Comments on Space files: Archimedes - a balloon probe to Mars

Are there any more balloons left from the Vega mis...

2008-02-03T22:27:00.000-05:00

Are there any more balloons left from the Vega mission that could be adapted for a multiple balloon mission to MARS ? Or what about Mr Zubrin Mars Balloon mission..? are there any Balloon left from those test....
Are the mission getting any cooperation from Mr Zubrin...? or Nasa..?

Hurray...Kudos for ya all people working on the pr...

2008-02-03T22:19:00.000-05:00

Hurray...Kudos for ya all people working on the proyect....Perhaps selling advertizement space on the balloon surface could be a way to defray cost of deployment also if the mission could be about image only might increase the return to increase operation time

Hey Space files!

Thanks for letting me know...

2007-07-25T00:07:00.000-04:00

Hey Space files!

Thanks for letting me know! I've updated the post to reflect your suggested corrections.

Thank you!

Just one minor correction: it's ...

2007-07-19T11:22:00.000-04:00

Thank you!

Just one minor correction: it's more correct to call Archimedes a 'gas balloon' than a 'hot air balloon', which are based on a slightly different principle (using heated ambient air). Archimedes is planned as a superpressure balloon, using hydrogen. Sorry for not making that clear in my post.

I'm just getting around to this, but I felt that t...

2007-07-18T14:19:00.000-04:00

I'm just getting around to this, but I felt that this was the best post of the Carnival of Space!

Mapping Martian Magnetic fields (that was a tongue twister) is probably vital if we ever decide to set up shop on the red planet.

I've highlighted your post on my site, and thanks again for letting me know about this brief experiment that the Mars Society (in Germany) is carrying out.