Jupiter flagship selected |
Jupiter flagship selected |
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, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
Selection of the Jupiter mission would mean that the late-10s Jupiter-Saturn slingshot opportunity will probably be lost. The next will be more than one decade later. too bad!
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Feb 18 2009, 07:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
Selection of the Jupiter mission would mean that the late-10s Jupiter-Saturn slingshot opportunity will probably be lost. The next will be more than one decade later. too bad! Jupiter gravity assists fizzled out in 2015, just too early to be considered in the baseline in the 2007 Titan Flagship study (although it was considered as a possible alternate launch for an accelerated program - see section 6 of the public release report for launch date options) IIRC these opportunities recur after 15 or 17 years or so, so a late 2020/early 2030s launch may be favorable for a Titan flagship as the 'second' outer solar system flagship. Won't be during my professional lifetime, though. |
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