It is also a matter of money. Everything I have read about it says that NASA is
trying to find a cheap way of sending men to Mars, and several of these plans
sound very feasible.
Haworth, Barry wrote:
> At the risk of straying a little off-topic;
>
> Mars exploration is currently undergoing an explosion. Mars global surveyor
> is currently mapping the planet in detail, and there are three probes in
> transit (two US and one Japanese). NASA has plans to send at least two
> probes at each launch opportunity for the next decade, getting progressively
> more ambitious as time goes on, and other countries (Japan, Europe, Russia)
> are sending probes as well. The last time such a number of probes was sent
> in the same direction was in the 1960s, when all Rangers, Surveyors and
> Lunar Orbiters (not to mention Luniks) were being sent to the Moon.
>
> While no one has any firm plans to send people to Mars different designs for
> missions are being looked at. NASA are getting themselves into the position
> where they could send humans to Mars within eight years of being given the
> go-ahead - that is, within the term of a US president. Whether it happens
> is another matter, but it is a question of politics, not technology.
>
> Hmm. Maybe it is bit optimistic after all.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Helge Moulding [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 2:10 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list SF-LIT
> > Subject: Re: Fashion of topics
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> <snip>
>
> > Mars exploration is near future? How optimistic! And cyberpunk
> > is distant-future? Gibson and Cadigan both admit they are having
> > a hard time keeping ahead of real life.
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