"Soviet Mars spacecraft possibly spotted in photos" Topic

"Space fans from Russia scanning NASA images have spotted what may be a Soviet spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1971 and then mysteriously stopped working.

Photos taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter circling the red planet pointed to what may be the Mars 3 lander along with its parachute, heat shield and other hardware that it jettisoned during the descent through the thin Martian atmosphere.

While scientists said the find appeared promising, more follow-up was needed to rule out other possibilities.

Mars 3 operated for only 15 seconds on the Martian surface before it suddenly stopped communicating. It was part of a double mission the Soviet Union launched in 1971. Its twin, Mars 2, crashed.

The Russian space enthusiasts were part of an online group that followed the Curiosity rover, NASA's latest Mars mission. They used crowdsourcing to pore through publicly available archive images and contacted scientists about their find…"
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Armand

Check for spent shell casings, probably shot down during a Thark wedding.

With all the money spent on these things, isn't it amazing how the pictures routinely suck? Where are the good pictures?

The survey pictures are taken with the CTX camera which has a resolution of around 6m.

The Hires camera has a resolution of around .3m. Once something interesting is found it can be photographed with that camera.

It's all pretty amazing, you're looking at photos taken 300 miles away from the subject and then transmitted back to Earth.

We've been doing this since the 70's. By now, I'd expect something better than what we normally get.

I see, and you have personally taken steps to make things "better" by doing…what? Oh. Right.

chriskrum is right on. Amazing stuff.