From: alex@spamblocker.com   
      
   Henry Spencer wrote:   
      
   > Radio relay via Mars Odyssey is being used quite heavily, but not via   
   > Mars Express.  I think relay via Mars Express is possible in principle,   
   > but it adds enough complications -- e.g., trans-Atlantic coordination --   
   > that it's not standard procedure.   
      
   One of the engineering goals of MER is to demonstrate relay capability   
   at least once with Mars Express MELACOM.   
      
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                                                   Alex R. Blackwell   
                                                   University of Hawaii   
      
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