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 May 2 2005, 01:31 AM
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Just read this interesting article about LRO
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/28apr_lro.htm QUOTE "This is the first in a string of missions," says Gordon Chin, project scientist for LRO at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "More robots will follow, about one per year, leading up to manned flight" no later than 2020." One per Year? Is this just wishful thinking or have any tentitve plans been mentioned for follow up missions after LRO? If the next one is going to be 2009/10 then I guess some desisions about it will have to be made fairly soon. James -------------------- |
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Apr 11 2006, 04:10 AM
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One thing that I strangely haven't seen mentioned as a planned object of study for the RLEP-2 lander, which would nevertheless seem to be extremely urgent -- not only for manned landers, but for unmanned ones -- is the dust problem, which seems to be right up there with radiation as the most devilish aspect of lunar exploration. The dust that's already known to be electrostatically levitated 10 km or more above the lunar surface is even being suggested as a serious problem for lunar-based astronomical observations!
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/2277.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1899.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1343.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2006/pdf/2217.pdf ...and there are already some proposals for ways to try to deal with it: http://www.agu.org/cgi-bin/SFgate/SFgate?&...t;P41A-01" http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1812.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1422.pdf Would it not be wise to have RLEP-2 study both the extent of the problem and test such possible alleviation techniques? |
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jamescanvin LRO development May 2 2005, 01:31 AM
tedstryk If they follow through with it, it will be really ... May 2 2005, 01:35 AM BruceMoomaw Judging from what I've read:
(1) There will ... May 2 2005, 08:01 PM
tedstryk That would relate strangely to New Frontiers. May 2 2005, 11:04 PM
JRehling QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 2 2005, 01:01 PM)Jud... May 3 2005, 04:53 PM BruceMoomaw Well, you know, Bush has already blindfolded himse... May 4 2005, 12:16 AM babakm New article on LRO:
http://science.nasa.gov/headl... Jul 12 2005, 01:59 PM SFJCody LROC site up:
http://www.msss.com/lro/lroc/index... Sep 4 2005, 04:10 PM dilo QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 4 2005, 04:10 PM)LROC si... Sep 7 2005, 01:05 AM Rakhir QUOTE (dilo @ Sep 7 2005, 03:05 AM)Humm, 0.5 ... Oct 18 2005, 07:05 AM ljk4-1 http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/ind...8980.... Jan 3 2006, 04:17 PM BruceMoomaw Ominous indication tonight that LRO may be about t... Sep 16 2005, 05:32 AM BruceMoomaw Stop the presses! No sooner did I write that ... Sep 16 2005, 05:36 AM edstrick Somebody said, yesterday -?on another thread?- tha... Sep 16 2005, 07:11 AM Redstone Things are starting to move on the Lunar Lander, w... Sep 30 2005, 08:23 PM jamescanvin Decent Space Review article this week, giving a go... Oct 18 2005, 01:38 AM AlexBlackwell An interesting tidbit from the "In Orbit... Jan 9 2006, 06:03 PM AlexBlackwell NASA Developing Robotic Scouts For Lunar Explorati... Jan 23 2006, 06:42 PM Phil Stooke Alex, your posts are very useful... Thanks.
Phil Jan 23 2006, 07:08 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 23 2006, 07:08 PM)Al... Jan 23 2006, 11:17 PM BruceMoomaw "Trailing cables"? They're kidding,... Jan 24 2006, 01:16 AM Phil Stooke The first time they try it, will they have to use ... Jan 24 2006, 04:24 PM RNeuhaus A new article from space.com
Lunar Reconnaissance... Feb 8 2006, 07:18 PM Phil Stooke The irregularities in the gravitational field are ... Feb 8 2006, 10:01 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 8 2006, 10:01 PM)And... Feb 9 2006, 12:31 AM Phil Stooke Alex, you can't really say that Clementine ... Feb 9 2006, 02:46 AM Bob Shaw Phil:
At least with the later Apollo flights and ... Feb 9 2006, 09:25 AM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 9 2006, 02:46 AM)Ale... Feb 9 2006, 06:24 PM Phil Stooke It might *just* be possible, Bob, but the tracks w... Feb 9 2006, 01:23 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 9 2006, 08:23 AM)It ... Feb 9 2006, 01:49 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 9 2006, 02:23 PM)It ... Feb 9 2006, 07:42 PM Phil Stooke No. That information, which is repeated on many w... Feb 9 2006, 02:09 PM Phil Stooke One final point, often not appreciated. The laser... Feb 9 2006, 02:19 PM AlexBlackwell Kaboom! Ancient impacts scarred moon to its co... Feb 9 2006, 06:05 PM RNeuhaus Very interesting article: Kaboom! Ancient impa... Feb 9 2006, 07:04 PM dvandorn In fact, Bob, the footprints and wheel tracks near... Feb 9 2006, 10:54 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 9 2006, 11:54 PM)In fac... Feb 10 2006, 12:00 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Feb 10 2006, 06:00 AM)...Ap... Feb 11 2006, 12:36 AM ljk4-1 If this is any help, Lunar Orbiter 3 was able to i... Feb 11 2006, 04:42 AM Phil Stooke There are no lunar prospector images! And the... Feb 10 2006, 03:45 AM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Feb 10 2006, 03:45 AM)Th... Feb 10 2006, 05:57 PM BruceMoomaw On Apollo 12 , Dick Gordon -- from lunar orbit -- ... Feb 11 2006, 05:31 AM dvandorn Gordon saw both the LM and Surveyor with his eye, ... Feb 11 2006, 06:27 AM ljk4-1 Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington
Phone: ... Feb 17 2006, 04:08 PM PhilHorzempa [size=2]Does anyone have recent info on the RLEP-2... Apr 3 2006, 07:01 PM Phil Stooke RLEP-2 will be a brand new spacecraft, so they wil... Apr 4 2006, 03:01 AM BruceMoomaw NASA has made it clear that it will land at a pola... Apr 4 2006, 03:24 AM BruceMoomaw I've dug up some more on this. It turns out I... Apr 5 2006, 12:12 PM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 5 2006, 08:12 AM... Apr 6 2006, 07:08 PM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (Jim from NSF.com @ Apr 6 2006, 03... Apr 8 2006, 02:04 PM Bob Shaw Perhaps the vehicle is already built, as the Blue ... Apr 8 2006, 03:44 PM Jim from NSF.com Maybe so, but there still is no vehicle able to la... Apr 8 2006, 08:31 PM PhilHorzempa QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 5 2006, 09:12 AM... Apr 7 2006, 08:06 PM Phil Stooke Thanks for this, Bruce. Very nice.
