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James Cameron's 3D Camera Is Not Going to Mars

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
March 25, 2011
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NASA Stops Work on James Cameron’s Cameras for Mars Science Laboratory
“Work has stopped on an alternative version of the instrument, with a pair of zoom-lens cameras, which would have provided additional capabilities for improved three-dimensional video. The installed Mastcam on the Mars Science Laboratory mission’s Curiosity rover uses two fixed-focal-length cameras: a telephoto for one eye and wider angle for the other. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built the Mastcam and was funded by NASA last year to see whether a zoom version could be developed in time for testing on Curiosity.”

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