Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Nov 10 2005, 03:51 PM
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This seems like a good place to start off the Uranus and Neptune forum: with the next ice-giants mission.
I will admit to not knowing a whole lot about the Neptune Orbiter With Probes (NOWP), other than the fact that it's in the planning stages, and a few other details I've gathered from Wikipedia and various other Internet sources. Anyone care to get this one going with a bit more information? |
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Nov 11 2005, 10:18 PM
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That's another reason why, given the likely delay for the Neptune Orbiter, it might indeed be wise to previously fly a simpler ice-giant flyby mission with entry probes -- but to aim that mission at Uranus instead of Neptune. (Especially given the recent idea, which is very rapidly gaining momentum, that the first entry-probe mission to any of the three outer giant planets will be very much worthwhile scientifically even if it only penetrates to about the 20-40 bar level instead of 100 or more bars -- which would make it a much easier mission to fly. 100-bar Uranus and Neptune probes -- unlike such for Jupiter and Saturn -- don't have to contend with high temperatures at that level and so can be vented rather than armored in design, but they still have major communications problems compared with higher-altitude probes.)
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