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 7 2008, 10:33 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 8-November 05 From: Australia Member No.: 547 |
Oh Great Maker, let it be so....
(for the record, I'm a staunch atheist, but if prayer has one part in a trillion chance of success... ) |
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Feb 7 2008, 11:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3652 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
To me, any new mission to Neptune that isn't an orbiter will be a tough concept to sell. Spending considerable time and money on an essentially Yet Another Flyby mission. An orbital mission would be significantly costlier, but the increased science return would most likely far outweigh the cost increase.
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