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 Dec 31 2005, 02:05 AM
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Any showstoppers? I would envision something similar to the upcoming Mars Science Laboratory (RTG's are a given). Lot's colder on Titan... rough on lubricants, and parts would be brittle. Not sure whether the organics would pose a problem in the way of gumming up the works, but it doesn't seem likely at liquid methane temperatures. Smaller world, lower gravity, thick atmosphere... I'm inclined to think that a simple copy of the MSL, perhaps with some added insulation, would work just fine. The only alternative I've been hearing about is a balloon-borne probe, but that doesn't allow the same level of geologic prospecting.
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algorimancer Titan Rover Dec 31 2005, 02:05 AM
Steve G QUOTE (algorimancer @ Dec 30 2005, 07:05 PM)A... Dec 31 2005, 02:13 AM David QUOTE (algorimancer @ Dec 31 2005, 02:05 AM)S... Dec 31 2005, 03:15 AM
ljk4-1 QUOTE (David @ Dec 30 2005, 10:15 PM)And cons... Jan 2 2006, 05:23 AM BruceMoomaw It's being seriously considered -- in fact, fo... Dec 31 2005, 04:27 AM ermar QUOTE it might on balance be preferable to make th... Dec 31 2005, 04:52 AM BruceMoomaw Obviously a Titan orbiter has massive utility as a... Dec 31 2005, 05:29 AM ermar QUOTE you have to land near the north pole, or the... Dec 31 2005, 06:27 AM tasp IIRC, one Voyager style RTG dissipates about 9000 ... Dec 31 2005, 06:29 AM BruceMoomaw That's exactly the plan. (Interestingly, a bl... Dec 31 2005, 09:53 AM algorimancer I'm afraid I don't have a lot of confidenc... Jan 1 2006, 02:34 PM BruceMoomaw Titan balloons have a huge advantage over balloons... Jan 1 2006, 10:04 PM dvandorn QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 1 2006, 04:04 PM)As ... Jan 2 2006, 01:24 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 1 2006, 05:04 PM)Tit... Jan 24 2006, 03:22 AM ermar QUOTE How about a hovercraft?
I remember someone ... Jan 2 2006, 06:11 AM BruceMoomaw A hovercraft, however, has one major problem that ... Jan 2 2006, 09:53 AM Bob Shaw Bruce:
A Titan helicopter need look very little l... Jan 2 2006, 01:09 PM tty QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 2 2006, 03:09 PM)Bruce:... Jan 2 2006, 07:19 PM Bob Shaw FWIW, I believe that the proposed Titan helicopter... Jan 2 2006, 08:54 PM tty QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 2 2006, 10:54 PM)FWIW, ... Jan 2 2006, 09:17 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (tty @ Jan 2 2006, 10:17 PM)I'm sti... Jan 3 2006, 02:39 AM ljk4-1 Forget wheels: What about a Dante type crawler - ... Jan 3 2006, 03:35 AM yaohua2000 QUOTE (tty @ Jan 2 2006, 07:19 PM)Power: a RT... Jan 24 2006, 03:07 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (yaohua2000 @ Jan 23 2006, 10:07 PM)Tit... Jan 24 2006, 03:26 AM tty QUOTE (yaohua2000 @ Jan 24 2006, 05:07 AM)Tit... Jan 25 2006, 06:34 PM EccentricAnomaly QUOTE (tty @ Jan 25 2006, 11:34 AM)CH4 + 2O2 ... Jan 28 2006, 06:01 PM BruceMoomaw Certainly all the proposed Titan rovers or flyers ... Jan 24 2006, 11:11 AM gpurcell I guess the way to think about some sort of floati... Jan 25 2006, 04:42 PM EccentricAnomaly How about a slow lander or glider? With Titan... Jan 28 2006, 06:00 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Jan 28 2006, 06:00 ... Jan 28 2006, 09:55 PM EccentricAnomaly QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 28 2006, 02:55 PM)I ... Jan 29 2006, 11:49 PM The Messenger I vote for a very large parachute, with lots of sc... Jan 30 2006, 01:46 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (The Messenger @ Jan 30 2006, 02:46 AM)... Jan 30 2006, 08:52 AM Gsnorgathon QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Jan 29 2006, 11:49 ... Jan 30 2006, 06:16 AM EccentricAnomaly I just realized the problem with a slow parachute.... Jan 31 2006, 01:19 PM The Messenger QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Jan 31 2006, 06:19 ... Jan 31 2006, 04:47 PM ljk4-1 How about a robot probe that moves along the groun... Jan 31 2006, 05:21 PM tty QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Jan 31 2006, 03:19 ... Jan 31 2006, 08:01 PM EccentricAnomaly QUOTE (tty @ Jan 31 2006, 01:01 PM)Nix - a pa... Feb 2 2006, 05:44 PM The Messenger QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Feb 2 2006, 10:44 A... Feb 2 2006, 07:26 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (The