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- From: ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings)
- Subject: Re: MIR AND SOLAR SAIL. COMBO
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.210426.10853@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>
- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
- References: <1993Jan25.151728.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 21:04:26 GMT
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- (nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu) writes:
- > Imnot sure if this idea is feasible, but, its an idea..`
- > What about pre-positioning feul/food/gear packets along the route of the Mars
- > mission or maybe send a unmanned mission ahead maybe by Solar Sailer(s).
- > And pre-[.positioning the craft to be near na..mars when the Mir mission
- > arrives at Mars.
- >
- > Michael C. Adams
- > NSMCA@ACAD3.ALASKA.EDU
- Your first idea would be good on an arctic expedition, or
- even on a lunar traverse, but not on a trip to Mars, since
- everything bewteen here and there ALSO has to be revolving
- around the Sun: different distances from the Sun = different
- periods of revolution. You could drop stuff off evenly spaced
- between here and Mars, but when you got to that distance, they
- would no longer be lined up, having travelled along their
- orbital paths since they were left.
- The second idea of sending some sort of resupply craft ahead,
- and parking it in Martian orbit where you could find it,
- redezvous with it, dock and transfer from it, is a MUCH better
- suggestion!
-
- George Hastings
- ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu
-