The Grand Tour, A proposal that ended with Voyager 1 & 2 |
The Grand Tour, A proposal that ended with Voyager 1 & 2 |
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Seeing descriptions and even images of old projects that never did get underway, my memory was stimulated into remember 'The grand tour' plans.
Back in the 1960 the proposal was to fly no less than 4 spacecrafts, each with atmospheric probes for the four gas giants and one even with a flyby of Pluto after swinging past Jupiter and Uranus. The proposal for this project did fare the same way as many other ambitious plans, that of limited funding but it was skillfuly advocated and eventually ended up with the dual Voyagers (which btw originally only was planned for flyby's of Jupiter and Saturn). Regardless, if anyone remember some tidbits or even sits on more specific information I would be happy to have my memory refreshed. Thank you in advance! ![]() |
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Mariner Jupiter/Uranus was sunk by both the Shuttle, and as I recall, by the Ford Administration's utter indifference. Remember "WIN: Whip Inflation Now" buttons?
The shuttle... and Jimmy Carter sunk the Hally's Comet Rendezvous mission when they refused to fund development of SEPS.. the solar-electric propulsion system and flight test it so it'd be mature technology for a major solar electric system that could do a Hally rendezvous. One of many reasons I regret being stupid enough to vote for "Malaise Jimmy".. I wanted something better than "King Log" and voted for "King Stork" ...... |
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