Postmodern Academist
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Chemistry Professor interested in pretty much everything.
When Mariner 4 sent the first digital image of Mars, engineers were too excited to wait for the computer to process an image, and instead colored the data in by hand.
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By NASA/JPL/Dan Goods - NASA Photojournal, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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By NASA/JPL/Dan Goods - NASA Photojournal, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
January 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When Mariner 4 sent the first digital image of Mars, engineers were too excited to wait for the computer to process an image, and instead colored the data in by hand.
web.archive.org/web/20221231...
By NASA/JPL/Dan Goods - NASA Photojournal, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
web.archive.org/web/20221231...
By NASA/JPL/Dan Goods - NASA Photojournal, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...