Uranus Orbiter, The other proposed ice-giant mission |
Uranus Orbiter, The other proposed ice-giant mission |
Nov 11 2005, 05:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 2-July 05 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 426 |
Since the Neptune Orbiter thread has started to veer into talking about a Uranus orbiter as well, it seemed like a good idea to start a topic for Uranus.
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Nov 27 2005, 03:17 AM
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McRonald's best paper on the subject seems to be at http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstre...6/1/99-0422.pdf .
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Nov 27 2005, 03:58 AM
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QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Nov 26 2005, 09:17 PM) McRonald's best paper on the subject seems to be at http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstre...6/1/99-0422.pdf . Doesn't look like it will burn off too much Tritonian frost. But what an amazing technique for getting to interesting places in the solar system! Not sure a human payload will ever try this technique (shades of 2010), at least not at Pluto. It is quite hard to imagine decel at up to 40 gees from such a thin atmosphere at hundreds of km above Pluto's surface. Still, the technique has great potential for orbiters and landers at a variety of objects. |
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