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Robert said: What would be the point? There is no point

BRFelix said: The color images you and others have created and shown us may not be absolutely accurate -- we really won't know until we get some human eyes on the Martian surface to check it out...

and I say:

That is the point. Over and above the science, and the prestige of getting a Mars mission right for the first time in a while, there's a few thousand of us Mars Geeks who rely on these rovers to show us what we long to see with our own two eyes in realtime, but will never get the chance. We - who hope our children, or their classmates, or their children will walk the Martian surface - want to see what little we can in the same way they some day may see it.

That's what the whole "True Color" thing is about: once you subtract the NASA Grand Conspiracy claptrap, it's still based on an anticipated emotional response. I understand that as the motive which drives you, Robert - and quite a few of thank you for it.

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