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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 5 2006, 01:17 AM
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Dantzler made it clear that if it is at all in his power to do so, he will pick two full-fledged Discovery missions this time around (regardless of whether he adds any MOs as well). In fact, he went on at some length about the fact that Mikulski's move had ticked him off in part because, while he thought he could probably find ONE scientifically worthwhile Discovery mission below the $350 million limit, he thought it very unlikely that he'd be able to find two of them. (He also said that, if budget problems force him to, he'd be willing to stoop to picking that one $350 million mission simultaneously with a more expensive one.)

As for MOs, he hinted that more than one might be picked -- in fact, he said that there may be more than one simultaneous MO picked associated with the Deep Impact extended mission! He made a vague reference to the possibility of "interplanetary observations" for one such Deep Impact MO, along with a comet flyby for another. But I have some trouble seeing what kind of interplanetary observations they could make with DI that would be worth the trouble -- which makes me wonder whether he may really be thinking about flying DI past more than one additional target, CONTOUR-style. Given the need for as big a sampling of different comets and asteroids as we can practically get, it would seem the logical thing to do if it's possible.
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QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jan 4 2006, 07:17 PM) *
As for MOs, he (Dantzler) hinted that more than one might be picked -- in fact, he said that there may be more than one simultaneous MO picked associated with the Deep Impact extended mission! He made a vague reference to the possibility of "interplanetary observations" for one such Deep Impact MO, along with a comet flyby for another. But I have some trouble seeing what kind of interplanetary observations they could make with DI that would be worth the trouble -- ..

Well, now you know: EPOCh ! Exosolar Planet Observation & Characterization. Using the defocused 30cm telescope as a photometer and spectrophotometer for transits of very large exoplanets.

and from nprev and Phil Stooke:

..what does DI have that Hubble doesn't? Are we just talking availability here, or does DI's HRC have better resolution for such a task?"

The only thing Deep Impact can have that Hubble doesn't is time. It could stare at a transiting exoplanet for long periods, monitoring multiple eclipses - well, not stare presumably, but take lots of pics, or maybe do a deliberately blurred and offset image like Galileo with Comet SL9 - whereas Hubble time is far too valuable to deploy like that.
Phil

Generally correct. It can take long sequences of small images taken rapidly. In addition, the blur, while not originally intentional, would be a benfit here. It will spread the star light out so that the detector can use much longer exposures with much improved radiometry (Can Hubble be defocused significantly and was this done when they observed transits by HD 149026b?) The amount of blurring can be more important than the aperture for these measurements of bright stars. Plus Deep Impact was designed to take small images rapidly, which could be used to determine the time profile of the transits, which is important for determining size. It also has an imaging spectrometer that goes out to 4.8 microns.

Not only is Hubble's time too valuable to stare for days or weeks, but it gets interrupted by orbiting so close to the Earth, which blocks much of the sky for up to half of each orbit.

Note that DIXI (Deep Impact eXtended Investigation of comets), EPOCh, and the Stardust extended mission actually won only $250K for further studies. This surprised people. Weren't previous MoOs fully awarded at this point?
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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
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- - 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
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|- - JRehling   QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Sep 8 2006, 02:03 ...   Sep 13 2006, 01:41 AM
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- - Mariner9   I always suspected that one of the appeals to Deep...   Sep 13 2006, 06:15 PM
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- - 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
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|- - 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
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|- - 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
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- - 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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