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 19 2014, 02:22 AM
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Many thanks Mcaplinger, this was very interesting to read. That issue of storage seems to always be "very soon now", I seem to remember chalcogenide / phase change and FRAM being promised in the JIMO-era studies. On the trades, does the option of spending much of the time "standing off" at Ganymede with a suitably massive and impressive mirror make any sense? I only ever saw it proposed in those MIDAS slides, and they were build around what seemed to be special optics.
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Mar 19 2014, 03:32 AM
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On the trades, does the option of spending much of the time "standing off" at Ganymede with a suitably massive and impressive mirror make any sense? Not to me. Shielding is easier to make than big optics and may well weigh less. If people want to get some insight into some of the engineering that goes into these sorts of missions, the JUICE proposal information is a good read http://sci.esa.int/juice/ JUICE is actually a fairly good start for a Europa mission, too bad they didn't pick our camera -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Mar 19 2014, 12:08 PM
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.......too bad they didn't pick our camera What's in a name, the acronym for the JANUS camera is in Latin: "Jovis, Amorum ac Natorum Undique Scrutator." Jovis mean Jupiter, Scrutator is nearly the same as the English 'Scrutinise' but after that I had to give up to the meaning. Italian instrument so the name figures to some degree at least. =) Related link, as for the selection of instruments DLR are happy to be onboard as well. German page. |
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