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# 15735 byHuebner, Jay on Sept. 24, 2001, 12:58 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
In response to, "Think about DS1, or NEAR. ... you're trying to make it
sound super complex when really it isn't." Maybe so, but DS1 and NEAR did
not soft land, did not arrange to return anything even themselves, took
years to get to where they were going, and were on the verge of failing at
their final targets. And what was their cost? This makes my case rather
nicely, I think. Maybe not forever, but for the next decade at least. It
could well be cheaper to launch such and more ambitious missions in the
future from the Moon. Sincerely, Jay Huebner