Re: Stick/CEV Propulsion News


dasun wrote:
> As someone trained in geology, I can tell you no self-respecting "rock
> basher" would call it quits after a week!

He might if he were funding it.

For starters you need to
> plan your field trip, then you need to execute your filed trip -
> changing your plan as you make new discoveries along the way! - then
> you need to take your specimens back to the lab for an in depth
> analysis (a moon base would be good!), then you need to think over the
> implications of what has been found and that feeds right back into the
> next field trip planning. In short, set a keen and bright Geologist
> loose on the Moon and you will have a hard time dragging him back to
> Earth! Seriously, given that the Moon has the surface area of North &
> South America combined, the "rock doctors" have enough material to keep
> them gainfully occupied for centuries! I am sure followers of other
> scientific disciplines are just as likely to find ample rewards on Moon.

As a trained geologist, would you prefer:

a: Six visits to different lunar locations, each visit lasting a week,
with a crew of 4, with some geology experiments, and returning with
100kg of rocks.

b: A permanently manned base, with a crew of 8, in a single location,
with ability to study rocks, and lunar rovers able to take you for a
radius of 100km.

.

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