'The skycrane will then fly away to crash safely somewhere well away from the rover."

Great....now we are dumping our leftover garbage on Mars as well  :-)

such a throw away society!



--- On Tue, 10/21/08, Peter <plpeter2006@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Peter <plpeter2006@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [OT] if they can do it on Mars, why not try the Moon first ?
> To: piclist@mit.edu
> Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 11:13 AM
> The video in this link is relevant (Youtube)
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/17/nasa_msl_approved/
> 
> Question: if this capability can be deployed on Mars, why
> not build two and put
> one on the Moon to look for He3 and other things that may
> play a role in Earth's
> energy future ? Mars is a little far off for it to be able
> to play a role in
> that secnario.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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