Re: The first self-driving vehicle on Mars has proven to be a smashing success

"Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...

> 3D laser scanners create models of surrounding objects more accurately 
> than
our eyes, which are too close together to give correct distances to
unfamiliar objects much beyond our feet. A good example is the difficulty of
judging height above ground when landing.

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Rock god / astrophysicist Brian May of Queen helped create a method for 
combining separate photographs into 3D models of asteroids.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/23/queen-brian-may-3d-atlas-bennu-asteroid

"The images of the asteroid’s surface ultimately helped researchers find a 
safe landing site for sample collection."

His song "39" is about a near-light-speed spacecraft expedition that returns 
to Earth 100 years later, having aged only a year or so themselves.

"in the land that our grandfathers knew"