NASA seeks first deep space telecom
Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 8 months ago to Technology
NASA seeks options for Mars data relay in which NASA would purchase relay services from a commercial service provider to support users at Mars, including landers and rovers and, potentially, aerobots and orbiters. In this model, the commercial provider would own and operate relay orbiter(s), and NASA would contract to purchase services over some period of timeā¦ NASA encourages innovative ideas for cost-effective approaches that provide backward-compatible UHF relay services for existing landers, as well as significantly improved performance for future exploration activities.
In the end though I have to give the nod to "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" They had enough and made the moon their Gulch
On that focus, "Farnham's Freehold" has a lot to recommend it too.