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Jan 22 2005, 01:21 PM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
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Aug 29 2005, 03:23 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
I think that the "main problem" of the Phoenix Mission is the budget restriction. I am sad of this. It is like to take a very expensive trip to a very exotic place at another side of Earth to visit only for 3 days instead of one month in order to be satisfied with the spent money.
So that Phoenix mission would be more worth is that it can 1) last longer than few months, perhaps one to two Mars years to work as a full edition meteorological and seissmic station, 2) be able to drill as deep as many meters, 3) by able to hop to a another close interesting place (remains fuel will freeze???, what happens with during its cruise travel to Mars for many months in a very cold space -don't really know what is the real Kevin temperature is in the space- without freezing the fuel?? as Doug has said previously). Rodolfo |
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Aug 29 2005, 03:36 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Aug 29 2005, 03:23 PM) 1) last longer than few months, perhaps one to two Mars years to work as a full edition meteorological and seissmic station, 2) be able to drill as deep as many meters, 3) by able to hop to a another close interesting place (remains fuel will freeze???, what happens with during its cruise travel to Mars for many months in a very cold space -don't really know what is the real Kevin temperature is in the space- without freezing the fuel?? as Doug has said previously). Rodolfo 1) Cant happen with solar power - you'd need a big, heavy, unavailable, expensive RTG. 2) You'd need a much larger spacecraft to do that 3) All sorts of reasons why phoenix cant do that What're you suggesting isnt changed to Phoneix - is a $1Bn mission all of its own called Mars Deep Drill Doug |
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Aug 29 2005, 04:50 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 29 2005, 03:36 PM) 1) Cant happen with solar power - you'd need a big, heavy, unavailable, expensive RTG. 2) You'd need a much larger spacecraft to do that 3) All sorts of reasons why phoenix cant do that What're you suggesting isnt changed to Phoneix - is a $1Bn mission all of its own called Mars Deep Drill Doug With the way the program works, I would add that we are thinking falsly if we think that "hmmm...., instead of Phoenix, why don't we save up a few more years for a bigger mission?" If we didn't launch Phoenix, that money would probably be allocated out of the Mars program. And without Phoenix, the Mars program would currently have no projects in advanced development, making it a dangerous target for budget cutters. And I don't agree with the three days to a month analogy. It is more like going to visit a college before deciding to go study there. Sure, Phoenix is limited in scope, but in addition to doing good science, it will help us prepare for when a real drilling mission like Mars Deep Drill is designed. Sort of like how Pioneer was sent to scout for Voyager. The Pioneers made many discoveries in their own right, but also did a lot to prepare the way. -------------------- |
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