Oddball ideas

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Oddball ideas

Tom Brosz — 12/8/2004 6:17:08 PM (archived)

I haven't studied the Sky Crane proposal enough to make an informed technical comment, but it seems to me that some years back a proposal to surround a payload with a sphere of inflated balloons and letting it bounce to a stop might have gotten a similar skeptical response. ;)

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Run for the Hills! the Sky Crane is coming... - Nick Hoffman - 12/8/2004 2:07:00 PM
- It's hard to take MSL seriously when it uses Sky Crane - Gary - 12/8/2004 4:41:40 PM
  - They better get MSL right, or else the Greens are going to scream bloody murder over a nuke powered craft crashing into another planet. (n/t) - Lee - 1/12/2005 8:27:55 AM
  - re: It's hard to take MSL seriously when it uses Sky Crane - Doug Ellison - 12/8/2004 9:16:51 PM
    - Sky Crane - Gary - 12/9/2004 4:39:31 AM
      - Correct - Gary - 12/9/2004 4:31:24 PM
  - Was it both MERs or just MER-A that had the instability problem? (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 12/8/2004 6:41:26 PM
    - Yes. - Gary - 12/9/2004 2:37:57 AM
      - re: Yes. - pwokenyaw - 12/9/2004 6:46:27 AM
        
        TIRS - Gary - 12/9/2004 7:49:38 AM
  - If I understand the mission profile, then I think you are wrong - alcaray - 12/8/2004 6:09:39 PM
    - Oddball ideas - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2004 6:17:08 PM
- Skycranes have been around for a long time - Larry J - 12/8/2004 2:56:27 PM
  - re: Skycranes have been around for a long time - John - 1/11/2005 10:58:42 PM
  - I saw one of these up close - Gary - 12/8/2004 4:44:10 PM
  - re: Skycranes have been around for a long time - Doug Ellison - 12/8/2004 4:29:47 PM
    - Jeez, some people can't take a joke (n/t) - Larry J - 12/9/2004 1:13:01 AM

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