ESA Rosetta, news, updates and discussion |
ESA Rosetta, news, updates and discussion |
Apr 15 2005, 08:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Well Rosetta isn't going to get to 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Chury) till 2014, but it's not to early to set up a thread. There are a bunch of earth fly-bys, a Mars encounter at 200km in 2007 and a few asteriod passes. Not to mention the mission to land on the comet itself.
Only another nine and a half years to go. |
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Feb 20 2007, 03:29 PM
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All this considered, I stand by my opinion. Maybe the risks are higher (all eggs in one basket), but the benefits are higher too. For me, subjective, the benefits of flagship missions outweight the risks of loosing one.
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Feb 21 2007, 08:49 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
All this considered, I stand by my opinion. Maybe the risks are higher (all eggs in one basket), but the benefits are higher too. For me, subjective, the benefits of flagship missions outweight the risks of loosing one. Analyst To me, it depends. If funding levels are too low, and thus flagships get to rare and then one fails, the powers that be might get too used to not having planetary missions. Also, smaller missions are often needed to pathfind, in some cases to prove technology, and in others to do some basic reconnaissance to select instruments for a flagship. In addition, it depends on the target. For the moon, or even Mars, a series of little missions works OK, at least for orbiters. But when it comes to the outer solar system, the cost of getting there makes small missions harder to justify, post Pioneer. -------------------- |
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