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Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity
Guest_AlexBlackwell_*
post Jan 3 2006, 10:19 PM
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I'm not sure exactly which forum this fits in but NASA has just released the AO for Discovery Program 2006 and Missions of Opportunity. See the Discovery Program Acquisition Home Page for more details. Click on the "Discovery AO" link to download the PDF.
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post Jan 25 2006, 12:17 PM
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Regarding possible solicitations to the latest Discovery AO: I've been looking for stuff on a possible resubmission of CONTOUR, and have found a piece by Dunham and Farquhar in the May 2004 Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences on the history of trajectory planning for APL's various deep space missions ( http://highorbits.jhuapl.edu/aplmisns.doc ). Be warned that this thing takes forever to download and display -- apparently due to all the drawings in it (plus one reproduction of NEAR's last photo of Eros' surface, with a basketball stuck in it to show how remarkably fine-scale that shot actually was).

At its very end, however, we have a mention of APL's definite plan to submit CONTOUR 2 to the "next Discovery AO" -- which I presume was the abortive one for Discovery 11 -- and a chart of several possible multiple-comet missions for it. All these assume a launch in Oct. 2007, followed by a flyby of Grigg-Skjellerup the following March -- which can't be done now, since the mission if selected this time can't possibly be ready that early. But they then include 2 Earth flybys, with the second in July 2010 -- which COULD be replaced by a direct launch from Earth on that date -- followed by a flyby of Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova in August 2011. After that there are several alternative mission continuations that would allow flyby of one more comet, and one that would allow flybys of two more: Finlay in Dec. 2014 and Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (the fragmented comet that would have been the original CONTOUR's second stop) in Sept. 2022. This last scenario would be followed by another Earth flyby in July 2027 that could presumably be used to set up a fourth comet flyby later, if the craft is still working.
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post Jan 25 2006, 05:27 PM
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QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 25 2006, 12:17 PM)
At its very end, however, we have a mention of APL's definite plan to submit CONTOUR 2 to the "next Discovery AO" -- which I presume was the abortive one for Discovery 11 -- and a chart of several possible multiple-comet missions for it.

If a "CONTOUR-2" is proposed and selected under the Discovery 2006 AO, and if the "Dawn re-rising" somehow materializes, I think a reasonable person might suspect the Discovery Program mission line is simply morphing into an asteroid/comet exploration program.
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- AlexBlackwell   Discovery Program 2006 and Missions Of Opportunity   Jan 3 2006, 10:19 PM
- - djellison   All the documentation says there are guides to the...   Jan 3 2006, 11:28 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 3 2006, 11:28 PM)All t...   Jan 4 2006, 12:23 AM
- - djellison   The ELV doc is very interesting....I wonder how cl...   Jan 4 2006, 12:54 AM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 4 2006, 01:54 AM)(*PS ...   Jan 4 2006, 09:12 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 4 2006, 10:12 AM)So some...   Jan 4 2006, 09:49 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   About time! Sen. Mikulski managed to gum up t...   Jan 4 2006, 03:24 AM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 4 2006, 03:24 AM)Abo...   Jan 4 2006, 06:49 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jan 4 2006, 06:49 PM)D...   Jan 4 2006, 08:51 PM
- - djellison   Yup - the maths could get quite interesting. Is it...   Jan 4 2006, 10:05 AM
|- - ugordan   It just goes to show it's time to switch to op...   Jan 4 2006, 10:23 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 4 2006, 02:23 AM)It just...   Jan 4 2006, 09:46 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Dantzler made it clear that if it is at all in his...   Jan 5 2006, 01:17 AM
|- - Comga   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 4 2006, 07:17 PM...   Nov 3 2006, 04:42 AM
