Re: send humans to Titan, it isn't a question of physics, it's a question of time, technology and commitment

In alt.astronomy Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
> R Kym Horsell <[email protected]> writes:
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>> In alt.astronomy Jim Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Daniel"  wrote in message news:874ih0numc.fsf@rpi3...
>>> a425couple <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> from
>>>> https://spacedaily.com/t-a-real-group-of-scientists-and-engineers-spent-two-days-in-boulder-this-june-asking-what-it-would-actually-take-to-send-humans-to-titan-and-their-honest-answer-was-that-it-isnt-a-question-of-physics/
>>> Whoever funded this clearly had cash to burn.
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>> I think dont take this news item that literally. AFAIK it was training 
>> in thinking about hard problems. 
>> I can imagine if we've had a couple decades of picking all the low fruit 
>> it's time to put some pressure on, even if it's only in play, and get 
>> ready to change societal gears because the problems are only gunna pile 
>> up from here on.
>>> That's a waste. The Titan mission will be crewed by non-humanoid AI robots 
>>> immune to the environment and able to crawl, swim or fly as appropriate. We 
>>> already have them on Mars.
>> If the plan is to have more than one planet in the system with people on
>> in just in case some calamity happens, then you cant send a robot to
>> do that for you.
> What calamity would necessitate sending a human population to Mars? What
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Sommin like SL9 but aimed at Earth.