Mars doesn't need parachutes.

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Lee — 3/31/2008 8:34:28 PM (archived)

With 1/3 the gravity and an atmosphere around 1% of the Earth's, building a rocket powered SSTO vehicle is well within our technological capability. If it can land on Mars, it can land on many other bodies as well. Make it nuclear, and then it can be a monopropellant. Far simpler than a chemical rocket.

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Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission[?] - McFly - 3/31/2008 1:36:29 PM
- What about commercial pilots flying passenger jets? - Jacob - 4/1/2008 12:45:29 PM
- When Life hands you lemons... - Adam - 4/1/2008 7:26:58 AM
- re: Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission[?] - gbaikie - 4/1/2008 5:51:52 AM
- I don't see the news here. - alcaray - 3/31/2008 11:44:52 PM
- So we'll have to build real spaceships to travel in space. Go figure. - Lee - 3/31/2008 5:38:40 PM
  - Mass - Raoul - 3/31/2008 6:24:44 PM
    - re: No, not Mass, how about innovative design??? - phil - 3/31/2008 11:53:53 PM
      - VASIMR for cargo to the Moon - Raoul - 4/1/2008 5:47:34 PM
      - Can I use that aphorism? - Adam - 4/1/2008 7:59:57 AM
      - Wouldn't mass be an innovative design? - Lee - 4/1/2008 2:21:10 AM
      - The obvious solution to cosmic radiation is Nuclear Power... - nick hoffman - 4/1/2008 12:16:24 AM
        
        Wernher von Braun had the right idea. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2008 7:52:48 AM
        
        That's my suggestion. - Lee - 4/1/2008 4:50:44 PM
        
        von Braun had no idea... - Adam - 4/1/2008 8:27:01 AM
        
        "Would you?" - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2008 9:00:43 PM
    - Shuttlecraft. - Lee - 3/31/2008 6:40:31 PM
      - re: Very ling time in space - Raoul - 3/31/2008 6:48:31 PM
        
        What would you need to land on another body? - Lee - 3/31/2008 7:16:50 PM
        
        All worlds have their specificities! 'except for small bodies - Raoul - 3/31/2008 7:36:52 PM
        
        Mars doesn't need parachutes. - Lee - 3/31/2008 8:34:28 PM
- re: Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission[?] - E.P. - 3/31/2008 3:27:14 PM

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