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#1 2007-10-29 18:04:09

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Re: New ideas for rovers

Anyone got any ideas for new rovers and projects?


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#2 2007-10-29 19:09:24

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Re: New ideas for rovers

yeah, how about a nano rover, lots of them can be launched on a small rocket and spread all over Mars.


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#3 2007-10-30 05:22:21

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Re: New ideas for rovers

With todays tech nano rovers would be incredibly difficult to make. Maybe a  factory that isn't a rover but would churn out small rovers?


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#4 2007-10-30 15:09:13

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Re: New ideas for rovers

A nano rover factory would be more difficult to make than a nano rover until full nano assemblers have been invented. Best to make the nano rovers on Earth with all its resources and send them to Mars.


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#5 2007-10-30 15:24:43

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Re: New ideas for rovers

Small rovers, not nano ones. Small as in the size of a cat, or something similar. If we could get it to build more factories we could begin the production of a colonies hab.


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#6 2007-10-30 19:59:23

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Re: New ideas for rovers

What about producing a permanent rover station on mars to get more advanced data than the regular rovers and then also equip this station to build the mini rovers like you are suggesting.


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#7 2007-10-31 04:34:26

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Re: New ideas for rovers

Like, sort of launch an automated factory/automining complex. Before that more rovers would have to be sent out to lay the solar cells or reactor but it would be very useful to have.


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#8 2007-10-31 06:13:32

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Re: New ideas for rovers

Small rovers, not nano ones. Small as in the size of a cat, or something similar. If we could get it to build more factories we could begin the production of a colonies hab.

Oh much smaller than a cat, even smaller than a mouse! These rovers would be able to explore, analyze rocks and look for water and maybe life.


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