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Aug 7 2011, 09:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
'Red Dragon' Mission Mulled as Cheap Search for Mars Life
any opinion on this? would it really make sense adapting a manned spaceship to unmanned Mars landing? I am skeptical... if replying, please remember forum guideline 1.5 |
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Jun 3 2016, 03:55 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10183 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"Probably nonsense"
No, it's a very good idea. There was a plan to do the same in a less planned way with Surveyor 3, parts recovered by Apollo 12. But the results were of limited value because the Surveyor was not as fully documented as needed for this study (i.e samples of materials retained in controlled conditions, records of plastic composition etc., as I understand it). There was a thought about doing the same in future with an Apollo LM, but by that time, after Apollo 12, only one LM remained to be finished, the Apollo 17 one, so it was documented thoroughly. One reason NASA limits future access to Apollo 17's LM on the Moon, but not Apollo 16 for example, is to preserve it for that kind of future analysis. But a properly designed panel of test materials like this with exact copies preserved on Earth for comparison would be a very good experiment. No power, small mass, no operational costs. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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