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re: Sure...

Raoul — 6/26/2005 3:44:27 PM (archived)

MPL would land in a totally different area, so we would still learn a lot from it even though there wouldn't be any mobility.
The MER's are indeed mobile but don't perform kilometers per day, so are restricted to roughly the same area anyway.
Phoenix is ready for launch, so why not use it? Any trip to Mars is risky.

Raoul

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Is it the right time to launch Mars Polar Lander? - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2005 3:22:24 PM
- Bi-POLAR LANDER..launch or NOT! - carl - 6/27/2005 7:40:54 PM
  - "gun-shy"? - alcaray - 6/27/2005 9:45:52 PM
  - Bi-polar lander: "WHHHEEEE I'M gonna land on mars!!! YIPPEEE!!!...(sob) no, I am not good enough... maybe I will just crash and end it all..." - R.L. - 6/27/2005 8:19:47 PM
    - Easy fix. Lithium batteries. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2005 4:19:25 AM
      - ERG!!!! - R.L. - 6/28/2005 6:03:05 AM
        
        re: ERG!!!! - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2005 8:48:52 AM
        
        Hey, it had potential... (n/t) - R.L. - 6/28/2005 9:09:51 AM
        
        Better pull the plug on this before it eats another thread. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/28/2005 4:43:32 PM
- Yes - because... - Nick Hoffman - 6/26/2005 11:18:39 PM
- it IS the right time to launch Phoenix. - Doug Ellison - 6/26/2005 8:35:01 PM
  - re: it IS the right time to launch Phoenix. - dtb - 6/27/2005 2:53:52 AM
    - Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - E.P. Grondine - 6/27/2005 3:31:49 PM
      - re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - Doug Ellison - 6/27/2005 4:01:26 PM
        
        re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - E.P. Grondine - 6/28/2005 2:16:55 PM
        
        re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - Doug Ellison - 6/28/2005 9:37:18 PM
        
        re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - E.P. Grondine - 6/29/2005 2:47:59 AM
        
        re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - Doug Ellison - 6/29/2005 4:04:45 PM
        
        re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - E.P. Grondine - 6/30/2005 1:40:32 AM
        
        re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - Doug Ellison - 6/30/2005 8:57:17 AM
        
        re: Perhaps, but only if its done absolutely right - E.P. Grondine - 6/30/2005 2:14:29 PM
- re: Sure... - Raoul - 6/26/2005 3:44:27 PM
  - re: Why not?: several reasons - E.P. Grondine - 6/26/2005 5:08:49 PM

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