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NASA Mars Satellite Snaps 1st Public-Picked Photos

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-it-wasn't-uranus dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA today said it took eight high-resolution photos of Mars that were chosen through a public suggestion box the space agency put up in January. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is nicknamed 'the people's camera,' NASA stated. Through the suggestion box known as HiWish, NASA has received nearly 1,000 suggestions. The first eight images of areas the public selected are available online."

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  1. I was all like, "Take pictures of the surface" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    And they listened.

    1. Re:I was all like, "Take pictures of the surface" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      To be fair, the other 992 suggestions requested pics of the Mars Face specifically.

  2. Re:And within seconds... by Fx.Dr · · Score: 4, Funny

    It would appear the resources allocated to resolve the issues with the Prius were pulled from NASA's pool of web devs.

  3. Give them a break.... by Orga · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know you guys have to wait for the images to get from Mars to here. stop hitting REFRESH!