This sort of marvellous mission and achievement contributes positively to the world and shows America in a really great perspective. I only wish you did more of it.

More power (and money) to you!

PS. Looking forward to the Shuttle launch too. Another area where you do indeed have the right stuff.

Well done, Mr Reed, well done. Thanks too Phil for bringing this to our attention.

This is science, exploration and America at its best.

Incidentally, if you look at the righthand section of the Cerberus Fossae trench, you can see a series of parallel dunes in the bottom of the trench that are exactly the same as the Hoagland “worms”. Except this is more obviously concave because of the view angle. Comparing the two makes it really obvious what they are.

You’re welcome. I’ll step up and take a measure of credit for the results. After spending three and a half years of my life developing HiRISE and personally installing and aligning every one of the imager’s optics, it’s rewarding to have both the scientific community and the lay community enthralled and excited by the initial small sample of what will be a vast wealth of areological data.

- Timothy Reed
HiRISE Optical Integration Team