Re: starship-design: Planetary Landing

["Christoph Kulmann" <guderiak@hotmail.com>]

Hi Timothy,

I think possible contamination is another good reason for not landing 
the mothership on an (Earth-like) planet. If something goes wrong on the 
expedition (especially if it goes REALLY wrong...), you only loose a few 
shuttles but you still have a starship which can bring you back home 
savely - so at least you have a good story to tell around a camp fire...

Christoph


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