Re: Space Access Update #112 9/19/05

On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:24:10 -0500, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

>Paul F. Dietz wrote:
>
>>
>> Even three is too few. If the project isn't self-terminating, you will
>> have extended production of all the modules; just make another if
>> necessary.
>> Also, the ratio of number of extra of each module needed (to reduce the
>> chance of running out of any of them below some constant threshold)
>> divided by the total number of missions goes to zero as the number
>> of missions increases.
>
>
>Nice concept, and completly beyond our budget.

No, just beyond out thinking.

>We'll be lucky to get one manned Mars mission, much less three.
>Your concept appears to be aimed toward colonizing the planet- that is
>not in any way, shape, or form what NASA is proposing with its current
>effort.

Which is why, like Apollo, it is doomed to failure.
.

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