Lucy, Discovery Mission 13 - a grand tour of the Jupiter Trojans |
Lucy, Discovery Mission 13 - a grand tour of the Jupiter Trojans |
Jan 4 2017, 08:20 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 12-December 16 Member No.: 8089 |
Obligatory new thread for the Lucy mission, now that it has been selected by NASA to launch as Discovery mission 13! Lucy will launch in 2021, and will perform a flyby of a main belt asteroid in 2025, before making flybys of at least six Jupiter trojans from 2027 to 2033. The mission, led by the Southwest Research Institute and Principal Investigator Harold F. Levison, will send a spacecraft carrying updated versions of New Horizons' LORRI and RALPH instruments.
Be sure to check out r/lucymission on reddit as well! EDIT: I have made a mistake. Could a kind mod please move this thread to the "Cometary and Asteroid Missions" subforum? ADMIN: Done. Note for the new members: Generally speaking, please consult a member of the admin/mod team before creating new topics. Not a hard rule, but it does help to keep the place tidy. Also, we encourage all members to review this welcome post for orientation purposes. Thanks! |
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Oct 31 2021, 03:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 913 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
With the low cost and weight of small cameras, I'm surprised there were not two cameras dedicated to viewing the solar arrays and documenting their deployment.
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Oct 31 2021, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2517 Joined: 13-September 05 Member No.: 497 |
With the low cost and weight of small cameras, I'm surprised there were not two cameras dedicated to viewing the solar arrays and documenting their deployment. The overall system cost is probably not as low as you think, and it's not at all clear that documenting the deployment would help you fix a problem. Without knowing the details of the system it's impossible to know. There's more than enough poorly-informed discussion of this at the link I provided above. If you want small space-rated cameras we would be happy to sell you some, and in fact there are two on Lucy: https://www.msss.com/news/index.php?id=131 -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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