didn't know that about MSSS
mho the single best thing about HiRise (the MRO camera) is that the images will get dumped online a-la MER for our consumption - unlike the 6 month MSSS embargo for MOC images. I worry, perhaps unduely, as to what release policy will be in place for MSL imagery as three imaging systems on MSL are all MSSS projects.
Has Malin explained the reasons for sitting on those for 6 months? If you're talking about raw images, I can't imagine why they'd hold on to those for so long ..