A New Horizons Clone To 2003 Ub313? |
A New Horizons Clone To 2003 Ub313? |
 Dec 22 2005, 01:07 PM
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Pluto's current distance from the Sun: ~31AU
2003 UB313's current distance from the Sun ~97AU Is an all chemical (no electric propulsion, solar sails, etc) mission to 2003 UB313 possible? I'm thinking of a travel time and spacecraft mass similar to New Horizons. Perhaps NASA's new Shuttle derived launch vehicle (payload capacity 125 metric tonnes to LEO) will be up to the task and could do this on a test flight. |
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SFJCody A New Horizons Clone To 2003 Ub313? Dec 22 2005, 01:07 PM
djellison Remember - MER rides most of it's DSN time on ... Jan 16 2006, 08:29 PM
AlexBlackwell QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 16 2006, 08:29 PM)Of c... Jan 16 2006, 08:35 PM djellison Ahh right - I just seem to remember them mentionin... Jan 16 2006, 08:44 PM  |
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