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Just read this interesting article about LRO
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/28apr_lro.htm QUOTE "This is the first in a string of missions," says Gordon Chin, project scientist for LRO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "More robots will follow, about one per year, leading up to manned flight" no later than 2020." One per Year? Is this just wishful thinking or have any tentitve plans been mentioned for follow up missions after LRO? If the next one is going to be 2009/10 then I guess some desisions about it will have to be made fairly soon. James -------------------- |
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I want to commend the LRO team for keeping us up-to-date on the assembly of the LRO.
Check out the website at http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov for a very extensive photo record as LRO is being built up. I do want to predict,, however, that LRO's launch date will probably slip to March 2009 from its current scheduled lift-off in October 2008. I base this on where LRO is in its ATLO sequence. It has not yet been completely assembled and it has several milestones to cross before launch, including shake tests, thermal-vac, software tests, transport to the Cape, fueling, more testing, then transport to the pad. You will note on Kepler's website that it is near completion of assembly, with a scheduled launch in February 2009. Another Phil |
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