Do the scientists studying Mars have enough pictures taken of Mars to recognize certain parts of it?
Yes, we’ve taken many images of Mars, with several spacecraft, and at different resolutions. The Viking missions imaged the entire planet at a medium-resolution, and the Mars Global Surveyor camera now takes very high-resolution images. It is difficult to image the entire planet at high-resolution (imagine how many pictures it would take to cover the whole Earth, if each picture were the size of a polaroid image!) So we take pictures at different resolutions to see different aspects of the planet. We have medium-res global images which allow us to identify and map large features, which allows us to pick interesting places to take high-resolution images to explore in more detail. Robert A. Mase Lead Navigator 2001 Mars Odyssey Mission NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory QUESTION: How can I be a part of what you all do, like controlling the Odyssey and what not. Because I think that would be an awesome job, and your whole team does an excellent job at doing it. ANSWER: I am not an ODYSSEY f
