re: Mars Telecommunications Orbiter

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Doug Ellison — 3/1/2005 9:20:01 AM (archived)

An array of small sats wouldnt be powerfull enough to have a good downlink back to earth. Something more like TDRS would be appropriate, a couple of very large, very powerfull orbiters with high data rates back to earth.

Doug

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Mars Telecommunications Orbiter - Larry J - 3/1/2005 12:27:32 AM
- re: Mars Telecommunications Orbiter - Doug Ellison - 3/1/2005 9:20:01 AM
  - It looks like there will only be one MTO - Larry J - 3/1/2005 2:38:56 PM
    - re: It looks like there will only be one MTO - Doug Ellison - 3/1/2005 6:37:31 PM
      - I understand the physics - Larry J - 3/1/2005 10:29:03 PM
        
        re: I understand the physics - Doug Ellison - 3/1/2005 11:42:41 PM
        
        You're making a false comparison - Larry J - 3/2/2005 2:31:42 AM
        
        re: You're making a false comparison - Doug Ellison - 3/2/2005 1:13:00 PM
      - re: It looks like there will only be one MTO - gbaikie - 3/1/2005 9:49:51 PM
    - Wouldn't it be neat if... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/1/2005 5:14:24 PM
      - re: Wouldn't it be neat if... - Doug Ellison - 3/1/2005 6:40:06 PM
        
        Now that you mentioned it... - Jacob Samorodin - 3/1/2005 6:53:20 PM
        
        In my opinion, they are far too precious a resource... - alcaray - 3/1/2005 7:05:13 PM

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