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Aug 25 2005, 11:22 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4180840.stm
Europe has fixed on a concept for its next mission to land on the Red Planet. It aims to send a single robot rover to the Martian surface along with another, stationary, science package. |
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Jan 30 2008, 12:10 PM
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Skycrane AND Airbags AND an orbiter that gets thrown away AND a year long wait on orbit.
AND making the assumption that MRO/MEX/MODY will be in a position to offer relay, 8 years from now without providing any alternative of our own. I really am sorry to sound so negative about Exomars...it just seems like the wrong way to be going - lots of decisions that seem to be inappropriate compromises to problems that should be engineered out of the equation. I really really don't want to see ESA spend this much money and get it wrong, and I think they are. Big Kudos to Ustrax for getting us some lovely juicy details! Doug |
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Jan 30 2008, 12:16 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
AND...although I'm an optimistic one...did you see that there is something that I haven't read before?...A reference to 2016?...
Kudos?...I'd rather have a beer paid in the nearest pub... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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