Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity |
Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity |
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Jan 3 2006, 10:19 PM
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I'm not sure exactly which forum this fits in but NASA has just released the AO for Discovery Program 2006 and Missions of Opportunity. See the Discovery Program Acquisition Home Page for more details. Click on the "Discovery AO" link to download the PDF.
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Nov 1 2006, 12:37 AM
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There are a lot better pics out there than the ones you picked.
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/jpg/HRI_937_1.jpg As I understand it, the idea is that we have only seen 4 comets close up, and each one looked very different from the last. As I recall, the best resolution on Deep Impact images were around 10 meters per pixel. Compare that to around 100 m at Halleys back in 1986, and over 30 m at Borelley (Deep Space 1), and you can appreciate the improvement. The Contour Discovery mission was funded at around 150 million to get a look at only 2 comets (maybe 3 if lucky, which it most definately was not). So NASA was willing to spend about 75 million dollars per comet on that mission. 30 million for the Deep Impact extended mission seems like a good bargain in comparision. |
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