The landing a... Apr 5 2006, 12:35 PM dvandorn Hiya, Jim.
No, this thing wouldn't fly on a C... Apr 7 2006, 04:37 PM Jim from NSF.com Then this is not going to fly before the LSAM, bec... Apr 7 2006, 05:00 PM dvandorn Yep -- if Bruce's information is correct, then... Apr 7 2006, 05:13 PM Jim from NSF.com I don't see happening until the LSAM contracto... Apr 7 2006, 05:40 PM BruceMoomaw What it's supposed to be -- according to Mark ... Apr 8 2006, 09:09 PM Bob Shaw If there's an impactor mission using the Rayth... Apr 8 2006, 09:14 PM DonPMitchell QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Apr 8 2006, 02:14 PM) I... May 17 2006, 02:05 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (DonPMitchell @ May 17 2006, 10:05 ... May 17 2006, 02:28 PM DonPMitchell QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ May 17 2006, 07:28 A... May 17 2006, 03:54 PM lyford QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 8 2006, 02:09 PM... Apr 8 2006, 10:04 PM BruceMoomaw No, it's just "holding off" on sayin... Apr 8 2006, 10:56 PM Bob Shaw Bruce:
I suppose that the EKV technology, althoug... Apr 8 2006, 11:21 PM BruceMoomaw Cowing now confirms that RLEP-2 is in very serious... Apr 9 2006, 10:41 PM Bob Shaw Bruce:
The mission design as shown in the slide a... Apr 9 2006, 11:19 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Apr 9 2006, 11:19 PM) B... Apr 10 2006, 12:25 AM RNeuhaus Many more presentations:
http://www.digitalspace... Apr 10 2006, 12:15 AM The Messenger QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Apr 9 2006, 06:15 PM) M... Apr 10 2006, 03:33 AM BruceMoomaw Actually, it's LRO (and its piggyback) that wi... Apr 10 2006, 03:51 AM PhilHorzempa Isn't it about time that RLEP-2 receive a prop... May 10 2006, 04:53 AM BruceMoomaw I've got some genuinely reliable and wholly un... May 10 2006, 08:49 AM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 10 2006, 04:49 A... May 11 2006, 02:46 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (Jim from NSF.com @ May 11 2006, 02... May 11 2006, 08:51 PM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 11 2006, 04:51 P... May 12 2006, 12:15 AM BruceMoomaw Let me repeat that the fact that RLEP-2 will be mu... May 12 2006, 01:21 AM Phil Stooke PhilHorzempa said: "My suggestion is Surveyor... May 12 2006, 01:59 AM gndonald QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ May 12 2006, 09:59 A... May 13 2006, 10:51 AM ljk4-1 QUOTE (gndonald @ May 13 2006, 06:51 AM) ... May 19 2006, 04:20 PM Analyst Back to LRO. I never understood the "problem... May 12 2006, 06:19 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (Analyst @ May 11 2006, 11:19 PM) B... May 12 2006, 06:49 AM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (Analyst @ May 12 2006, 02:19 AM) I... May 12 2006, 12:20 PM Analyst Thanks, sounds valid. On the other hand, Messenger... May 12 2006, 07:56 AM BruceMoomaw That first rumor about Seasat's early demise g... May 18 2006, 12:10 AM DonPMitchell QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 17 2006, 05:10 P... May 18 2006, 02:36 AM mchan I recall reading some Congressional hearings trans... May 18 2006, 03:07 AM ljk4-1 Who needs fancy and expensive laser weapons to wip... May 18 2006, 04:53 PM PhilHorzempa Here is the recent news, from NASAWatch, about cha... May 29 2006, 02:58 AM BruceMoomaw This wouldn't be true if Sen. Shelby's dem... May 29 2006, 03:28 AM PhilHorzempa As for RLEP-2, I don't know enough to judge wh... May 31 2006, 02:04 AM dvandorn QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ May 30 2006, 09:04 ... May 31 2006, 11:05 AM Jim from NSF.com QUOTE (PhilHorzempa @ May 30 2006, 10:04 ... May 31 2006, 02:11 PM BruceMoomaw Not at a cost of $2 billion or more, which wa... May 31 2006, 05:54 AM ljk4-1 They also better come up with a better acronym for... May 31 2006, 02:39 PM ljk4-1 Is anyone here working on LRO or know someone who ... Jun 19 2006, 07:20 PM AlexBlackwell The Workshop on Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing... Jul 24 2006, 08:29 PM FordPrefect Just a question, I can't seem to find any info... Sep 4 2006, 10:12 AM |
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