MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
Jun 1 2007, 03:11 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Rob Manning and I swopped emails last night - and we think it might make sense to pool all the questions people have about MSL (and specifically MSL's EDL ) into one thread - and then answer as many as make sense either via a Q'n'A in the style of the previous ones I've done with Steve and Jim - or via Rob's typing fingers.
It'll be a few weeks till we sort this out - but submit-away until then Doug |
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Jun 20 2007, 07:26 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Because the money isn't there to do it. MER was initially $440m for one - approx $625m for two - which grew to about $850m by launch. One MSL is looking like being $1.5B - so on the estimated 'second is 50% extra' formula - another $750M would have to be found, and given the state of Space Science at the moment...that's just not going to happen.
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