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- Subject: Missions to Mars
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 12:01:46 GMT
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- Marcus Lindroos INF <MLINDROOS@FINABO.ABO.FI>
- > flb@flb.optiplan.fi
- > > does "flyby" mean not even properly *orbiting*
- > > Mars, perhaps to take a pick-axe to Phobos and
- > > Deimos, but rather merely sailing on by ?
- > Exactly. An orbital mission would require an additional 220 ton rocket stage
- > (=one more launch by Mir) and would prolong the mission by up to two years.
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- Such a mission would hardly seem worth it from a scientific stand-
- point. Is there *any* science that could be done on such a mission
- that could not be done more cheaply and safely by a robotic craft ?
-
- (Bioscience sure, but can't that be done in Earth orbit ?)
-
- And BTW, does the data re. the long-term deleterious effects of
- weightlessness (such as loss of bone mass) point towards use of
- a tether to create 0.X G on a Mars mission ? What kind of elec-
- trical energy could such a tether generate by its rotation ?
- Enough to justify the added gear ?
-
- --
- * Fred Baube ..when you think your Toys you hear Laughter
- * Optiplan O.Y. * have gone Berserk cracking through the Walls
- * baube@optiplan.fi * it's an illUsion you're sent Spinning
- * GU/MSFS * you Cannot Shirk you Have No Choice
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- * Where is the follow-on * Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some
- * to P.G.P. ?? * people abuse the privilege -- Josef Stalin
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