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 Feb 27 2013, 06:57 PM
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been unsuccessfully trying googling for more info on the just selected Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In Relevant Environment (INSPIRE) JPL CubeSat
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?rele...ml&rst=3706 hailed as "the world's first CubeSats to be launched beyond Earth orbit" (I think this title should go to the Japanese Shin'en, even if it never reported back to Earth). -------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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Feb 27 2013, 07:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4514 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I've been trying too but no luck yet. The image with the release hinted at a lunar flyby. Meanwhile Pam Clark and colleagues have been promoting ideas like this as well, specifically for the Moon.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 14 2013, 09:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1146 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
some details of INSPIRE (not much, in reality)
http://www.space.com/20022-tiny-cubesat-sa...-for-space.html -------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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Mar 20 2013, 04:25 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 905 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
US restarts PU-238 production ( well a test really ).
http://news.yahoo.com/u-restarts-plutonium...-013110181.html |
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Mar 20 2013, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1101 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 530 |
Great to hear.
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Mar 29 2013, 08:37 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1146 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
-------------------- I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.
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