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