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curiousuburb · 2014-11-13, 04:54

The OSIRIS camera (arguably Rosetta's best) is a whopping 4 MegaPixels.

Whippersnappers may laugh, but that would have been pretty impressive back then... and traditionally space missions stick with tried and tested hardware for reliability sake.

curiousuburb Antimatter Man Join Date: May 2004 Location: that interweb thing	2014-11-13, 04:54 The OSIRIS camera (arguably Rosetta's best) is a whopping 4 MegaPixels. Whippersnappers may laugh, but that would have been pretty impressive back then... and traditionally space missions stick with tried and tested hardware for reliability sake. All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.
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