James Cameron is becoming "instrumental" at building a 3D camera for a future Mars land-rover. Why - methinks - do they need to engage the famous James Cameron for this? Is he some expert? Perhaps. Not meaning to bash a fellow Canadian, but aren't there probably a bunch of other scientists in this area that would have more to contribute to this technlogy than James Cameron? More than likely, I'd think.
The one really odd thing about this article - and something just seems quite odd. The articles briefly mentions that they were going to scrap the concept of a 3D camera due to budgetary concerns. Huh? Budgetary concerns? Come on, they have to be kidding me! The current NASA budget is somewhere around $18 billion. How much would this camera really eat up of this budget? $1m? Perhaps? Yeah yeah - budget cuts across the board. I know the song and dance, but I also know that "budget cuts" can be one of the handiest excuses out there for killing projects, so call a spade a spade and just be truthful.
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