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"Andrew Yee" wrote in message
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The next window of opportunity to communicate via Mars Odyssey will open
at
17:53 GMT and close at 18:33 GMT this evening, when the orbiter is within
range
of the targeted landing site on Isidis Planitia.

Are *we* sure that Odyssey has not become deaf to surface communications?
Just curious if this has been checked out...

I wonder if we couldn't package a beam tight enough to reflect off of Mars,
and see if Odyssey could "hear" it...

How many of the "missing" missions depended on one satellite to store and
forward...

David A. Smith