Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
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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 |
I thought it was time to start a separate thread on this mission, launching soon
some good medium-resolution images of the spacecraft are available on JAXA digital archives http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p3_e.php?time=N&...mp;mission=4066 |
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Dec 9 2010, 08:02 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Well, one way to look at it is that six years is a great deal of time to try to determine the exact cause(s) of the fault. I'm sure that it will take much less time than that, though.
In the meantime, I would guess that their priority will be to try to find a way to keep Akatsuki healthy with a minimal expenditure of fuel. Towards that end, I wonder if they can use the arrays for solar-sailing-style attitude control, or perhaps even to modify the trajectory to reduce the amount of fuel needed for the next attempt to achieve Venus orbit? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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