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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, 06:24 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
This is the third or fourth time I've seen mass production of planetary spacecraft come up on the forum (I instigated one such discussion). Unfortunately, in order to realize any economy of scale, you not only have to place severe constraints on payload mass & volume that may well severely restrict the type of experiments that can be flown, but you also have to assume a stable budget environment for many years...and historically, the latter has been anything but. The third fly in the soup is technological advancement, which tends to obviate long-term configuration control as new methods become available.
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