I'm back from the Europa Focus Group meeting... |
I'm back from the Europa Focus Group meeting... |
Guest_BruceMoomaw_* |
Mar 1 2006, 07:33 AM
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...which I decided to attend literally at the last possible minute, which is why I didn't alert you guys in advance. Very interesting -- both the discussions about the likely design of the mission (and how to retrieve it from cancellation), and many of the actual science presentations (which aren't on the Web yet, although they probably soon will be). I'll give you some more information tomorrow -- although I can't resist telling Alex that Tom Spilker's subgroup took my ideas about a Europa penetrator, and the printed information I gave them on the subject, seriously enough to recommend making further inquiries to NASA HQ on it. (And without my browbeating them, either. Nyaah.) The case for it, however, is still extremely far from certain.
As I say, more tomorrow. |
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Guest_BruceMoomaw_* |
Mar 3 2006, 07:14 PM
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Yep. The "bowling ball" lander is supposed to endure 4000 to 10,000 Gs -- with sophisticated science instruments onboard. JPL says they're confident they can engineer it. The real question with the afterbody on a penetrator, I'd think, is how to eliminate the bouncing problem if it hits a hard surface.
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