NASA Europa Missions, projects and proposals for the 2020s |
NASA Europa Missions, projects and proposals for the 2020s |
Mar 5 2014, 12:53 AM
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Mar 12 2014, 08:06 AM
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I looked at various options that may be considered for a $1B mission: futureplanets.blogspot.nl/2014/01/europa-new-frontiers-mission-or-why-i.html?m=0
(Sorry, could not get the live link function to work on the antiquated phone that is my internet connection for the next while.) - Fixed (link, not your internet!) - Mod Basically, the cheaper mission could fly fewer instruments, return less data per flyby (cheaper power amd comm systems), and/or reduce radiation harfening (which would reduce the number of flybys). The minimum mission looked at by the Clipper team would carry just three instruments: a moderate resolution imager, an imaging IR spectrometer, and an ice-penetrating radar. All produce large amounts of data. A mass spectrometer would be the fourth instrument priority and essential for plume flybys. For good global studies, the Clipper team analysis suggests that 20-30 flybys are needed by some study goals and up to 50 for others. By contrast, JUICE will do just two flybys and the proposed $1B Io multiflyby mission would do 6+ encounters of that moon. -------------------- |
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