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May 5 2011, 08:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
Ahoy mateys!
NASA announces Discovery mission selection for Phase A. Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) is among them. Har! |
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May 16 2011, 05:21 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Dan - I wouldn't have thought that sort of temperature isolation would be an insurmountable technical challenge provided you don't want to put any active components on the outside of the hull. The JWST has active components sitting in the cryosection at around 35K connected to the ISIM (the Integrated Science Instrument Module) that operates at ambient (300K) via a 4m cable that requires some serious engineering so it is possible but I suspect that the mass of the multi-stage cooling system required to allow that would not be possible on TiME.
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