Mercury Landers |
Mercury Landers |
Aug 15 2005, 03:36 PM
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While the likelyhood of a Mercury Lander mission is very low, I was wondering if any planning/studies have been done on such a project?
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Aug 17 2005, 10:12 PM
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We don't want a reflector on Mercury for libration studies -- we need an actual, stationary surface beacon for reeally good measurements. (Remember that this was considered a worthwhile experiment even for the Mars Netlander -- and studies of Mercury's libration are thought to be more important.)
Certainly, when a Merury lander finally occurs, the first one will be in the polar regions (the BepiColombo lander would have landed at about 87 deg latitude). This isn't just because of the polar deposits; it's because that's the one part of Mercury where a lander can have a really long lifetime -- which is crucial for seismic studies. |
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