(Wayne Throop) writes:

: bob haller
: how about a relay sat in heliospheric orbit so at least engineering
: communications can continue?

What's a "heliospheric orbit"?
You just made that up, didn't you?
And have no idea what you really mean by it, right?

I think it's pretty clear that he means a relay in an orbit around
the sun that would allow continious communications between Earth and Mars.

Which probably isn't worth the money, especially for aging flaky rovers.
If something's suspect of not surviving a month of not being closely
monitored it's probably hardly worth saving anymore.


Jochem

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