extra solar probes |
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May 22 2008, 03:13 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 2-March 06 Member No.: 691 |
Has anyone heard of any plans for a extra solar system probe? i read some time ago about they might use the Ares 5 to get it out there.
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May 22 2008, 10:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
I think I've posted this link before. You're probably aware of it, but here goes anyway:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~diedrich/sola...m_beam_sail.pdf |
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May 22 2008, 12:16 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I had not seen this before, Nigel; thanks!
An interstellar medium mission makes a lot more sense if it's dual-utilized as a technology demonstrator; like it! -------------------- 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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May 22 2008, 03:45 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
It would be nice...I would like to see a quickie flyby of Uranus or Neptune in the process (although such a high-speed encounter would be far from optimum, if there is a spacecraft actually going, that is better than a better designed encounter that never happens).
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May 22 2008, 04:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3516 Joined: 4-November 05 From: North Wales Member No.: 542 |
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May 23 2008, 06:19 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 599 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
That is an interesting read apart from the more well-known fictional works of one of the authors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Benford |
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May 25 2008, 07:40 PM
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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 |
There are some infos on the Ares launched interstellar probe and other possible missions here
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Jun 4 2008, 08:18 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 4-June 08 Member No.: 4182 |
Has anyone heard of any plans for a extra solar system probe? i read some time ago about they might use the Ares 5 to get it out there. Does anyone have a good guess at how fast (in terms of kph) an Ares V rocket could propel a probe of roughly New Horizons mass (~5oo km) out of the solar system? How much additional acceleration could a Jupiter and/or Saturn gravity assist add to this speed? Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide. |
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