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Article #546Re: Micro rovers vs. Stompers
From: Chuck McManis
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 1990 05:42
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 1990 05:42
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I know this is probably beating a dead rover :-) but what is the
requirement for rovers to have a local power source? Suppose for
a moment that it were possible to place into Mars orbit 1 or more
"powersats" that could convert larger quantities of solar power
into reasonably tightly directed microwave beams down to the
rovers. There will certainly be losses due to the atmosphere but
that would not be nearly as severe as say on Earth where such an
idea was considered. Just a posibly ludicrous idea ...
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