From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@www.aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Dec 08 1999 - 14:30:43 MST
On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Brian D Williams wrote:
>
> In the Mars direct plan, after a voyage of 6 months, the team would
> spent a year and a half on the surface.
>
> Anybody think that is a bad idea?
>
Exactly how much would it cost and how long would the development
period be?
What you want to get at when looking at something like this
is the opportunity cost of not using the engineers or funding
on something that might provide a bigger net ROI.
Robert
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