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- Subject: Re: Mir and Solar Sail Combo, more.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.193236.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 03:32:36 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.210426.10853@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>, ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings) writes:
- > (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
-
- Your right George, the second is more fesible.. Maybe a multiple stage
- pre-positioning nission.. Why must the big stuff, the extra food/supplies be
- sent with the quick human mission.. The slow part can
- get there a year or two before the human mission, and maybe act as
- a sensor, launch probes and such and maybe act as a NAV bouy..
- And maybe do other missions that would make the human mission easier..Do the
- things that humans don't need to do..
-
- Question what would you use to get it there?? Automated Solar Sail would be
- nice.. Seems you only need rockets and such when you have to get someplace
- quick.. The auto-mission would do surveys of possibel landing/survey sights..
-
- Any better ideas are expected..
-
-
- Michael Adams
- Alias: Morgoth/Ghost Wheel
- nsmca@acad2.alaska.edu
-