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Article #29Re: Lunar/Mars Rover Missions
From: Joel Plutchak
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 20:10
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 20:10
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In article <9SEP199214273331@vx.cis.umn.edu> soc1070 writes: >Over the last few months, I have seen alot of attention being given >to Mars and Mars manned & unmanned missions in the early part of the >next century.... And don't forget Mars Observer, which is scheduled for launch on the 25th of this month. >Through all this, I have heard little mention of concuring lunar missions. Currently, two missions are being planned (but haven't been funded yet) for lunar exploration later this decade. They're collectively called Lunar Scout, and I'm fairly sure a rover is not planned for either mission. However, the information collected by these missions can certainly be used for planning future surface missions. -- Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!news.Brown.EDU!pilsner!plutchak From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak) Newsgroups: alt.sci.planetary Subject: Re: Lunar/Mars Rover Missions Date: 9 Sep 1992 20:10:27 GMT Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology Lines: 17 Message-ID: <18llnjINNrrr@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU> References: <9SEP199214273331@vx.cis.umn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pilsner.geo.brown.edu