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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May 26 2009, 02:14 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
A bit of LCROSS impact site updating is in order. The chance of launch date finally pushed the impact back to the south pole. The choice of pole matters because of libration - you want to impact at the pole which is librated towards Earth for the ground-based observers. The original launch last fall with impact very early this year favored the south. The delay into this spring favored the north. Even a June 2 launch still worked best for the north. But June 17th tips the balance back to the south again.
The exact target isn't chosen yet and won't be until the last minute, specifically to allow some early LRO observations to factor into the decision. There will be a meeting to discuss candidates before the choice is made. Shackleton crater is unlikely, though. My guess is Shoemaker or Faustini. Any UMSFers planning to try to observe the impacts? Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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