Xref: utzoo sci.space:15909 sci.space.shuttle:4162 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!shelby!neon!jchapin From: jchapin@Neon.Stanford.EDU (John M. Chapin) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: space news from Oct 9 AW&ST, part 2 Message-ID: <1989Dec4.094205.21714@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 4 Dec 89 09:42:05 GMT References: <1989Dec4.001327.4287@utzoo.uucp> Sender: USENET News System Reply-To: jchapin@Neon.Stanford.EDU (John M. Chapin) Distribution: na Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 27 In article <1989Dec4.001327.4287@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: > >JPL outlines tentative approach to a manned Mars mission: > >1996 Mars Observer 2, a followon to Mars Observer >1998 Mars Global Network, two launches landing penetrators at 24 sites >2001 two sample-return missions with small rovers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [futher dates deleted] Lest anyone think this is far away... a six-month design study on needed technologies and possibilities for these rovers will start next month at Stanford. The core lectures (with speakers from Ames, JPL, etc) will probably be available on videotape if anyone is interested. The organizers are advertising heavily in places that undergrad engineers hang out. I take this as an encouraging sign that they are trying to get a new generation interested in working on the space program. ------------------------------------------------------------------ John Chapin | The RSA algorithm with 100-digit primes: Stanford Univ. CS Dept. | My personal method for enforcing jchapin@cs.stanford.edu | the bill of rights ------------------------------------------------------------------