Difference between revisions of "MOC Public Targeting Program"

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Image:Gully in Phaethontis.jpg|Group of gullies on north wall of crater that lies west of the crater Newton (41.3047 degrees south latitude, 192.89 east longitide).  Image taken with [[Mars Global Surveyor]] under the MOC Public Targeting Program.
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Image:Lava flow in Elysium.JPG|Lava flow in Elysium.  There are many lava flows in the [[Elysium quadrangle]].  In this one, the lava flowed toward the upper right.  Image taken by ''Mars Global Surveyor'', under the MOC Public Targeting Program.
 
Image:Lava flow in Elysium.JPG|Lava flow in Elysium.  There are many lava flows in the [[Elysium quadrangle]].  In this one, the lava flowed toward the upper right.  Image taken by ''Mars Global Surveyor'', under the MOC Public Targeting Program.

Revision as of 06:07, 27 December 2023

The MOC Public Targeting Program was a very popular program that followed the Mars Global Surveyor's pictures of Mars. A total of 4,636 requests came in from the general public. Of these, 1,086 were photographed by the Mars Observer Camera. Many of the requests eventually resulted in publications. A little more than half of the requests came from a single member of the general public.[1] One of the people wrote in the Planetary Report that working with MGS was as exciting as being a football fan able to run a few plays in the Super Bowl.[2] Images from the Public Target program can be found at http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/

Examples of pictures taken through Public Target program

  1. Malin, M., et al. 2010. An overview of the 1885-2006 Mars Orbiter Camera science investigation. Mars: 5. 1-60. Template:Doi
  2. Secosky. J. 2007. "Public involvement." The Planetary Report: 27.19