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• NASA’s Nuclear Focus Aimed At 2009 Mars Lander - Chris Vancil - 2/26/2004 10:50:39 PM
  • getting there will be half the fun - Daniel - 2/27/2004 1:06:54 AM
    • Skycrane landing system - Buck Galaxy - 2/27/2004 4:59:30 AM
      • It was very difficult scaling an airbag solution up to MER-size - alcaray - 2/27/2004 3:43:26 PM
        • re: As we increase the resolution of features, interests in those features and time... - Chris Vancil - 2/27/2004 9:03:57 PM
      • testability ( - is that a word?) - Daniel - 2/27/2004 5:18:57 AM
        • The "bungee cord" is probably not testable on Earth - Gary - 2/28/2004 6:30:43 AM
          • makes sense - Daniel - 2/28/2004 8:03:51 AM
            • MSL is badly fouled up. We should mass produce MERs - Gary - 2/28/2004 5:47:27 PM
              • MER hardware works, but terrain/environment limits - dtb - 3/1/2004 6:03:55 AM
                • Cost drives conservative mission planning - Gary - 3/1/2004 5:12:17 PM
                  • re: Cost drives conservative mission planning - dtb - 3/1/2004 7:16:36 PM
                    • Yes, you're quite correct (n/t) - Gary - 3/2/2004 3:26:52 AM
              • We still need to address C2 & communications limitations - Larry J - 2/29/2004 9:55:01 PM
                • A different booster would be used. - Gary - 3/1/2004 5:20:57 PM
                  • A different C2 - Larry J - 3/1/2004 6:51:31 PM
                    • Yeah, different symbols - Gary - 3/2/2004 3:24:46 AM
              • MER missions maybetogether with other balloon explorers - Daniel - 2/29/2004 1:00:42 AM