"The MGS MOC is able to resolve features on the surface of Mars as small as a few meters across from its nominal 350 to 405 kilometers (217 to 252 miles) altitude. From a distance of 100 kilometers (62 miles), MOC would be able to resolve features substantially smaller than 1 meter across. Engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL; Pasadena, California), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC, Denver, Colorado), and Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS; San Diego, California) worked very closely together to acquire images of Mars Express and Mars Odyssey."
Wow!
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So now that the two Mars satellites can take pictures of this other; I guess we have proved they are really there? What is the point this? If they have time to play games like this, they ought to be able to find the time to shoot some "non-scientific" photos in the Cydonia region... The pictures that have been shot have not been anywhere near the maximum resolution they claim that they can achieve. I wonder why that is?
Good question, I'll second that.
As far as I know this is the first time a craft orbiting another planet has taken pictures of its fellow probes . . . an interesting technical feat. But I'm with you on wanting new and better photos of some of the Martian anomalies.
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