Re: Mars vs Moon :-)
From: Douglas Holmes (noholmesdgspam_at_verizon.net)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:08:01 GMT
"Pete Lynn" <pete@peterlynnkites.com> wrote in message
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> I think I have finally figured out what it is I do not like about going
> to mars - the flight rate. Its a CATS type problem.
>
> In the time it takes for one mission to mars, you could probably go
> through a couple of generations of earth/moon infrastructural
> development. With the order of magnitude cost reductions this probably
> infers. I expect this developmental advantage would dominate.
>
> The moon is suited to fast prototyping and on going incremental
> development. Mars seems to be the province of those who believe they
> can, and should, design the 747 before the DC-3.
>
> I wonder what the correlation is between those who favour many billion
> dollar government funded launch vehicle developments, and those who
> favour mars missions.
>
>
The shorter flight times are a big advantage for the Moon.
For me though the biggest advantage for the Mon comes in comparing the
number
of probes to the Moon over the last 20 years with the number of probes to
Mars.
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