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Dawn Cruise |
Sep 27 2007, 12:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
Pushing out of Earth orbit now...........
-------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Aug 30 2008, 10:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 30-January 05 Member No.: 162 |
Just wanted to comment how much fun it is to have a new 'toy' (ion drive) to 'play' with on the Dawn mission (I wasn't paying attention during Deep Space 1).
I think for folks brought up during the space age we all mostly have a 'feel' for Hohmann transfer orbits and their permutations, but 'learning the ropes' with an ion drive is new and exciting. No shortage of ideas on things to try with it, and probably some good caution being exercised by the mission planners. I really appreciate all the interest in this mission. And of course, future applications of this drive technology seem to be promising all kinds of exciting possibilities. I'd love to wire up an ion drive to an RTG and see what we could get going . . . |
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