From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   Robotic missions to Mars have been getting more and more complex and   
   rovers ever heavier. SpaceX should soon have a rocket capable of landing   
   100 tonnes on Mars. So they could theoretically put two T-90MS Tagil   
   Russian military tanks. That is quite a lot more than the current   
   rovers, but sending tanks is not a good idea.   
      
   An obvious use of this new capability is to send humans to Mars, and   
   that is what SpaceX has in mind. But lets assume that we are planning a   
   robotic mission to Mars and we have a 100 tonnes mass budget. What do   
   you think would be a good use of this capability?   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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