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Old January 15th 04, 10:37 PM
Herb Schaltegger
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Hop David wrote:



Paul F. Dietz wrote:
Hop David wrote:

A large number of small probes manufactured on an assembly line would
have a small unit cost. Small enough probes could be bundled two or
three (maybe more) per launch, reducing launch costs. These could show
us where ice and other resources are on the moon and NEOs.



You would soon run into the limits of the DSN.

Paul


DSN?


DSN = Deep Space Network
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