- - BruceMoomaw   Footnote: Mary Cleave does have the final say, at ...   Jan 5 2006, 01:19 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   BTW, for those of you playing along at home, the f...   Jan 9 2006, 05:39 PM
- - djellison   Stardust info up on the library - and DI with a bi...   Jan 11 2006, 07:40 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   The draft agenda for the Febrary 2, 2006, prepropo...   Jan 23 2006, 11:52 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   This post is tough to pigeonhole in any one distin...   Jan 24 2006, 05:53 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   This is a pretty interesting report, especially Ch...   Jan 24 2006, 08:52 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Now, THAT's a useful piece of information, Ale...   Jan 24 2006, 10:35 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Regarding possible solicitations to the latest Dis...   Jan 25 2006, 12:17 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 25 2006, 12:17 PM)At...   Jan 25 2006, 05:27 PM
||- - volcanopele   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jan 25 2006, 10:27 AM)...   Jan 25 2006, 07:27 PM
||- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (volcanopele @ Jan 25 2006, 07:27 PM)Wh...   Jan 25 2006, 07:34 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 25 2006, 04:17 AM)Al...   Jan 25 2006, 05:55 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Alex said "I think a reasonable person might ...   Jan 25 2006, 05:50 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 25 2006, 05:50 PM)I ...   Jan 25 2006, 06:28 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   There are at least three Venus Discovery proposals...   Jan 25 2006, 10:16 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 25 2006, 10:16 PM).....   Jan 25 2006, 11:42 PM
|- - bmnky   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 25 2006, 10:16 P...   Feb 21 2006, 06:15 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Answering John Rehling's question: no, there...   Jan 25 2006, 10:24 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Faith Vilas, Discovery Program Scientist at the Ju...   Jan 26 2006, 01:49 AM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 26 2006, 01:49 AM)Fa...   Jan 26 2006, 01:59 AM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 26 2006, 01:49 AM)Je...   Jan 26 2006, 07:22 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jan 26 2006, 09:22 PM)...   Jan 26 2006, 11:30 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (tty @ Jan 26 2006, 11:30 PM)It seems t...   Jan 26 2006, 11:36 PM
- - djellison   If you think about it - for Discovery money, you c...   Jan 26 2006, 10:32 AM
|- - tedstryk   Well, for Venus, an atmospheric probe might be pos...   Jan 26 2006, 01:48 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 26 2006, 01:48 PM)Well,...   Jan 26 2006, 07:26 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Venus is relatively easy to land on, compared with...   Jan 26 2006, 05:58 PM
- - odave   How about a solar mission - or has Sol's ...   Jan 26 2006, 07:37 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Where solar studies are concerned, with one except...   Jan 26 2006, 11:33 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   As for Ted Stryk's suggestions: Venus entry pr...   Jan 26 2006, 11:44 PM
|- - JRehling   Other options would include smash-and-grab sample ...   Jan 27 2006, 01:37 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   A new document (Stardust Spacecraft Hibernation St...   Feb 6 2006, 08:58 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Presentations listed in the agenda for the Pre-Pro...   Feb 7 2006, 08:55 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Presentations from the Lessons Learned Workshop (F...   Feb 7 2006, 11:07 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Feb 7 2006, 11:07 ...   Feb 21 2006, 10:58 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   The AO has been amended. Click here for more deta...   Feb 9 2006, 12:00 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   The Q&A's have been updated.   Feb 13 2006, 08:01 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Feb 13 2006, 08:01...   Feb 21 2006, 07:03 PM
- - djellison   Helvick, you should have a look at MER mobility re...   Feb 21 2006, 07:10 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 21 2006, 07:10 PM)...   Feb 21 2006, 08:17 PM
