's what I call an image... by JamesO · · Score: 3, Funny


    208 Megabytes

    Broadband? Bring it on!