Lunar Mission Medley |
Lunar Mission Medley |
Sep 16 2009, 10:40 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 15-September 09 Member No.: 4941 |
Hi, this is Morris Jones, a long-time lurker but new poster.
I thought it would be worth exploring a few lunar missions that don't seem to be discussed much at the moment. The exact fate of some of these missions is open to question. Let's see if we can work out what's going on. International Lunar Network: This was announced with fanfare a few years ago. Little more has been generally discussed. The whole thing seems to be going through committee meetings, with a lot of details unresolved. LADEE: Is this still on target? There were suggestions two years ago that cost overruns in the Mars Science Laboratory could gobble funds from this and other missions. This was later dismissed. Then MSL grew more hungry, and the subject was open to discussion again. GRAIL: Not much more talk, but apparently still actively in development. Luna-Glob: The recent delay in Phobos-Grunt could influence its own launch timetable. American Student Moon Orbiter: The silence is deafening. Reports on the status of any of these missions would be appreciated. Cheers, Morris |
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Sep 23 2009, 11:13 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 25-August 08 Member No.: 4317 |
Hello, I am another long-time lurker but new poster.
As far as I know the ASMO student project very likely has been canceled or frozen, but I guess that it might be difficult to get any official confirmation. The European counterpart - SSETI (in the past) and now 'pure' ESA Education Office ESMO - was many times delayed (due to many reasons, depending who you ask ). Now, it is scheduled to be launched in 2012. Personally, I rather think that this date will move to even more distant future. Unfortunately, in such projects the work is very often, if not always very slow. Many students come and go - and usually those who leave do not leave their knowledge and experience behind, leaving fresh new students as replacement, who often have to start from the beginning. Probably you might ask from where do I know such information - so let me write that for few past years I have been active in some student projects (in Europe) and from time to time, during some meetings or chats some other students from different projects informed me and others about developments in their projects. Regards Chris |
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