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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Cometary and Asteroid Missions _ Mission to asteroid Psyche ?

Posted by: Jaro_in_Montreal Jan 19 2014, 02:52 AM

Where might one find additional info on this proposed mission, please ? (Thnx)

http://www.space.com/24288-strange-metal-asteroid-psyche-nasa-mission.html

Posted by: nprev Jan 19 2014, 03:06 AM

Doubtful that there's much to find right now…still in the 'what if?' stage, really.

Posted by: stevesliva Jan 19 2014, 03:11 AM

I don't think there's much else published yet. They will be submitting a proposal in 2015 for selection as a Discovery mission. Appears to be very little out there, but given the timeline, that could make sense.

Posted by: mcaplinger Jan 19 2014, 03:12 AM

QUOTE (Jaro_in_Montreal @ Jan 18 2014, 07:52 PM)

Where might one find additional info on this proposed mission, please ?

AFAIK, this is just a concept for a mission. NASA doesn't usually fly missions that aren't formally proposed to a program like Discovery, so unless an AO is released and this mission is selected, this is just an idea.

http://www.lcpm10.caltech.edu/pdf/session-5/6_Elkins-Tanton%20Psyche%20LCPM-10%20FINAL.pdf

Posted by: Floyd Jan 19 2014, 04:13 AM

see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche

Posted by: Paolo Jan 19 2014, 08:18 AM

Psyche was also one of the targets of the proposed INSIDER ESA mission. for background science see also the "white paper" here http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=52029

Posted by: Explorer1 Jan 19 2014, 08:49 AM

Any attempt to make a global map will have to deal with that 90 degree axial til, either arriving during the right seasons or else a mission a lot more than six months (all still academic for a few years to come, of course).