On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:22:17 -0400, David Spain wrote:

Pat Flannery writes:

jacob navia wrote:

(5) The landing technology for a heave vessel in Mars is not there

"Heave Vessel?"
Sounds like space sickness to me. :-D

Pat

Well, I'd suggest a landing technology similar to that used for the Mars
Exploration Rovers would work well....

;-)

Dave

Those were rather small in mass. He has a point in that we've never
landed anything so heavy as a ERV or HAB on the surface of Mars.

Where he's wrong is in thinking it is beyond the capacity of humans to do
this.



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