Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Cassini's Extended-Extended Mission, July 2010-June 2017 |
Feb 6 2009, 03:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
Perhaps now would be a good time to start a new thread on the Extended-Extended Mission.
http://www.space.com/news/090127-cassini-m...-extension.html -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Feb 5 2010, 07:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 146 Joined: 23-August 06 From: Vriezenveen, Netherlands Member No.: 1067 |
I think it's a sad thing to crash a spacecraft like Cassini into Saturn.
I remember that when Cassini was developed many options were mentioned, like orbiting Titan or swing te spacecraft out of the Saturn system in an orbit around the sun. |
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Feb 5 2010, 07:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
I think it's a sad thing to crash a spacecraft like Cassini into Saturn. I remember that when Cassini was developed many options were mentioned, like orbiting Titan or swing te spacecraft out of the Saturn system in an orbit around the sun. Well, a lot has happened since Cassini was developed.... in fact, one of the driving considerations behind the end-of-mission scenarios is to avoid even the small probability of hitting Europa (qv Galileo). Dumping your RTG-powered spacecraft in a giant planet avoids lawsuits, terrorist threats, and planetary protection issues. |
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