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Feb 18 2009, 03:47 PM
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Feb 18 2009, 05:41 PM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2254 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
I originally preferred TSSM but eventually became fairly neutral so overall I'm happy. Actually I kinda expected this result - comparing the kind of coverage Cassini has given at Saturn to what Galileo did at Jupiter is one obvious justification. Lots of atmospheric movies of Saturn at several wavelengths compared to very limited movies of Jupiter (actually the best ones are from Cassini), extensive ~1 km/pixel multispectral imaging of Saturn's satellites compared to Galileo's limited color coverage, to name a few. And significantly better instruments on Cassini. Also the Cassini mission isn't over yet while the Galileo mission ended several years ago.
EJSM is going to be a spectacular mission, a 'Galileo 2 on steroids' - and with a functional HGA. The only problem is that ESA hasn't commited to flying the Ganymede orbiter yet. |
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