Jupiter flagship selected |
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Feb 18 2009, 03:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
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Feb 18 2009, 03:59 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
There will be some happy people, and some disappointed people. Both systems have plenty to offer, so no one should be too upset.
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Feb 18 2009, 04:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
Although I was a "Titan Now" kind of person, my first reaction is more of excitement than disappointment. Two orbiters? Not too shabby. It will be great to see the Jupiter system get the complete Cassini treatment... times two!
Just curious. Does anyone think that there may be plume activity on Europa similar to that on Enceladus? |
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Feb 18 2009, 04:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
Plume activity on Europa can't be ruled out, though it's perhaps not very likely. Europan plumes would be much smaller than those on Enceladus (more like Prometheus-sized), due to the higher gravity, and might have been missed by Galileo, which of course had very limited ability to do extensive monitoring. And remember that on average, Europa's surface is much younger than that of Enceladus...
John. |
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Feb 18 2009, 04:59 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Sorry for the ignorant mode here but I don't know the mission architecture...does the future mission count "only" the two orbiters or are there plans tu include extra goodies, an impactor or something similar towards Europa?
EDITED: ngunn, that wasn't an exclusive e-mail... Regarding spacEurope, I've made campaign for TandEM...don't tell me you didn't follow it?! I even had some graphics of mine and that beautiful logo (it was...it was...) included in the mission's pages... Interviews are not predicted so soon I'm afraid...in March/April we'll talk about it... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Feb 18 2009, 05:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
Well, I was hoping for Titan, but Ganymede & Europa will be fine too!
It'll be great to finally have a torrent of data streaming down from the Jovian satellite system after the painful trickle that was Galileo's tour. |
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