Uranus and/or Neptune Exploration |
Uranus and/or Neptune Exploration |
Jul 20 2016, 05:29 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 26-March 12 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 6368 |
I'm 49 and will be 50 in January. With the success of New Horizons, being the first humans to ever see Pluto is mind blowing, I was wondering if I/we will ever see a probe or exploration of Uranus and Neptune? Are there any plans for exploring these two planets in the near future?
Thanks, James Sontag -------------------- Axes Grind and Maces Clash!
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Jul 27 2016, 08:07 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 7-July 16 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 7991 |
I'm hoping for the same thing, but am guessing other things will get more attention and money, unless mission costs come way down somehow (AI, robot manufacturing, nanosatellites, laser sails, who knows...). I'm about the same age so have another 40 years or so to see what happens.
But here are some proposed Uranus/Neptune orbiters anyway, with some possible launch dates - Uranus Orbiter and Probe (JPL), launch 2025 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus_orbiter_and_probe MUSE (Mission to Uranus for Science and Exploration) (ESA), launch 2026 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSE_(spacecraft) ODINUS (Origins, Dynamics, and Interiors of the Neptunian and Uranian Systems) (ESA) Dual Uranus and Neptune orbiters, launch 2034 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ODINUS Some more info - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Uranus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Neptune I like the idea of using more powerful telescopes with adaptive optics to image them, e.g. Uranus from Keck in 2004 - http://www.keckobservatory.org/images/made...3_3_800_623.jpg (from http://www.keckobservatory.org/recent/entr...rom_the_ground), and Hubble - http://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/ima...en/opo9736a.jpg (from https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9736a/). And the JWST... I've been playing with the Voyager 2 images of Uranus and Neptune - I figure that'll be the closest thing to visiting them again for a while (eg some rough Uranus movies - http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...t&p=231787). |
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