That capacity would be great. A lot of fun, really.

I don't know, but I'd wonder if that capability would be as necessary for the mission as some other use of the weight and power.

And maybe they upgraded the CCDs instead, relying on digital magnification later.

It also seems to me that what with all the moving parts and the computers to run them, they've been absolutely incredibly lucky radiation hasn't knocked something out or seriously degraded the performance. I'm sort of amazed that the only real losses are of time and have been due to human error.

Mars, so far, has been friendly. But we seem to be the first visitor to not make a great big SPLAT when we came.

Arf