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Mer 3 Possibility?
Should NASA Send a MER C To Mars in the interim between now and the next rover in 2011?
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Marslauncher
post Sep 27 2005, 11:04 PM
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I was just wondering about this, they have test rovers at JPL, which will eventually not be needed, they have a Proven EDL system and they have a few sites which were still MER rated (although I would like to see the one featured in Steve's book Roving Mars, where they land in Valles Marineris (I think that was right one of the Valles anyway) (solar power would suck though..) What would be the chances of using all the materials we already have and launching a new MER or pair of MER's in 2007?

They could upgrade some of the payload, based on results from the MER's data, must be something they wished they had.?

Just wondered.

How much would this cost?
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- Marslauncher   Mer 3 Possibility?   Sep 27 2005, 11:04 PM
- - Cugel   It's impossible. The MER rovers were optimize...   Sep 27 2005, 11:44 PM
|- - infocat13   QUOTE (Cugel @ Sep 27 2005, 06:44 PM)It's...   Sep 30 2005, 11:29 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (infocat13 @ Oct 1 2005, 12:29 AM)I hav...   Sep 30 2005, 11:36 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (infocat13 @ Sep 30 2005, 11:29 PM)MER ...   Oct 1 2005, 01:48 AM
- - Marslauncher   Thanks, however if and I know this is a big if the...   Sep 28 2005, 12:40 AM
|- - dilo   I strongly sponsorize this idea! If a laucher ...   Sep 28 2005, 05:06 AM
- - vikingmars   ...And it's very hard to send to space equipme...   Sep 28 2005, 07:38 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   The problems are: (1) The MERs, unmodified, simp...   Sep 28 2005, 07:45 AM
|- - tty   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Sep 28 2005, 09:45 AM)(1...   Sep 28 2005, 05:33 PM
||- - djellison   QUOTE (tty @ Sep 28 2005, 05:33 PM)but probab...   Sep 28 2005, 05:54 PM
||- - helvick   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 28 2005, 06:54 PM)What...   Sep 28 2005, 08:13 PM
||- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (helvick @ Sep 28 2005, 03:13 PM)That...   Sep 28 2005, 08:31 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Sep 28 2005, 12:45 AM)Th...   Sep 28 2005, 07:03 PM
- - djellison   The two engineering models sat on the ground here ...   Sep 28 2005, 10:02 AM
|- - Marslauncher   The original mission cost almost $800m, they ...   Sep 28 2005, 11:24 AM
- - mike   If NASA/JPL had unlimited money, I'd say send ...   Sep 28 2005, 07:11 PM
- - RNeuhaus   I think that everybody wants to keep to be busy wi...   Sep 28 2005, 07:18 PM
|- - Marslauncher   Thought I would get a poll started just to get a n...   Sep 28 2005, 07:49 PM
|- - mcaplinger   Though there have been many rumors to the contrary...   Sep 28 2005, 10:13 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 28 2005, 11:13 PM)Tho...   Sep 28 2005, 10:16 PM
|- - enyo   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 28 2005, 10:13 PM)Tho...   Dec 30 2005, 11:13 PM
- - djellison   Why do you want to send a pressure and wind sensor...   Sep 28 2005, 08:42 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 28 2005, 03:42 PM)Why ...   Sep 28 2005, 08:44 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 28 2005, 09:42 PM)Why ...   Sep 28 2005, 08:59 PM
- - djellison   They wont generate electricity if that's what ...   Sep 28 2005, 08:59 PM
- - mike   A little wind-catching device would have to genera...   Sep 28 2005, 09:37 PM
- - djellison   The mass involved would be much MUCH better used a...   Sep 28 2005, 09:49 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 28 2005, 10:49 PM)The ...   Sep 28 2005, 10:29 PM
- - RNeuhaus   Maybe, with the aeoleans instruments will help MER...   Sep 28 2005, 09:51 PM
- - Jeff7   Perhaps NASA could develop a "barebones...   Sep 29 2005, 12:02 AM
|- - Marslauncher   mcaplinger Posted Yesterday, 10:13 PM "Thou...   Sep 29 2005, 12:28 AM
||- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Marslauncher @ Sep 28 2005, 04:28 PM)I...   Sep 29 2005, 03:23 AM
||- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 29 2005, 04:23 AM)I...   Sep 29 2005, 01:23 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Sep 29 2005, 12:02 AM)Perhaps ...   Sep 29 2005, 10:47 AM
|- - Marslauncher   Thank you so much for your wonderful reply, good t...   Sep 29 2005, 11:15 AM
- - mike   It's good to know that someone who is actually...   Sep 29 2005, 03:36 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   The trouble is that: (1) The top-level analyses ...   Sep 29 2005, 02:56 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Sep 29 2005, 03:56 PM)Th...   Sep 29 2005, 05:08 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (helvick @ Sep 29 2005, 05:08 PM)There ...   Sep 29 2005, 05:49 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 29 2005, 10:49 AM)Do...   Sep 30 2005, 04:42 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   While the discovery of Martian life might very wel...   Sep 30 2005, 08:07 PM
- - djellison   We dont have enough DSN dishes or relay capacity f...   Oct 1 2005, 09:36 AM
|- - Steve G   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 1 2005, 02:36 AM)We do...   Dec 29 2005, 07:40 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   It *does* seem to be poor economics to constantly ...   Dec 29 2005, 10:04 AM
- - djellison   I wonder if an MER would overheat during a two-wee...   Dec 29 2005, 10:30 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 29 2005, 11:30 AM)I wo...   Dec 29 2005, 12:20 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   The ESA's current plans for ExoMars DO call fo...   Dec 29 2005, 11:50 AM
- - djellison   EDL would have to be totally different obviously, ...   Dec 29 2005, 12:28 PM
|- - Steve G   QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 29 2005, 05:28 AM)EDL ...   Dec 30 2005, 04:27 AM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (Steve G @ Dec 30 2005, 03:27 PM)check ...   Dec 30 2005, 04:44 AM
|- - nprev   Viking 3 would have been wild...I sure hope that M...   Dec 30 2005, 08:36 AM
- - PhilCo126   VikingMars, the 1984 Viking III project You mentio...   Dec 29 2005, 06:13 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Apparently it never even came close to being serio...   Dec 30 2005, 02:34 PM
- - lyford   I am very curious how they planned to squeeze ever...   Dec 30 2005, 06:27 PM
- - edstrick   Easy. They land a semi-trailer with all the extra...   Dec 30 2005, 08:28 PM
- - Toma B   I know this is stupid idea but I would like to kno...   Dec 30 2005, 08:39 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Toma B @ Dec 30 2005, 01:39 PM)I know ...   Dec 30 2005, 08:52 PM
|- - Steve G   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 30 2005, 01:52 PM)Not a ba...   Dec 31 2005, 02:23 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   There have been proposals to land two rovers near ...   Dec 31 2005, 03:16 AM

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