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Persephone Pluto Orbiter
stevesliva
post 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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stevesliva
post Sep 12 2020, 02:55 AM
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Well... the Pluto orbit mission concludes 30 years after launch in 2030, after 3 years in orbit. The additional 20 would probably be the point of substantial debate. Cassini lasted 20 years after launch.

Launch after 2032 means Jupiter's no longer in the right place... for Pluto. Makes me wonder where else direct-to-Jupiter (<1yr) + 26 yrs of electric propulsion can put you.
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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
- - Steve G   About that 27 years trajectory . . . That puts a l...   Sep 8 2020, 10:04 PM
|- - Steve G   Posted in error   Sep 8 2020, 10:07 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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