QUESTION:
For Mike Malin: About how much time do you work with the cameras?

ANSWER from Mike Malin on November 28, 1996:
Most of my work right now doesn't actually involve working with the 
cameras, although I do get to do some of that. The Mars Global 
Surveyor camera is on its way to Mars right now, and we've only 
gotten to "play" with it once so far (we tried to take a picture of the 
Earth but missed). We will get to turn it on and take some pictures 
next week (we're going to try to photograph Earth again), and then 
again in January (we'll try to take some star pictures). But normally, 
the camera is off. We haven't built the Mars Surveyor 1998 cameras 
yet (we've just started ordering the computer chips and lenses). 
Thanksfor writing.

Mike Malin
Principal Investigator