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Another mission to Ares Vallis?, A mission to continue where Pathfinder wasn't able
RichforMars
post Jun 4 2015, 12:55 AM
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Hi,

I'm curious to know, what does anyone here think?

I sure would like to another mission to that region, within range of the P&S mission.

Sojourner's last step was to be sent to fifty meters from the craft to analyis the rocks. So a hypothetical mission would look like one of the MER's or perhaps it may even be bigger to continue where the PS mission wasn't able to.

Obviously another Sojourner rover isn't practical for the terrain in that region, there wouldn't be anything wrong with another repeat of that mission, but as it is obvious missions are always innovative with testing technology.
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djellison
post Jun 4 2015, 05:05 AM
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QUOTE (RichforMars @ Jun 3 2015, 04:55 PM) *
there wouldn't be anything wrong with another repeat of that mission,


Yes there would. Why would you invest the money on sending the same spacecraft to the same place with the same instruments?
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- RichforMars   Another mission to Ares Vallis?   Jun 4 2015, 12:55 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I don't think it's very likely. Our ideas...   Jun 4 2015, 02:22 AM
- - djellison   QUOTE (RichforMars @ Jun 3 2015, 04:55 PM...   Jun 4 2015, 05:05 AM
- - RichforMars   To continue the work where the last mission wasn...   Jun 4 2015, 11:43 AM
|- - MarsInMyLifetime   QUOTE (RichforMars @ Jun 4 2015, 06:43 AM...   Jun 4 2015, 12:57 PM
- - algorimancer   There seems to be an accelerated transition to sma...   Jun 4 2015, 01:15 PM

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