On Feb 1, 1:19*pm, Rick Jones wrote:
Matt Wiser wrote:
Something the bobbert doesn't get-or never will, Fred. Even Steve
Squyres, the PI on the MER program, says that a human geologist on
Mars can do in a day what takes a rover weeks to do. The bobbert is
pathetic, really.

I want to see boots on Martian ground in my lifetime (boots with human
feet in them, with the rest of the human there in a suit as well...)
but I am curious about how much it costs to put a rover on Mars for
weeks versus a human geologist for a day. *Lets say it takes three
weeks to do with a rover what a human geologist could do in a day. *Is
getting a human geologist to Mars (and I presume back again) more or
less than 21X the cost of a rover mission?

rick jones
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Well a human one day on mars will be a nice LOOK WHAT WE DID, but
little science return;(

Given earth mars travel times with chemical rockets you talking of a
multi year mission that will cost mega bucks.

nuclear rocket can cut that time a lot....