Saturday, October 22, 2005

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is Already Breaking Records!

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter set the record for interplanetary missions, sending back the most data in a single day!

An unprecedented amount of data - the equivalent of 13 CDs - was returned by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission in a single day! NASA's latest mission to Mars sent 75 gigabits of data back to Earth from millions of miles away, including beautiful pictures of the Moon.


Boy, those NASA PR boys sure like exclamation points.

1 comment:

Mac said...

Exactly. It's quality, not sheer quantity.

In any case, it's nice to know the MRO is functioning.