QUESTION:
Will we (the general public) be able to access real time transmission as you
receive it? I'm sure it would be of great interest to everyone.

ANSWER from Rob Manning:
Almost! The real time data that we get is somewhat indecipherable to nearly
everyone. However, individual image frames that we get from our cameras on
the lander will be posted on this website almost immediately after we get
them down. We will also post the image data that JPL's image processing lab
produces from the raw images. These images are corrected for true color and
warp. Also these images will be mosaics of multiple image frames, so the
field of view will be considerably larger than we get from a single 14
degree wide image frame. These processed images will be posted onto the Web
within an hour or two after we get the images down.

--Rob Manning, Chief Engineer, Mars Pathfinder Flight System