Persephone Pluto Orbiter |
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 Sep 2 2020, 08:41 PM
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From fall 2020 OPAG https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/opag2020fall/
Persephone: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/meetings/opag...Howett_6005.pdf There is talk of extended missions out to 2079. Building cathedrals for our grandkids here... |
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Sep 8 2020, 10:04 PM
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About that 27 years trajectory . . . That puts a lot of lifetimes to the wayside when it arrives. With a launch ten years from now, new and better rockets may be available, such as StaceX's Starship should it deliver to expectations, or even Blue Origin's New Armstrong (should it be ever come to pass). If launch costs are reduced by the new (reusable) space rockets along with the massive payloads they are advertising, you could conceivably launch it really fast with loaded with tons of fuel and jam on the breaks hard. That would cut trajectory significantly. Based on the cost per flight, SLS may not even be around by then.
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Sep 8 2020, 10:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 29-December 05 From: Ottawa, ON Member No.: 624 |
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stevesliva Persephone Pluto Orbiter Sep 2 2020, 08:41 PM
Explorer1 The Voyagers have lasted that long, we know.
Slid... Sep 3 2020, 03:25 AM volcanopele I think that's supposed to be 584 Gb over the ... Sep 3 2020, 05:45 AM Explorer1 Yes, I missed the digits. Still pretty modest by t... Sep 3 2020, 06:42 AM vjkane Biggest problem that I see is finding the plutoniu... Sep 3 2020, 02:53 PM
Explorer1 QUOTE (Steve G @ Sep 8 2020, 06:04 PM) If... Sep 8 2020, 10:28 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Sep 8 2020, 10:28 PM) ... Sep 9 2020, 04:16 PM stevesliva I wanted to see if you recalled correctly, because... Sep 9 2020, 04:39 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (stevesliva @ Sep 9 2020, 04:39 PM)... Sep 9 2020, 04:54 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Sep 9 2020, 08:54 AM) ... Sep 9 2020, 05:08 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 9 2020, 05:08 PM)... Sep 9 2020, 05:27 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (HSchirmer @ Sep 9 2020, 08:16 AM) ... Sep 9 2020, 04:45 PM Steve G Cassini used a Bipropellant system- Nitrogen Tetro... Sep 9 2020, 01:47 PM stevesliva Would be a worthwhile use of the space station to ... Sep 9 2020, 07:40 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (stevesliva @ Sep 9 2020, 07:40 PM)... Sep 9 2020, 08:06 PM JRehling The long timelines for this mission suggest severa... Sep 11 2020, 06:42 PM HSchirmer QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 11 2020, 07:42 PM) ... Sep 12 2020, 02:43 AM Steve G I agree! My whole point at the beginning of th... Sep 11 2020, 07:19 PM stevesliva Well... the Pluto orbit mission concludes 30 years... Sep 12 2020, 02:55 AM |
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