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 16 2010, 08:11 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah, I was wondering about that, too. It's sorta-kinda-somewhat like an ion engine thrust strategy in that you increment total delta-V over time much more slowly.
Would love to see the JPL & ESA orbital dynamicists' take on this in addition to those of JAXA. My impression is that there are so many possibilities when it comes to artfully designing long-duration trajectories that it definitely helps to have several different individuals and/or teams working the same problem. -------------------- 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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