New Mars Express And Huygens Results, ESA conference - November 30, 2005 |
New Mars Express And Huygens Results, ESA conference - November 30, 2005 |
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Nov 22 2005, 06:15 PM
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http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMA96ULWFE_index_0.html
Relating to Mars Express: "At the same time, ESA’s Mars Express mission is continuing its investigations of Mars, painting a new picture of the 'red planet'. This includes the first ever probing below the surface of Mars, new geological clues with implications for the climate, newly-discovered surface and atmospheric features and, above all, traces of the presence of water on this world." |
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Dec 7 2005, 07:37 AM
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Since the ESA -- to my amazement -- seems to be serious about flying ExoMars (maybe serious enough to cancel BepiColombo for it), the obvious question is: should both it AND MSL be sent to phyllosilicate sites, or should one of them be sent to a different type of terrain, such as a Meridiani-type sulfate deposit? (A pretty strong case can be made, actually, that they SHOULD both go to diferent phyllosilicate sites.)
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Dec 7 2005, 02:10 PM
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QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 7 2005, 07:37 AM) Since the ESA -- to my amazement -- seems to be serious about flying ExoMars (maybe serious enough to cancel BepiColombo for it), the obvious question is: should both it AND MSL be sent to phyllosilicate sites, or should one of them be sent to a different type of terrain, such as a Meridiani-type sulfate deposit? (A pretty strong case can be made, actually, that they SHOULD both go to diferent phyllosilicate sites.) So that's the deal, then? I was reading the Bepi cancellation as evidence that ESA science was going to be slowly strangled.... |
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Dec 8 2005, 01:24 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Canberra Member No.: 558 |
QUOTE (gpurcell @ Dec 7 2005, 02:10 PM) So that's the deal, then? I was reading the Bepi cancellation as evidence that ESA science was going to be slowly strangled.... ExoMars is funded out of the Aurora, not the science budget. As I understand, science funding is based on per capita ESA-wide contributions wheras Aurora projects by project-specific funding from individual nations. Two recent BBC stories: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4503680.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4507122.stm Jon |
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