re: The original JPL plan for planetary exploration

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Chris Vancil — 9/28/2005 7:50:11 PM (archived)

Our atmospheric model of Mars is still wrong. MER Spirit almost failed to land safely because of this.

There are lots of spacecraft we could send there. Including several different plans for weather stations spread across the surface. Pathfinder was spun off of one such plan.

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Pluto Probe Arrives at Spaceport!!! - Chris Vancil - 9/27/2005 8:25:13 PM
- I think the MER rovers should be mass-produced - SDF - 9/28/2005 12:47:46 AM
  - re: I think the MER rovers should be mass-produced - Doug Ellison - 9/28/2005 10:13:50 AM
  - re: I think the MER rovers should be mass-produced - Chris Vancil - 9/28/2005 10:13:34 AM
    - The original JPL plan for planetary exploration - LJK - 9/28/2005 4:19:23 PM
      - re: The original JPL plan for planetary exploration - Chris Vancil - 9/28/2005 7:50:11 PM
- Can't believe we're really gonna do this one, after all the drama (n/t) - alcaray - 9/27/2005 8:32:58 PM

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