Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf]
by grkvlt on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:20PM
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Yes, but with my super-rover-transporter system, we can cover 5,400 miles in the same time, with the 600 rovers. I'm envisaging a sort of airbag deployment system (like pathfinder) coupled with a dispenser system that fires a rover out every few minutes as the ship orbits the planet, for optimal coverage.
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Re:Nuclear Pulse Propulsion – Orion and Beyond (2000) [pdf]
by elsonrodriguez on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:56PM
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But to what end? Bigger and better probes? Finer and finer data points?
We can send probes forever, but when do WE go?
My underlying point is that we have enough data to start making attempts at settling Mars, and once we're there, we'll do more science and exploration than any existing robot can. If you doubt that, then show me a robot that can perform an archeological dig on a fossil site without destroying half of the fossils.