Titan + Enceladus = Goose bumps, Tomorrow is just ahead! |
Titan + Enceladus = Goose bumps, Tomorrow is just ahead! |
Mar 12 2007, 03:22 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
I thought about a new thread since there are possibilities of an incredible future mission.
The idea is to know what would people like to see on a mission like that, nature of probes, instruments, experiments...you name it! -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Mar 20 2007, 04:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1018 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
You only have to reach the Sun-Saturn L1 point; from there, you have a free transfer to the Sun-Jupiter L2 point. That takes “a few decades” according to Shane Ross.
http://pr.caltech.edu/periodicals/EandS/ar.../LXV4/exit.html It's a free transfer from Sun-Jupiter L2 to L1, and then about as far as Mars, but from there you're on your own; the free transfer from Mars to Earth is about 10,000 years, so burning some fuel would seem in order. --Greg |
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Mar 21 2007, 04:16 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Greg, the implications of this are incredible! It's like we've been swimming against the current so far... Off topic question, will an object free from Earth's gravitacional attraction, head to some particular direction? Will it end its journey in the Sun? -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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