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The article says the video is interpolated with AI. Why can’t we strap a GoPro on there and get some high quality 4K video footage?

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• badcppdev 3y ago
  Insufficient bandwidth to get much 4K video back to Earth.
  • monkeynotes 3y ago
    Apparently using the mars orbiter as a relay they can get up to 30Mbps. I couldn't find out what the transmission rate for lander -> orbiter is though. However lander direct to earth is in the Kbps on a good day.
  • chanandler_bong 3y ago
    https://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html https://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html shows the current status of the DSN, including bandwidth for each stream. Pretty interesting.
• hackernoteng 3y ago
  Exactly. You can't trust any of it. Its all just CGI.