Re: Joint Russian/Chinese manned flyby mission to Mars

"Jim Relsh" <jrelish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:I also keep wondering how the US would respond if such a mission were to be
:announced. Would it team up with Europe? Or go it alone?
:

If we wanted to not actually go we'd team up with Europe. If we
wanted to get there we'd go it alone.

:
:Since surpassing
:such a feat would mean having to land men on Mars, which would be one or two
:orders of a magnitude more difficult I see a manned flyby mission as a
:pretty sound economic deal.
:

A manned flyby mission is the ultimate in pointlessness. If you're
going to spend all that time on the trip, you might as well land and
learn a few things while you're there.


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