News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Mission to reach and operate at the focal region of the solar gravitational lens. Parent comment

Re:Mission to reach and operate at the focal region of the s... by Cerium on Thursday July 28, 2022 @10:59AM (#32265250)
I thought you have to move laterally to get the pixels? "The data are acquired pixel-by-pixel while moving an imaging spacecraft within the image."
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Mission to reach and operate at the focal region of the s... by samus on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:14PM (#32268170)
You can already do that while slowing down. Might require some image correction though to account for that in the pictures.
[ Parent | on HN ]