Re: How to send robots to Erebus, Mars ?

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From: Don Simmons
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:24

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      I wonder - if you sent a 'mother' which was an orbiter (two for 
     redundancy ) and then made the 'rovers' less complex but more
    able to move and do fewer tasks -  couldn't you fit more of 'em
    on board and increase the chances of success and continued 
    viability of the experiment?

     The 'mother' which was an orbiter would avoid the problems of the antenna 
    placement and power ( you could use a nuke reactor cheap from the 
     Soviet space program right now as hard up as they are for cash)
    and if you were to go for an economy orbit to get it there (2 years 
      or so isn't it?) you might really allow for a lot more 
     money going into more rovers.
                                        Don

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