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Jan 10 2007, 09:47 PM
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Feb 24 2007, 02:13 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2251 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
I vaguely remember some ideas of a planetary space telescope (~1 meter aperture? - I don't remember), probably about 10 years ago. Could have been very useful although Earth-based telescopes with adaptive optics can perform miracles.
A completely different topic: Does anyone know if SPICE kernels (or to be specific: SPK kernels) for NH are available somewhere? I've searched the PDS NAIF node but didn't find anything. I was going to do an animation of the NH Jupiter flyby. |
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Feb 24 2007, 12:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
I vaguely remember some ideas of a planetary space telescope (~1 meter aperture? - I don't remember), probably about 10 years ago. Could have been very useful although Earth-based telescopes with adaptive optics can perform miracles. Reminds me of an idea I had for a Galileo 2 in two parts (someone else probably had this idea as well). Part 1: A 1m aperture (or greater*) imaging spacecraft placed completely outside Callisto's orbit that would do lots of high bandwidth distant observations of the Galileans and Jupiter but would have comparatively meagre propulsion and rad hardening requirements (cutting down on mass and increasing longevity). Part 2: a small, simple, highly rad-hardened fields and particles/radio science spacecraft that would make lots of close flybys of the Galileans for low bandwidth in situ observations. *Maybe a scaled down version of the JWST design? |
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