[amsat-bb] New Satellite Concept for Earth-Mars Comms

"Direct communication between Earth and Mars can be strongly disturbed and even blocked by the Sun for weeks at a time, cutting off any future human mission to the Red Planet. An ESA engineer working with engineers in the UK may have found a solution using a new type of orbit combined with continuous-thrust ion propulsion."

Read the story at PhysOrg.com:

http://www.physorg.com/news174907594.html