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Titan + Enceladus = Goose bumps, Tomorrow is just ahead!
ustrax
post Mar 12 2007, 03:22 PM
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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! smile.gif


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Greg Hullender
post Mar 20 2007, 04:50 PM
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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.

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post Mar 21 2007, 04:16 PM
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QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Mar 20 2007, 04:50 PM) *


Greg, the implications of this are incredible! blink.gif
It's like we've been swimming against the current so far... smile.gif
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?


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- ustrax   Titan + Enceladus = Goose bumps   Mar 12 2007, 03:22 PM
- - Juramike   In order to deliver a box into Titan orbit or onto...   Mar 15 2007, 08:39 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 15 2007, 01:39 PM) ...   Mar 15 2007, 08:57 PM
- - Juramike   QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Mar 8 2007, 07:01 P...   Mar 15 2007, 08:59 PM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 15 2007, 01:59 PM) ...   Mar 16 2007, 04:30 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 15 2007, 01:59 PM) ...   Mar 16 2007, 04:01 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Mar 16 2007, 09:0...   Mar 16 2007, 04:47 PM
|- - Edward Schmitz   QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 16 2007, 09:47 AM) ...   Mar 16 2007, 06:35 PM
|- - Rob Pinnegar   QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ Mar 16 2007, 12:3...   Mar 16 2007, 07:13 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   she talks of acetylene icebergs - but acetylene si...   Mar 16 2007, 04:42 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ Mar 16 2007, 12:4...   Mar 16 2007, 05:16 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   If Saturn was in deep space (not in orbit around t...   Mar 16 2007, 10:36 PM
- - Juramike   Dear Ed, Are you talking about a second Saturn en...   Mar 16 2007, 11:01 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   We were discusing escape of a probe from the satur...   Mar 20 2007, 04:28 PM
- - Greg Hullender   You only have to reach the Sun-Saturn L1 point; fr...   Mar 20 2007, 04:50 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Mar 20 2007, 04:5...   Mar 21 2007, 04:16 PM
- - PhilCo126   Today's Sky at Night: The Fountains of Encelad...   Mar 14 2009, 12:33 PM
- - lyford   Kind of a silly aside, but the built in Mac spell ...   Mar 30 2009, 03:12 AM
- - Shaka   ...of course, in Mac spell. But the more compellin...   Mar 30 2009, 06:06 AM
- - stevesliva   sel. With the second syllable accented, it seems...   Mar 30 2009, 03:26 PM


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