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Feb 17 2008, 04:20 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Feb 25 2008, 03:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
The pre-MRO Mars orbiters, as I understand it, shared much of their designs, which helped kept costs down. One idea I have would be if NASA were to design a new platform capable of orbiting Venus, the moon, or Mars (there are some thermal problems, but as Venus Express and several studies have shown, it is possible) and then hold a Discovery-like competition to pick the target and payload for a new mission every two years. I think we could get some really nice missions out of that at a fairly low cost.
Alternately, NASA could complete its just announced partnership to develop cheaper and more capable radar systems and then fly a copy at Mars and Venus to study both the surface and sub-surface. There are lots of ways to do good science and lower costs. But this approach requires planning a series of missions and amortizing development costs. -------------------- |
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