Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 18:37:04 11/15/02
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On November 15, 2002 at 21:09:49, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >Off topic. > >You may be surprised, but the most realistic scenario of the manned Mars mission >uses exactly Apollo-era (i.e. mid-sixties) technology -- mainly Saturn V-like >heavy booster on chemical fuel, not some futuristic propulsion system. And total >program cost will be less than inflation-adjusted cost of Apollo. Assembly of interplanetary transportation vehicles in space [with chess engines attached] is the only sensible option. Saturn V is dumb, dumb, dumb! > >Search the web on "Mars Direct" and "Zubrin". I cannot believe that Bob Zubrin has discontinued his advocacy of the nuclear option. Amazing! Back to chess programming. <snip> P.S. There will be special Mars Editions of the latest chess engines taken on the trips to Mars, of course. Bob D.
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