Stardust + Deep Impact mission extensions, ...two new comet flybys approved |
Stardust + Deep Impact mission extensions, ...two new comet flybys approved |
Jul 4 2007, 10:36 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 18-July 05 Member No.: 438 |
- Deep Impact to fly by Boethin on December 5, 2008.
- Stardust to visit Tempel 1 (DI's previous target) on February 14, 2011. More details here: |
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Jul 5 2007, 06:13 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Starting to see a theme emerge here wrt Discovery missions...creative reuse/extension of available assets. I like it, and gonna blame it all on Alan!
Begs one question, though: will Discovery-class proposals be henceforth evaluated not only on their ability to satisfy primary science objectives, but also on their capability for reuse? Hopefully not, because that might impose a lot of cost/schedule/performance risk on the initial design effort that just doesn't need to be there for cost-capped missions... ...exploiting serendipity where you find it after the fact seems like a wiser strategy. -------------------- 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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