Re: Stick/CEV Propulsion News


Alex Terrell wrote:

> 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.

It will be interesting to see who NASA picks for the RTTM crews.
Presumably trained geologists on the spot would be better at
doing geology than general-purpose astronauts teleconsulting with
geologists back on earth.

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