re:Communications Infrastructure

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Chris Vancil — 1/26/2004 10:17:03 PM (archived)

We would need to spend as much money on the whole set of rovers and staffing ground control and the backrooms as a couple of manned missions would cost.

In either case you would need a set of Mars communications satellites which would allow much smaller dish on this end taking over the comms tasks.

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This is a great victory! Revel in the moment! - Gary - 1/25/2004 7:02:06 PM
- A success pulled strategy - ebnelson - 1/25/2004 10:57:18 PM
  - A launch campaign using mass produced MERs - Gary - 1/26/2004 3:34:03 AM
    - And if they were RTG powered, mangement of them could - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 4:38:15 AM
      - RTGs are a good thing but ..... - Gary - 1/26/2004 5:35:54 AM
        
        re: RTGs are a good thing but ..... - Nick Hoffman - 1/26/2004 12:20:26 PM
        
        re:Communications Infrastructure - Chris Vancil - 1/26/2004 10:17:03 PM
    - reminds me of Surveyor - Delbert - 1/26/2004 4:32:57 AM
- re: This is a great victory! Revel in the moment! - dlp_79 - 1/25/2004 8:20:29 PM
  - Me Too - Mark Eby - 1/25/2004 10:14:48 PM
    - It had better be powered by a RTG. - Lee - 1/26/2004 2:32:27 AM
      - Agree, For That & Other Reasons - Mark Eby - 1/26/2004 3:10:19 AM
  - I agree - Gary - 1/25/2004 8:38:22 PM
    - Amen! - Nathan koren - 1/26/2004 2:52:46 AM
    - MER-C as Mars Scout in 2011? - pwokenyaw - 1/25/2004 11:45:30 PM

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