Juno development, launch, and cruise, Including Earth flyby imaging Oct 9 2013 |
Juno development, launch, and cruise, Including Earth flyby imaging Oct 9 2013 |
Apr 3 2006, 09:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 17-March 06 Member No.: 709 |
I thought that it was time to start a new thread devoted to the JUNO Jupiter
Orbiter mission. This New Frontiers Mission #2 seems to be a "stealth" project with little information available on the Web. In fact, the official NASA JUNO web site is quite pitiful. It contains the minimal amount of information on what seems to be an intriguing mission, in terms of both science and engineering. Does the UMSF community have information on this mission that has not been widely seen before? Another Phil |
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Nov 15 2007, 01:16 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
My whole point in bringing up the ISS array prob was to illustrate that minimizing mechanical complexity for long-duration, rare-window missions is a wise design heuristic. FWIW, I think solar power is certainly a viable option for some Jupiter & even some Saturn missions (though definitely setting hard constraints on feasible science objectives for either destination), but you very well might be talking about ISS-sized arrays or better for any place further out, which just doesn't seem prudent, practical, or affordable.
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Nov 15 2007, 12:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
My whole point in bringing up the ISS array prob was to illustrate that minimizing mechanical complexity That's why RTGs are very robust; no moving parts. Well, unless you're talking Stirling RTGs. I don't know how I feel about the idea of having moving parts like that on long duration missions, even if the RTGs end up more efficient than old designs. -------------------- |
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