Uranus and/or Neptune Exploration |
Uranus and/or Neptune Exploration |
Jul 20 2016, 05:29 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 26-March 12 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 6368 |
I'm 49 and will be 50 in January. With the success of New Horizons, being the first humans to ever see Pluto is mind blowing, I was wondering if I/we will ever see a probe or exploration of Uranus and Neptune? Are there any plans for exploring these two planets in the near future?
Thanks, James Sontag -------------------- Axes Grind and Maces Clash!
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Aug 26 2016, 04:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Well might as well post this here, too. Was our Planetary Science School study of a Neptune flyby mission. Went through Team X.
Presentation on TRIDENT student exercise study for a Neptune mission that was presented at the Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG). http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/jan2014/prese...s/17_uckert.pdf Full article (Alibay et al., IEEE) is available on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26...eptunian_system (at the time of the study, we only had an Atlas 551 launch vehicle available. We tried for an orbiter mission, but in the end had to settle for a flyby mission trying to keep under a $1B cost cap.) -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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