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Why climb?

azstrummer — 9/28/2006 5:23:01 PM (archived)

Makes more sense to put a sensor on the end of a cable that you can lower down the sides of cliff faces. A simple winch mechanism attached to a wheeled cage that won't get stuck on rocks is all you need.

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After many, many SOL's.... Victoria! - REB - 9/27/2006 12:46:37 PM
- Wonderful - Donald - 9/28/2006 12:49:59 AM
- Slopes are surprisingly smooth. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 9/27/2006 5:04:22 PM
- re: Let's go mountainclimbing! - Raoul - 9/27/2006 3:33:52 PM
  - Sorry We Sent Robots Not Humans - ID - 9/27/2006 4:54:54 PM
    - We will let robots mountain climb on heavenly bodies... - alcaray - 9/28/2006 8:22:41 PM
    - re: Sorry We Sent Robots Not Humans - REB - 9/28/2006 12:54:31 PM
    - What you get is 10% of the science result for 0.5% of the cost. Live with it. - pwokenyaw - 9/27/2006 9:21:28 PM
      - Unless You Got Your Numbers Backwards - Mark Eby - 9/28/2006 2:38:29 AM
      - Baloney - Mark Eby - 9/28/2006 2:06:35 AM
        
        Baloney back at ya - pwokenyaw - 9/28/2006 4:12:16 PM
        
        re: Baloney back at ya - Mark Eby - 10/3/2006 2:06:45 AM
        
        let's try it again - pwokenyaw - 10/3/2006 3:58:27 PM
    - re: Sorry We Sent Robots Not Humans - LJK - 9/27/2006 5:23:54 PM
      - You Didn't Think That Was My Point? - ID - 9/27/2006 7:21:47 PM
        
        Now THAT would be a great experiment - E.P. - 9/28/2006 12:42:30 AM
        
        re: Now THAT would be a great experiment - Mark Eby - 9/28/2006 2:12:49 AM
        
        re: Now THAT would be a great experiment - E.P. - 9/28/2006 5:28:03 AM
        
        Well The People That Plan Space Misisons Are Smarter Than You - ID - 9/28/2006 1:28:43 PM
        
        Okay: Drop the bedrest, but please try rappeling in a full 0-pressure suit real soon (n/t) - E.P. - 9/29/2006 3:46:51 AM
        
        re: First, it is not clear you would need to rapple there. Second, have you ever climbed rock and third, have you every wore a pressure suit of anykind? - Chris Vancil - 9/29/2006 7:49:14 AM
        
        re: Scott and Irwin did not go down the Hadley slopes.. - Raoul - 9/27/2006 9:43:53 PM
        
        Gee and how many months was he on the Moon? - Mark Eby - 9/28/2006 2:20:20 AM
        
        re: Gee and how many months was he on the Moon? - pwokenyaw - 9/28/2006 7:21:35 PM
        
        Reasonable Guesses - Mark Eby - 10/3/2006 2:12:07 AM
        
        re: Time, priorities and scale - Raoul - 9/28/2006 1:10:20 PM
        
        Hadley Rille is also 400 meters deep in places. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/27/2006 10:42:10 PM
        
        re:Future robots - Raoul - 9/28/2006 8:21:24 AM
        
        Why climb? - azstrummer - 9/28/2006 5:23:01 PM
        
        re: Agreed (n/t) - Raoul - 9/28/2006 5:51:23 PM
- My God! It's full of... sand! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 9/27/2006 2:42:35 PM
- Dissappointing - ID - 9/27/2006 2:35:33 PM
  - re: Dissappointing - Buck Galaxy - 9/28/2006 8:51:26 AM
  - re: Dissappointing - Delbert - 9/27/2006 6:37:37 PM
  - re: Wait until we get the whole picture (n/t) - Raoul - 9/27/2006 2:55:40 PM
- And from the Nav Cam - REB - 9/27/2006 12:49:46 PM
  - re: And from the Nav Cam - REB - 9/27/2006 12:51:02 PM
    - re: And from the Nav Cam - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2006 4:13:19 PM
      - re: And from the Nav Cam - REB - 9/27/2006 5:25:03 PM
    - re: Fantastic! (n/t) - Raoul - 9/27/2006 2:39:05 PM
      - Wow. Look at the ... sand - LJK - 9/27/2006 4:12:46 PM
        
        re: Around - Raoul - 9/27/2006 4:24:41 PM
        
        re: Around - azstrummer - 9/27/2006 5:38:35 PM

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