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Sep 6 2009, 04:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
Here are some recent posts at my blog, FuturePlanets, that may be of interest to this group:
Scary Messages Titan: A Thought Experiment Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) Titan Mare Explorer Abstract White Paper: Titan Geophysical Network White Paper: Titan Exploration by Balloon White Paper: Technology Development for In Situ Titan Exploration White Paper: Argo Mission to Neptune, Triton, and a KBO -------------------- |
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Sep 13 2009, 03:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
This week's posts at FuturePlanets
Alternatives to Deal with Loss of Planetary Funding Venus New Frontiers Missions Concepts Thoughts on Titan Mare Explorer -------------------- |
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Sep 14 2009, 10:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 318 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
Thank you for this great blog - it's become a regular pit stop.
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Sep 15 2009, 12:47 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 3-January 09 Member No.: 4520 |
Subscribed - very nice work.
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Sep 15 2009, 10:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
A refreshingly optimistic tone in ths report. Maybe its just a matter of making an inspiring case.
http://www.planetary.org/about/press/relea...rt_for_the.html |
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Oct 28 2009, 02:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I found this article interesting. If the topic is too 'blue sky' or whatever please delete.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/...91027195507.htm |
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Oct 28 2009, 05:08 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
There's been concerned raised about the decision not to start up production of plutonium-238 in the FY10 budget. (Couldn't find the posts.) I've written an analysis at my blog: http://futureplanets.blogspot.com/2009/10/...um-balance.html
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Dec 30 2009, 02:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
Next candidates for New Frontiers missions and a new round of study missions for the Decadal Survey announced. Details at Futureplanets
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Dec 30 2009, 09:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
See also http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/fea...tiers_2009.html
I like all three, but if I must choose one I would say SAGE |
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Dec 30 2009, 09:59 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Mmm...Yeah, I'm with you there, Paolo. There's really just too much that we don't yet understand about Venus, and it's high time that planet got some recent ground truth with modern instrumentation.
-------------------- 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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Dec 30 2009, 07:00 PM
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A new Venus lander mission is what's really needed of the three proposals.
And with the Magellan data we should be able to pick out interesting sites, like a volcano or tesserae area. The only concern I would have would be that a mission like this wouldn't really be able to stay with the budget parameters set out in the programme. I really would love to see a new Venus lander before long. |
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Dec 30 2009, 10:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 22-April 05 Member No.: 351 |
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Just as important, the Venus Express VIRTIS instrument has found areas that appear to be fresh lava flows, and the SAGE-VISE White Paper indicated that one of these flows would be the target. -------------------- |
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Dec 31 2009, 01:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 363 Joined: 13-April 06 From: Malta Member No.: 741 |
I'm all for the Venus mission..its about time we get proper views of the venusian surface!
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Feb 1 2010, 08:46 PM
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First look at the proposed NASA planetary budget for next year is posted at my FuturePlanets blog.
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Feb 1 2010, 09:36 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
Thanks. I've been scouring the media for that information but couldn't get past the big headlines. I knew you'd come up trumps, but I didn't know the budget would.
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