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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Jul 15 2007, 10:29 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 8-May 05 Member No.: 381 |
Instead of "close to launch" I probably should have said "so far along in the development cycle". What I was getting at is that MSL is not very receptive to adding major new features at this point. The volume of the rover has been split amongst the various systems and experiments, and adding a sample cache system now would mean moving a lot of things around, especially considering the cache location would be constrained by where the sample delivery system arm could reach.
I actually like the idea of adding sample caches to future rovers like ExoMars and the astrobiology rover, but I think it's too late for MSL unless a major funding increase is imminent. |
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