How far we've come in the last 50 years!
Back in 1972, a team at JPL spent days pasting together photographs taken by Mariner 9 by hand to create a 4-foot globe of Mars. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/technology-then-and-now
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Back in 1972, a team at JPL spent days pasting together photographs taken by Mariner 9 by hand to create a 4-foot globe of Mars. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/technology-then-and-now
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#NASAhistory
Technology Then and Now
Before there were computers and software that could stitch together digital images, they were printed on photo paper, trimmed by hand, and taped in place on a large black board.NASA