I think the folks who want to go to Phobos first may be trying to take the
conservative, timid, but not unreasonable approach to (a) see if we can get
there at all, (b) find out more about the possible contamination of Mars
without setting foot on it, or maybe (c) thinking it would be cheaper to
take a smaller jump first. Sort of like not wanting to bet the whole farm on
one roll of the dice--just bet the barn first!
And thanks for the kind words. As you can see, our list administrator is
cautioning us to limit our discussion to Europa; Bruce is in support, but
offering an alternative, and I am tentatively offering to do what I can
given my level of expertise in discussion group list management. We'll see
what happens.
Watch the skies!
G. B. Leatherwood
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Subject: Re: Reaching Out, Part Deux (Oops!)
>
> In a message dated 3/16/2001 9:54:29 PM Alaskan Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > I misquoted a source: It wasn't Peter Drucker, it was C. Northcote
> Parkinson
> > in "Parkinson's Law" who said "Work expands to fill the time available."
He
> > further extended that to say that needs expand to consume the resources
> > available, which is my point. Mea culpa!
> > G. B. Leatherwood
> >
> So, would this then explain why people are busily trying to figure out how
to
> land on Phobos so they can then land on Mars, instead of just cutting out
the
> middleman, and going right for the prize itself?
>
> -- JHB
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