so why then haven't the mars probes on their way to mars not taken any photo's during transit between the two planets (earth to mars), is it because they wouldn't take the photo's or they couldn't take photo's?
we've all seen plenty of pix taken once the probes (the surveyors and landers) have reached their pre-determined destinations whether in orbit around or on the surface of mars.
I'm aware of only one camera on board the mars landers and this would be neatly tucked away during transit phase until its reached the destination, this way the camera couldn't be damaged during transit by particles in space, and further to this the logistics needs to be given carefull consideration as well, if there are to be more than one camera, such as extra weight for payload purposes, extra space required in the probe to house the extra equipment, you have to keep in mind that space agencies keep their payloads to an absolute minimum and thats because of the considerable resources that are required just to get the payloads out of earths gravity in the first instance!!
But its ok for the Google car which captures 360degree photos of 20mega pixels that doesn't have these constraints with leaving the earths gravity to contend with does it......
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