Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission, CLPS mission with NASA and commercial payloads |
Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission, CLPS mission with NASA and commercial payloads |
Feb 4 2022, 03:11 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I am starting a new thread for this mission which should fly this year.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 11 2022, 02:52 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/leag2022/pdf/5027.pdf
This link goes to an abstract for the upcoming LEAG annual meeting. The abstract is a summary of the CLPS program so far. For me the most intriguing thing is a brief reference to the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission (launch late 2022) which says that it will land in Mare Crisium. The last statement from Intuitive Machines themselves is that the landing site is on the Aristarchus Plateau. There was an LPSC abstract on mapping the landing site. Their orbital debris (ODAR) report said they would land between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Crisium. I took that to be a simple mixup between east and west longitudes with the real target still at Aristarchus. But now this puzzling statement! So, is the landing site the Aristarchus Plateau, or Mare Serenitatis (which was stated by Intuitive at LEAG a couple of years ago) or somewhere between Serenitatis and Crisium, or in Crisium itself? Does 'between Serenitatis and Crisium' mean somewhere in the middle, or does it mean that the choice is between Serenitatis and Crisium? It's like trying to follow Chang'e 4. Maybe we will get clarification at the meeting. I will report on it. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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