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djellison
post Mar 1 2005, 12:28 PM
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http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/apio/mars_materials2.htm

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/apio/pdf/mar...m_synthesis.pdf is a good one

What would appear to be the most obvious change to the current mars roadmap is pushing MSL back to '11 - but flying two - bring the '11 Scout forward to '09 and still fly the telecoms orbiter in '09

Benefits - more time to perfect or redesign the Skycrane, assured comms ability with Telecoms orbiter already in situ - and perhaps an chance to fly an MER copy as the '09 Scout instead as a literal 'scout' for the second MSL.

Obviously Bruce was at some interesting meetings on the same subject - and isnt saying mutch (yet biggrin.gif ) but of the multiple roadmaps presented - that to me would be the obvious call

Doug
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- djellison   Mars Roadmaps   Mar 1 2005, 12:28 PM
- - slinted   Great info! One interesting tidbit from the...   Mar 1 2005, 01:41 PM
- - tedstryk   I wonder if that EOM will hold. My guess is that ...   Mar 1 2005, 01:56 PM
- - slinted   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Mar 1 2005, 01:56 PM)I wond...   Mar 1 2005, 02:00 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   "Astronomy" is about to put its version ...   Mar 1 2005, 02:02 PM
- - Analyst   If you delay MSL from 2009 to 2011 with the promis...   Mar 1 2005, 03:12 PM
- - MiniTES   I agree- fly MSL sooner rather than later. There w...   Mar 1 2005, 03:24 PM
- - tedstryk   A lot of this will have to do with how Skycrane or...   Mar 1 2005, 04:03 PM
- - MiniTES   Where has this Skycrane idea come from? I think it...   Mar 1 2005, 05:56 PM
- - lyford   QUOTE (MiniTES @ Mar 1 2005, 09:56 AM)Where h...   Mar 1 2005, 08:05 PM
- - Sunspot   QUOTE (slinted @ Mar 1 2005, 02:00 PM)QUOTE (...   Mar 1 2005, 08:42 PM
- - tedstryk   Here you go.   Mar 1 2005, 09:53 PM
- - Sunspot   Thanks   Mar 1 2005, 11:22 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   To add another advance tidbit from my SpaceDaily a...   Mar 2 2005, 01:02 AM
- - cIclops   Space.com have recently published more hints about...   Mar 13 2005, 08:23 AM
- - djellison   I cant see the argument w.r.t. delaying MSL to ens...   Mar 13 2005, 09:49 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   The Mars Strategic Roadmap group did talk briefly ...   Mar 19 2005, 10:27 AM
- - djellison   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Mar 19 2005, 10:27 AM)th...   Mar 19 2005, 11:33 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   Well, of course I'm assuming they won't ke...   Mar 20 2005, 02:52 PM


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