Re: Stick/CEV Propulsion News


Will McLean wrote:
> Henry Spencer wrote:
> > In article <11k5f3ooi3pkr37@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >Speaking of that mission duration, what exactly are the astronauts
> > >supposed to do during the lunar night?
> >
> > One obvious answer is: maintenance. During the lunar day, you focus on
> > getting stuff done; during the lunar night, you fix all the things that
> > got broken getting stuff done.
> >
>
>
> Another is teleoperating rovers someplace where it is lunar day.
>
Why couldn't this be done from Earth?

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