Can we send supplies in an unmanned satellite to other planets to get later

Subject: Can we send supplies in an unmanned satellite to other planets to get later

Date: Mon Aug 31 22:21:59 1998
Posted by Jake Biddix
Grade level: undergrad
School: Trident Technical College
City: Charleston State/Province: sc
Country: US
Area of science: Astronomy
ID: 904620119.As

Message:


If one of the main concerns of interplanetary travel is amount of 
supplies needed, could we not send whatever supplies (oxygen, fuel, 
etc)beforehand to a planet on an unmanned satellite to allow it to 
either orbit the destination planet or land it on the destination 
planet?

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