LRO development |
LRO development |
May 2 2005, 01:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Just read this interesting article about LRO
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/28apr_lro.htm QUOTE "This is the first in a string of missions," says Gordon Chin, project scientist for LRO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "More robots will follow, about one per year, leading up to manned flight" no later than 2020." One per Year? Is this just wishful thinking or have any tentitve plans been mentioned for follow up missions after LRO? If the next one is going to be 2009/10 then I guess some desisions about it will have to be made fairly soon. James -------------------- |
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Feb 17 2009, 07:37 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Guess I just didn't work hard enough! Thanks. There are now 15 images up, including several showing the spacecraft more unwrapped with various technical doohickeys attached. Here's a labeled CAD drawing identifying instruments from the LRO website.
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Feb 18 2009, 01:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
...with various technical doohickeys attached... I just love the technical quality of the discourse, here... (Could be worse, though. Instead of doohickies, they might have been doomaflickies.... ) -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Feb 18 2009, 06:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 183 Joined: 22-October 05 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Member No.: 534 |
The LRO photo category if you want to bookmark:
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=201 The date of April 24 remains "official" for now but the ELV status report NASA issued yesterday says that while no formal request to delay to the May window (April 24, 25 and then no launch dates till May 7) has been made yet, discussions are in work as to whether April 24 is still a possibility. There is another Atlas 5 slated to go first, already delayed several times to March 9 and now looking at a delay of a few more days itself. They normally need close to 60 days turnaround time so I would be surprised if they keep April. -------------------- |
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Feb 21 2009, 12:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 540 Joined: 25-October 05 From: California Member No.: 535 |
Glad to see LCROSS and LRO in Florida now. Hopefully, they'll make the April launch...not that being delayed 2 weeks to May 7 is a bummer
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Feb 21 2009, 07:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 183 Joined: 22-October 05 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Member No.: 534 |
Glad to see LCROSS and LRO in Florida now. Hopefully, they'll make the April launch...not that being delayed 2 weeks to May 7 is a bummer I think it is officially NET May 7th now; it's now under review in the ELV status report and on the NASA schedule and being they only had the 24th and 25th before bumping to the May 7th window... Windows (EDT): May 07 - 19:29:07, 10 mins May 08 - 20:14:55, 60 May 09 - 21:50:31, 60 -------------------- |
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