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 Apr 1 2005, 09:19 PM
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This mosaic of 4 Panoramic frames from Sol442 show a strong increase in density of rocks, even big ones! Don't know if could be an issue for further movements toward the hill top?
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Apr 11 2005, 09:25 AM
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Good post(s), Bruce. The critical problem we face is ensuring that we do not contaminate Mars with our DNA or microbes. It would be terrible to not be able to determine if that bug or DNA fragment was ours or theirs.
Admittedly, Mars may be contaminated by earlier spacecraft or "earth meteors", but we can't risk more episodes. Sending an orbiting laboratoryt Mars will be a tremendous undertaking, but the overhead of safely and sterile-ly landing a human on Mars is more tremendous. It's that last step down to qnd out of Mars' gravity well that is the dilly. For the cost (in terms of both $ and mass) of "one flag-waving clown on Mars" a dozen or more Rovers could land and work for many Sols. --Bill -------------------- |
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dilo Lot Of Rocks Apr 1 2005, 09:19 PM
Sunspot QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 1 2005, 10:19 PM)This mosai... Apr 1 2005, 10:18 PM Tman I have also some reservations. This spiky high roc... Apr 2 2005, 08:20 AM
ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Tman @ Apr 2 2005, 08:20 AM)I have als... Apr 2 2005, 04:15 PM djellison QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Apr 2 2005, 04:15 PM)can... Apr 2 2005, 05:16 PM Jeff7 And remember too, the rover was designed to be abl... Apr 2 2005, 05:35 PM Buck Galaxy All these sharp rocks will make designing a safe M... Apr 3 2005, 06:28 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Buck Galaxy @ Apr 3 2005, 06:28 AM)All... Apr 3 2005, 03:17 PM BruceMoomaw EVA suits present a severe problem for manned Mars... Apr 3 2005, 12:39 PM Buck Galaxy "...with suited-up EVAs limited to the absolu... Apr 4 2005, 02:22 AM dilo Now it seems to me that Spirit is avoiding the den... Apr 3 2005, 05:11 PM Sunspot Which sol are those images of Spirit's tracks ... Apr 3 2005, 06:37 PM dilo QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 3 2005, 06:37 PM)Which s... Apr 4 2005, 04:27 AM BruceMoomaw "About EVA activity, it seems to me foolish t... Apr 4 2005, 06:40 AM Buck Galaxy QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 4 2005, 06:40 AM)... Apr 4 2005, 07:36 AM Tman QUOTE (Buck Galaxy @ Apr 4 2005, 07:36 AM)So ... Apr 4 2005, 08:38 AM paxdan QUOTE (Buck Galaxy @ Apr 4 2005, 08:36 AM)Sur... Apr 4 2005, 10:28 AM tedstryk
Well, yes, but if we did it now, there is a chan... Apr 8 2005, 02:23 PM djellison QUOTE Surely a base or two won't contaminate a... Apr 4 2005, 07:42 AM BruceMoomaw Buck Galaxy, April 4: "So why not set aside ... Apr 6 2005, 12:56 PM BruceMoomaw Paxdan: "...If there is life on Mars, searchi... Apr 6 2005, 01:03 PM Chmee I think not allowing human EVA's is a bit para... Apr 6 2005, 05:15 PM Mongo Considering the huge cost of a manned Mars program... Apr 6 2005, 08:30 PM Gray Robert Ballard has an interesting story about his ... Apr 8 2005, 01:07 PM wyogold I think you are missing an important point about d... Apr 9 2005, 05:17 AM Bill Harris To have humans _on_ Mars is more than a PR stunt (... Apr 9 2005, 07:34 AM dvandorn QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Apr 9 2005, 02:34 AM)To ... Apr 9 2005, 07:58 AM Jeff7 QUOTE (dvandorn @ Apr 9 2005, 02:58 AM)Actual... Apr 9 2005, 08:40 AM Mode5 A spacecraft in orbit with humans on board will be... Apr 9 2005, 09:20 AM cIclops The difference between remote operations from Eart... Apr 9 2005, 10:43 AM TheChemist Todays PanCam depository on Exploratorium consists... Apr 9 2005, 03:11 PM dilo QUOTE (TheChemist @ Apr 9 2005, 03:11 PM)Toda... Apr 9 2005, 09:00 PM Mode5 QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 9 2005, 09:00 PM)QUOTE (The... Apr 10 2005, 11:15 PM dilo QUOTE (Mode5 @ Apr 10 2005, 11:15 PM)Great pi... Apr 13 2005, 05:48 AM Mode5 QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 13 2005, 05:48 AM)QUOTE (Mo... Apr 13 2005, 07:36 AM Bill Harris QUOTE Actually, no. Keeping a human crew alive and... Apr 10 2005, 10:16 AM BruceMoomaw Getting back for a moment to whether humans should... Apr 10 2005, 02:38 PM cIclops QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 10 2005, 02:38 PM)th... Apr 10 2005, 02:54 PM Mode5 QUOTE (cIclops @ Apr 10 2005, 02:54 PM)QUOTE ... Apr 11 2005, 12:48 AM David QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 10 2005, 02:38 PM)By... Apr 13 2005, 03:11 PM Jeff7 Mention of a crewed orbiter around Venus brought u... Apr 10 2005, 02:43 PM BruceMoomaw Me: "...the problem is that [landed humans] W... Apr 11 2005, 05:07 AM Jeff7 QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Apr 11 2005, 04:25 AM)Go... Apr 11 2005, 02:54 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Apr 11 2005, 04:25 AM)Ad... Apr 11 2005, 03:22 PM Bill Harris QUOTE However, if we *do* intend to put humans on ... Apr 11 2005, 04:11 PM Buck Galaxy So how long do we wait? Say MSL or some other rov... Apr 13 2005, 06:07 AM Bill Harris QUOTE So how long do we wait? Say MSL or some othe... Apr 13 2005, 06:58 AM paxdan QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Apr 13 2005, 07:58 AM)QU... Apr 13 2005, 07:46 AM cIclops QUOTE (paxdan @ Apr 13 2005, 07:46 AM)<sni... Apr 13 2005, 08:30 AM paxdan QUOTE (cIclops @ Apr 13 2005, 09:30 AM)QUOTE ... Apr 13 2005, 01:57 PM Bill Harris QUOTE Well those millions of kilometres of vacuum ... Apr 13 2005, 12:42 PM Gray Hmm, this topic seems to have split into two conve... Apr 13 2005, 01:21 PM |
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