starship-design: Re: Cassini, only bigger and soficicated( SP)

[Kelly St <KellySt@aol.com>]

In a message dated 2/27/98 5:26:36 PM, you wrote:

>Greetings and salutations
>
>I came up with an Idea.
>
>You know about the cassini space probe that went up last november? Well, why
not
>design a interplanetary space craft with the same structure? It would cost
less
>then a bigger interplanetary ship, and could open new doors for Intersteller
ones.


Cassini wouldn't have the speed to get there, nore the power to transmit back
across interstellar distences.  You could make a interstellar robot probe, but
it would likly start to cost nearly as much as a small ship anyway and most
remote observations could be made about as well from here.

Kelly