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footfootfoot · 07-02-2008, 02:14 PM

In the movie "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" a scientist/inventor type suggested sending hundreds of these little mini rovers to mars which would swarm all over the planet sending info back to the mother ship where it would be relayed. The cost was a fraction of what a larger module would be and the amount of data collected would be hundreds of times greater but NASA couldn't quite wrap their heads around a new paradigm like that.

Great movie, btw.

07-02-2008, 02:14 PM	#12
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	In the movie "Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" a scientist/inventor type suggested sending hundreds of these little mini rovers to mars which would swarm all over the planet sending info back to the mother ship where it would be relayed. The cost was a fraction of what a larger module would be and the amount of data collected would be hundreds of times greater but NASA couldn't quite wrap their heads around a new paradigm like that. Great movie, btw. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs