Jupiter flagship selected |
Jupiter flagship selected |
Feb 18 2009, 03:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 717 Joined: 3-December 04 From: Boulder, Colorado, USA Member No.: 117 |
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Feb 19 2009, 12:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
I really anticipated that EJSM/JGO would be the choice. Poor GALILEO could only send a dribble of data homeward. It is time to go back to Jupiter system with a mission that can recoup what was not possible with GALILEO due to it's stuck high gain antenna. It is the Europa / Jupiter research communities turn. Who can guess what new wonders EJSM/JGO will reveal? Titan's dunes and lakes and strange highlands will get their turn. As will the plumes of Enceladus. The 2020's is some time ahead.... we can hope that newer technologies will mature enough to fling smaller, more capable tech at the worlds out there so far from the Sun..... (just hope here - since I want the ice giant research community to get it's turn at Uranus/Neptune as well.... So much to discover and these little mayfly lives we lead are so short. But I really cannot complain. We know SO much more than when I was born.... watching the universe unveil continues to be a source of solace in a human world that sometimes seems all too crazy. Craig |
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