One of the great feats of his career, film director James Cameron counts the rather unorthodox achievement of having the ability to convince NASA to take advantage of a stereoscopic camera on its next Mars rover project. Unfortunately for him, us, and the hard working folks over at Malin Space Science Systems, technical snags had been encountered within the integration of the jumbo mastcam (pictured above) with the rover’s hardware and the resulting delays have caused NASA to nix the belief altogether. You could think that 3D visuals of Red Planet gravel will probably be no great loss, however the MSSS cams also had zoom lenses attached, whereas the research project will now be returning to tried and true fixed focal length imaging. Ah well, such is the bumpy road to interterrestrial enlightenment. NASA’s rover, titled Curiosity, is ready to start its voyage in November of this year, while Cameron and co remain upbeat concerning the future, saying they’re “certain that this technology will play the most important role in future missions.”
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