jtk@mordor.s1.gov (Jordan Kare) (01/26/89)
In article <491@geovision.UUCP> alastair@geovision.UUCP (Alastair Mayer) writes: >In article <Added.EXnWGJy00Ui3A8rU98@andrew.cmu.edu> HAYHURS@IUBACS.BITNET writes: >>It seems to me that the placement of ComSat's in Geosynchronous orbit over >>Mars would solve the loss of communications. They would have to be fancy - > >Well, if you really wanted *geo*synchronous orbit over Mars, they probably >would have to be fancy. > >*Are*synchronous wouldn't be that tough, though. > Hmm. Geosynchronous just means "synchronized with the Earth" -- and it's no harder to make a 24+ hour (siderial Earth day) around Mars than around Earth. It would even be nearly Mars synchronous as well -- the days are nearly the same length. "Aresynchronous" is an awful word, though -- some prefixes just don't do the job. Reminds me of the problem of how to describe things belonging to the planet Venus. "Venusian" is (from a liguistic standpoint) horrendous. Unfortunately, the correct adjective is "venereal", which has some unfortunate connotations. I therefore prefer the Classical alternative, and I can't wait 'til Venus is colonized so I can sample that Aphrodisiac atmosphere :-) Jordin (a Jovial fellow) Kare