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Esa Aurora Rover - Still Planned For 2009?
DavidVicari
post Dec 20 2004, 03:45 PM
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All the talk about Phoenix and MSL reminded me, isn’t ESA planning a rover for 2009?

Is 2009 still the planned launch year?

Any info about its capabilities? How will it compare to MSL?

What sort of EDL is it going to use?
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djellison
post Dec 20 2004, 04:16 PM
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To be honest - it's unlikely to go ahead. It would be slightly larger than MER - solar powered - and have a payload a little more like MSL called 'Pasteur' - for biology research.

However imho - before dedicating E500m+ to it, they need to prove they can do ANY EDL to mars with a Beagle follow up - in the mould of Netlander.

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