Pioneer spacecraft hardware - TRW |
Pioneer spacecraft hardware - TRW |
Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Jan 31 2007, 08:08 PM
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Just dug up a small booklet with nice logo of TRW 1979...
TRW : Thompson – Ramo – Wooldridge American corporation established in 1958 by the merger of Thompson products with Ramo-Wooldridge Corp, renamed TRW Inc in 1965. TRW developed missile systems and the Pioneer 10 and 11 deep space probes. By 2002, Northrop Grumman acquired TRW defense and Goodrich Corporation took over TRW Aerospace group. Nowadays TRW Automotive Holdings Corp is the world’s leader in automotive safety. |
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Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Nov 1 2008, 10:25 PM
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35 years ago, my favorite spacecraft "" Pioneer 10 "" got Jupiter in sight.
Closest approach was on 5th December 1973 as the spacecraft passed 130000 kilometers over the cloud tops painting by Dutch space artist Ed Hengeveld to celebrate the "" 35 years Jupiter passage "" |
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Nov 2 2008, 09:33 PM
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35 years ago, my favorite spacecraft "" Pioneer 10 "" got Jupiter in sight. Closest approach was on 5th December 1973 as the spacecraft passed 130000 kilometers over the cloud tops painting by Dutch space artist Ed Hengeveld to celebrate the "" 35 years Jupiter passage "" Well Phil I am hoping your up comming paper in the british interpalanetary society mag makes mention of my faverite topic, the fate of the star motor of the pioneer 10.I have reason to believe that the pioneer 11 injection aim point was not nominal( wrong side of the planet!) and the upper stage may not be in a solar system escape orbit.Jonathen mcdowell would be intersted in knowing if your research of this project has turned up anything in this reguard cheers mate, and watch out for that speckeld hen and scrumpie stuff those brits drink! |
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