Patrick, the Mars mission is over 15 years away and more likely, over 20. I suspect the robot will be remote controlled but yes, complicated. Richard -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Wiggins [mailto:paw@trilobyte.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:20 PM To: seesat Subject: HST and Mars paul wrote: > > meanwhile spaceflight now says final that NASA will > not send Shuttle to do a manned maintenance of HST. > seems more of a financial/political decision than > a safety concern.(?) apparently NASA is considering a > robotic mission to HST. sounds like a complicated robot. ust a thought but I find it odd that we are not sending another crew to HST because of crew safety concerns yet continue to plan a (IMHO more dangerous) piloted mission to Mars. Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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