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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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Aug 25 2005, 01:39 PM
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And why the american data realy - is MEX expected to give up in the near future?
America wont supply an EDl system - ITAR makes sure of that. Doug |
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Aug 25 2005, 01:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 26-March 04 From: Edam, The Netherlands Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 25 2005, 01:39 PM) And why the american data realy - is MEX expected to give up in the near future? America wont supply an EDl system - ITAR makes sure of that. Doug They probably don't want to rely just on MEX, because IF it fails before 2013 (which is a long time from now), they have no orbiting european hardware left, and DTE is not a option offcourse by that time, considering the produced datavolume of such a craft..... You're right about ITAR.....but they WANT the american EDL system, as is written in the article..... Anyway.....the more rovers up there, the better. But it would be better to allocate the money for, let's say, 2, 3 or even 4 sojouner type of vehicles (with moles and streaming video on its mast, maybe even brought there by the same (1 or 2) launcher. Equip them with tiny little sweet RTG's and there you go. But that's my idea..... |
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