James Cameron's Illustrated Mars Reference Design

An anonymous reader writes "Terminator Director James Cameron commissioned renderings of the NASA Mars Reference Design [HTML, 4 PDFs]. The mission profile calls for a cargo ship sent ahead of a crew, a huge (Terminator-like?) rover, and inflatable habitats. It's not clear where Skynet and the T-800's hyper-alloy combat chassis fit in yet. Between now and then, the 5 Mars missions: 2005 Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter, 2007 Phoenix and Netlanders, 2009 Science Lab Rover, and 2011 Scout. Skynet comes in 2026."

Comments

Skynet and Mars

[DarkHelmet]

It's not clear where Skynet and the T-800's hyper-alloy combat chassis fit in yet.

What part of Arnold going to Mars do you not understand?

I personally don't mind him going to Mars, just as long as This Terminator stays and becomes my personal bed buddy.

Of course, since I browse Slashdot, that's never going to happen. Thank you OSDN! You've ruined not only my life, but my odds of scoring with her.

Phoenix?

[istewart]

I thought Phoenix wasn't supposed to launch until 2063.

Also, wouldn't it get to Mars a whole lot faster than three years?

James Cameron explores the planets

[oingoboingo]

James is well qualified to work with NASA on these planetary explorations. From viewing Terminator 3, it's quite clear it was written in Uranus.

Being somewhat of a luxury

[mccalli]

James Cameron commissioned renderings of the NASA Mars Reference Design...

What, Magrathea built Mars too?

Cheers,
Ian

Been there already...

[Anonymous Coward]

... or is it just one of those memory implant holidays??

Design Reference Mission?

[Trejkaz]

Finally a DRM we don't need to attack.