Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Neptune Orbiter, Another proposed mission |
Nov 10 2005, 03:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 2-July 05 From: Calgary, Alberta Member No.: 426 |
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 29 2005, 08:44 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
Deployments have ALWAYS been one of the big mission-killers. Without the ability to actually test fly a spacecraft in orbit before boosting it to it's destination, there's no way to do a really adequate pre-flight test of in-space deployment. They've gotten DAMN good at faking things in 1 G and 1 Atmosphere, but the ghods of space still have nasty tricks up their sleeves.
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