From: andromedanews@hotmail.com   
      
   Alex R. Blackwell a émis l'idée suivante :   
   > 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.   
      
   so we have 3 orbiters able to relay and command the landers , this is a   
   great achievement in fact and a good assurance for future mission   
      
   how many years are supposed to survive these orbiters  , would some of   
   them survive until new missions/windows ?   
      
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