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Belatedly aware of the folly of total dependence on manned launch vehicles to deploy spacecraft, the U.S. has been forced to play a catch-up game. Since January 1986, the Soviets have launched scores of satellites, sent two / scientific probes to Mars, and ferried a stream of cosmonauts between the...
Cover: Mars globe constructed from Mariner 9 photos -- NASA/ JPL
COVER: A dramatic nighttime Soviet launch heralds a new era in Mars exploration
Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins foresees some technical difficulties in such simulation. "Spinning wouldn't take that much power," he says. "But it still complicates things immeasurably from an engineering point of view." He notes that imparting spin to a Mars-bound craft could make both navigation and communication more...
Along with an ambitious schedule of unmanned missions, the Soviet probes of the Martian moon Phobos are paving the way for a manned flight to Mars. The fact has not been lost on many Americans, who think the U. S. space program should aim at putting humans on the Red...