- - djellison   Remember - much of that is probably hidden by ITAR...   Feb 21 2006, 08:41 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 21 2006, 08:41 PM)...   Feb 21 2006, 09:21 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   New Q&A's have been posted.   Feb 23 2006, 05:59 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   A second amendment to the AO has been posted.   Feb 28 2006, 06:17 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   The Q&A's have been updated.   Mar 15 2006, 11:44 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   A list of attendees to the February 2, 2006, pre-p...   Mar 23 2006, 10:31 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Some rather big names missing from that list. No ...   Mar 23 2006, 10:50 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Of course, close observers will note that by now i...   Sep 8 2006, 01:13 AM
- - Mariner9   I must be a close observer, because I've been ...   Sep 8 2006, 06:54 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Sep 8 2006, 11:54 AM) L...   Sep 8 2006, 09:46 PM
|- - AlexBlackwell   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 8 2006, 11:46 AM)...   Sep 8 2006, 09:56 PM
- - AlexBlackwell   Yeah, these downselects are notoriously unpredicta...   Sep 8 2006, 09:03 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Sep 8 2006, 02:03 ...   Sep 13 2006, 01:41 AM
- - gpurcell   I wonder if something they might try to do is pick...   Sep 13 2006, 04:04 PM
- - Mariner9   I always suspected that one of the appeals to Deep...   Sep 13 2006, 06:15 PM
- - Bart   Any news on the selections? I make it now Proposa...   Oct 6 2006, 12:35 AM
- - AlexBlackwell   From Brad Thomson, glogging for Emily, about NASA ...   Oct 11 2006, 06:48 PM
- - NASA Geek   NASA has announced selections for the Discovery 20...   Oct 30 2006, 11:37 PM
- - Mariner9   Seven months and counting.... and the Discovery m...   Oct 30 2006, 11:44 PM
|- - Stephen   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Oct 31 2006, 10:44 AM) ...   Oct 31 2006, 01:10 AM
||- - Jim from NSF.com   QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 30 2006, 08:10 PM) ...   Oct 31 2006, 02:32 AM
|- - gpurcell   QUOTE (Mariner9 @ Oct 30 2006, 11:44 PM) ...   Oct 31 2006, 06:44 PM
- - nprev   I like the new missions for Deep Impact and Stardu...   Oct 31 2006, 01:04 AM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 31 2006, 02:04 AM) I l...   Oct 31 2006, 07:18 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Paolo @ Oct 31 2006, 11:18 AM) I t...   Nov 1 2006, 01:41 AM
- - nprev   Jim, I didn't understand your comment.   Oct 31 2006, 05:34 AM
- - edstrick   "...would return a sample of an enigmatic ast...   Oct 31 2006, 09:29 AM
|- - mchan   It's an E-type asteroid.   Oct 31 2006, 12:08 PM
|- - Mariner9   QUOTE (edstrick @ Oct 31 2006, 01:29 AM) ...   Oct 31 2006, 11:36 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (edstrick @ Oct 31 2006, 01:29 AM) ...   Nov 1 2006, 10:53 PM
- - Phil Stooke   nprev: "This "EPOCh" mission for D...   Oct 31 2006, 04:08 PM
- - gpurcell   Given the missions selected, I think the odds are ...   Oct 31 2006, 06:41 PM
|- - Paolo   QUOTE (gpurcell @ Oct 31 2006, 07:41 PM) ...   Oct 31 2006, 07:33 PM
- - tty   "Origins Spectral Interpretation, Resource Id...   Oct 31 2006, 06:56 PM
- - OWW   I don't understand why Deep Impact is consider...   Nov 1 2006, 12:14 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (OWW @ Nov 1 2006, 12:14 AM) What...   Nov 1 2006, 07:41 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 1 2006, 08:41 AM) ...   Nov 1 2006, 09:47 AM
- - Mariner9   There are a lot better pics out there than the one...   Nov 1 2006, 12:37 AM
- - djellison   Yup - we had that discussion a while back about st...   Nov 1 2006, 10:03 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 1 2006, 11:03 AM) ...   Nov 1 2006, 04:15 PM
|- - Comga   QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 1 2006, 10:15 AM) Ac...   Nov 2 2006, 04:31 AM
- - monitorlizard   Concerning the Discovery program selection this ro...   Nov 1 2006, 11:23 AM
- - Mariner9   I remember that also. I'm fairly sure that wa...   Nov 1 2006, 02:58 PM
- - Floyd   There are some Cassini sky shots from Sept 30, 200...   Nov 1 2006, 06:19 PM
- - Phil Stooke   For the comment by Dantzler about funding two miss...   Nov 2 2006, 05:51 PM
- - Mariner9   I haven't researched this, but I also thought ...   Nov 3 2006, 06:48 PM
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