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post May 23 2006, 03:10 PM
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Systems Engineering for the Kepler Mission

http://kepler.nasa.gov/pdf_files/SPIE.Glasgow.Duren.pdf


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no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."

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post Jul 1 2006, 03:42 AM
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Here is an image of a Milky Way star field in the vicinity of
Alpha Cygni (Deneb).

http://video.library.gatech.edu/Barnard_Pr...t1-pl045_sm.jpg


This image is near the Kepler FOV and gives an idea of the task facing
Kepler. Recall that Kepler will be staring at a star field, containing
about 100,000 - 200,000 stars, for 4 years looking for planetary transits.
This image is part of an on-line collection of classic Milky Way
images obtained by E.E. Barnard. The search page can be found at

http://video.library.gatech.edu/cgi-bin/bp...rch.pl?search=0



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post Feb 7 2007, 04:49 PM
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The Kepler Mission: The Search for Earth-like Planets
By Leonard David
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posted: 07 February 2007
06:27 am ET
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post Jul 16 2007, 03:18 PM
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Alan Stern is not kidding around... rolleyes.gif


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post Jul 16 2007, 03:26 PM
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"There's a new team in town and we don't work that way"

I think we should club together and buy Alan a sherif badge smile.gif

All credit to the guy - these are not easy decisions to make - and the best decision is rarely the easiest one.

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post Jul 16 2007, 03:26 PM
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I really love the Kepler mission concept, and I've been sad to see it delayed so long, but (reading the article) it sure sounds like Alan was spot-on with this one. Sadly, it feeds my perception that most of Nasa's problems are self-inflicted. On the bright side, it suggests things could get much better if Alan keeps making calls like this.

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post Jul 16 2007, 03:45 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 16 2007, 04:26 PM) *
I think we should club together and buy Alan a sherif badge smile.gif


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post Jul 16 2007, 05:08 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 16 2007, 11:26 AM) *
"There's a new team in town and we don't work that way"

I think we should club together and buy Alan a sherif badge smile.gif

All credit to the guy - these are not easy decisions to make - and the best decision is rarely the easiest one.

Doug



Why this so different from the first Dawn decision?
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post Jul 17 2007, 12:33 PM
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Too bad Alan wasn't around to prevent the GP-B fiasco.

Slightly related...We've often heard the quote, "That sure would look great in the Smithsonian". Got two questions:

1. Are there any projects that were killed and placed in the Smithsonian, or A&S museums in general?

2. Really, wouldn't you be disappointed to see an unlaunched space probe sitting there in the A&S museum? I think it would be better to mount it in the foyer of the managing team's facility as a reminder. smile.gif


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post Jul 17 2007, 12:51 PM
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QUOTE (hendric @ Jul 17 2007, 01:33 PM) *
1. Are there any projects that were killed and placed in the Smithsonian, or A&S museums in general?


Two examples - one big, one small.

The Saturn V at JSC is built from parts destined for Apollo 18/19 and/or the third stage that got pulled off to make room for Skylab.

And Marie Curie - the Sojourner spare - then destined for the 01 lander, which got cancelled, and never made it onto the Phoenix payload - not sure where she lives now but she's been to exhibitions afaik.

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post Jul 17 2007, 03:18 PM
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Back up Skylab,
Agena
Triana is some where
AFP-888, P80-1, Teal Ruby
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post Jul 18 2007, 06:12 AM
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"...The Saturn V at JSC is built from parts destined for Apollo 18/19 and/or the third stage that got pulled off to make room for Skylab..."

I believe there are 3 Saturn 5's on display, the third one at Marshall or somewhere Huntsville, though only 2 flight vehicles remained after Apollo's 18 and 19 were budget canceled. The third vehicle is the dummy pad-checkout vehicle that was used to test VAB/Crawler/Pad operations and connections/hookups before Apollo 4's Saturn 501 was prepared for launch. I read somewhere that parts of it are included in both the Canaveral and Houston display vehicles, so none of the vehicles on display is 100% flight capable hardware.
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post Jul 18 2007, 11:26 AM
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This is what Wiki says:

Currently there are three Saturn Vs on display, all displayed horizontally:
A Saturn V on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
A Saturn V on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

* At the Johnson Space Center made up of first stage of SA-514, the second stage from SA-515 and the third stage from SA-513.
* At the Kennedy Space Center made up of S-IC-T (test stage) and the second and third stages from SA-514.
* At the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, made up of S-IC-D, S-II-F/D and S-IVB-D (all test stages not meant for actual flight)(soon to be moved to a new visitor's center).


So the JSC one is all flight hardware (and the only one to be so) - just not from the same vehicle.
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post Jul 18 2007, 03:46 PM
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The space station appears destined to contribute a lot of hardware to these lists.
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Only 3 MPLM's
the rest wasn't built
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