Distant Vistas 2 - The view from Cape Tribulation |
Distant Vistas 2 - The view from Cape Tribulation |
Nov 17 2014, 08:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
The latest pancams show some interesting bumps on the far horizon as well as long 'swells' on the plain that might respond well to 'phil-o-vision'. Time for the 'Distant Vistas' team to resume work? I'm not going to attempt the first identifications as I have little idea what azimuths we're looking at. Also I don't know what visibility to expect with the current dust levels.
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Feb 2 2015, 09:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2106 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
Planetary Society's Casey Drier says this is actually routine; happened last year, but was fought over, so not a big worry yet.
If it ends up being a choice between Odyssey and Oppy, well....that's going to be a tough one. |
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Feb 6 2015, 12:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
If it ends up being a choice between Odyssey and Oppy, well....that's going to be a tough one. I have this vague recollection that Odyssey is expected to run out of fuel sometime in the next couple of years. Does anyone here know for sure? Same thing for LRO (which is also proposed for termination by September)? MRO is projected to be funded (and presumably operating) through 2020, so it apparently has a good fuel supply. -------------------- |
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Feb 11 2015, 04:26 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
I have this vague recollection that Odyssey is expected to run out of fuel sometime in the next couple of years. Does anyone here know for sure? As of 2013: Conservative use of Odyssey's remaining fuel should allow it to maintain operations until around 2020. However, one of its four reaction wheels failed in 2012. If a second reaction wheel fails, it will have to transition to thruster-only attitude control, which will burn fuel at a much more rapid rate, resulting in a remaining mission lifetime of 1 to 3 years. -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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