Re: Tugs and Such

On or about Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 06:00:30PM -0400, Ryan M Gill typed:
>That or perhaps cargo containers that could be easily dropped on 
>their own using some sort of Aerobrake/heat shield and then would 
>land in a given LZ after a automatic controlled decent through the 
>atmosphere. Both capabilities for even non manned cargo containers 
>would have a profound effect on the ability to support an opposed 
>landing of a given planet.

I think that some sort of automatic aerobraking/landing cargo container 
would be pretty easy to put together - we could very nearly do it now.	
The only problem would be precise landing - you need your ground crews	
to be able to go out and get stuff out of the containers, while not	
dropping more on their heads...