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Old August 9th 04, 04:59 AM
David Findlay
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Default Hypothetical massive spacecraft question

Here's a hypothetical question. Assuming all the problems involved in
getting there were solved, could a team of 250+ scientists plus crew,
working in an artificial gravity environment on board a ship in orbit of an
interesting target(Jupiter, Saturn) do more/better/quicker science, than
what is currently done?

Provided they had appropiate resources, working in shifts 24/7, with probes
and shuttles that could be sent to interesting locations. The robot
exploration people always say that robotic missions can do better than
human manned missions. Maybe they're correct at the moment, but would such
a mission as describe above perform better? Thanks,

David