Onwards to Uranus and Neptune! |
Onwards to Uranus and Neptune! |
Jan 12 2008, 09:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
As soon as MESSENGER gets to Mercury, the most poorly explored planets in the solar system will be Uranus and Neptune. Could this lead to a revival of interest in the ice giants and their retinue, in the same way that the existence of New Horizons is perhaps partly due to the Pluto stamp*?
*via Pluto Fast Flyby and later Pluto Kuiper Express |
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Feb 6 2008, 09:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 16-May 06 From: Geneva, Switzerland Member No.: 773 |
After the proposal of a New Horizons-like mission to Uranus and KBOs (NH 2), a new mission to Neptune is now proposed (NH 3 ?) :
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1117.pdf Will surely have the same fate as NH 2, even if the mission is interesting. Marc. |
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