Messenger @ Feb 2 2006, 02:26 PM).... Feb 2 2006, 07:31 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Feb 2 2006, 12:44 P... Feb 7 2006, 08:27 PM EccentricAnomaly QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Feb 7 2006, 01:27 PM)If my ... Feb 8 2006, 08:44 PM tty QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Feb 8 2006, 10:44 P... Feb 8 2006, 10:15 PM EccentricAnomaly QUOTE (tty @ Feb 8 2006, 03:15 PM)You have a ... Feb 9 2006, 09:53 PM Tom Tamlyn QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Feb 9 2006, 04:53 P... Feb 10 2006, 04:05 PM EccentricAnomaly QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Feb 10 2006, 09:05 AM)Loo... Feb 10 2006, 05:06 PM tty QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Feb 9 2006, 11:53 P... Feb 10 2006, 09:02 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 28 2006, 04:55 PM)I ... Jan 30 2006, 02:55 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (EccentricAnomaly @ Jan 28 2006, 06:01 ... Jan 28 2006, 09:56 PM edstrick The Vega mission balloons were 100% successful. T... Jan 30 2006, 08:28 AM BruceMoomaw Well, first, the balloon has already been test-inf... Jan 31 2006, 01:11 AM BruceMoomaw As for a rover with legs instead of wheels: first,... Jan 31 2006, 01:15 AM lyford This sounds like a job for Tumbleweed Rover!... Jan 31 2006, 01:33 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (lyford @ Jan 31 2006, 02:33 AM)This so... Jan 31 2006, 10:30 AM mchan QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Jan 31 2006, 02:30 AM)Why d... Feb 1 2006, 07:46 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (mchan @ Feb 1 2006, 08:46 AM)That woul... Feb 1 2006, 02:00 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Feb 1 2006, 09:00 AM)Before... Feb 1 2006, 02:05 PM BruceMoomaw The Titan Organics Explorer design team is now tre... Jan 31 2006, 09:46 PM The Messenger Thanks Bruce,
Any word on instrumentation? Are t... Feb 1 2006, 04:25 AM BruceMoomaw Well, the payload is strictly strawman at this poi... Feb 1 2006, 07:20 AM The Messenger QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Feb 1 2006, 12:20 AM)Wel... Feb 1 2006, 04:13 PM lyford DOH - I am sorry Bob - I was too slow. It was eve... Feb 1 2006, 02:49 PM ngunn Has anyone suggested a balloon (or a number of bal... Feb 2 2006, 01:42 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (The Messenger @ Feb 1 2006, 04:13 PM)T... Feb 3 2006, 03:10 AM BruceMoomaw Actually, the thinking on a Titan orbiter as a man... Feb 7 2006, 09:32 PM ngunn QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Feb 7 2006, 09:32 PM)Act... Feb 8 2006, 01:38 PM dvandorn QUOTE (ngunn @ Feb 8 2006, 07:38 AM)...How ca... Feb 8 2006, 03:01 PM ngunn QUOTE (dvandorn @ Feb 8 2006, 03:01 PM)Man...... Feb 9 2006, 11:33 AM BruceMoomaw The whole point about the roving multiple-landing ... Feb 8 2006, 11:19 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Feb 8 2006, 06:19 PM)The... Feb 9 2006, 04:11 AM Bob Shaw Perhaps the way to deal with the Titan atmosphere ... Feb 9 2006, 09:37 AM ljk4-1 I had to post this link to a science fiction novel... May 2 2006, 09:28 PM BruceMoomaw It looks from Huygens' photos as though the bi... May 3 2006, 01:23 AM Richard Trigaux This is why a flyer was proposed. We don't kno... May 3 2006, 06:05 AM BruceMoomaw This particular note really belongs over in the Ve... May 3 2006, 02:42 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ May 3 2006, 07:42 AM... May 3 2006, 03:19 PM djellison I wonder what sort of mission design you could do ... May 3 2006, 03:48 PM Richard Trigaux A smaller spacecraft to visit enceladus piggybacki... May 4 2006, 06:03 AM BruceMoomaw I can't help feeling, though, that this is one... May 4 2006, 06:35 AM Richard Trigaux Bruce, this is again the idea of a satellite which... May 4 2006, 07:39 AM BruceMoomaw Well, NASA has decided that, for the next few deca... May 4 2006, 09:52 AM Richard Trigaux Well, Bruce, I understand the argument.
QUOTE (Br... May 4 2006, 12:38 PM BruceMoomaw A subsurface radar sounder (like the one proposed ... May 4 2006, 11:18 PM Richard Trigaux Yes Bruce, I understand that radar sounding Titan ... May 5 2006, 08:03 AM ljk4-1 Has someone considered a Titan airship that would ... May 5 2006, 04:17 PM Richard Trigaux QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ May 5 2006, 04:17 PM... May 5 2006, 04:56 PM  |
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