Aerobraking at Triton |
Aerobraking at Triton |
Jan 15 2007, 02:01 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Flying on Triton is no problem; you just need a chopper with blades a couple of kilometers long...
(Semi)seriously, would anything we think of as atmospheric flight work at all on Triton? I doubt that even a balloon "filled" with several cubic km of lab-quality vacuum would generate enough lift to get itself off the surface, much less a useful payload. Mars by comparison is a veritable pressure cooker. -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 24 2007, 06:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 30-January 05 Member No.: 162 |
You're idea has merits, but the resulting path around Neptune is going to be pretty indeterminate. If the Triton aero-braking takes 60 degrees of Tritonian longitude or 150 . . .
You would want to be on a path that returns to Triton for further orbit shaping. Perhaps a ballute with flaps or tethers that adjust for length. |
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