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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Jun 18 2015, 12:27 PM
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I'm not complaining, but I'm wondering what this mission will accomplish that the Galileo mission didn't. Both spacecraft have a magnetometer, dust detector, cameras and UV instruments. The Europa mission will also conduct flybys rather than orbit Europa just like Galileo. With the exception of the radar and more advanced versions of the instruments Galileo had, what do scientists hope to get that they couldn't get from Galileo?
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Jun 18 2015, 02:44 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 28-July 07 Member No.: 2984 |
I'm not complaining, but I'm wondering what this mission will accomplish that the Galileo mission didn't. Here's my thinking. If you consider Europa as a constantly evolving system, then this is like the extension of Galileo. We can see what possibly changed in the years between the two, which is possible because they have the same instruments. Can you imagine the excitement when they go back to the same site and see significant changes in the surface coupled with changed measurements? Fingers = crossed. But ultimately it is all about the bandwidth. Mooorrrrreee data. Fire hose instead of a dripping faucet. |
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