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Primary Target For Extended Mission
What should be Cassini's primary focus for an extended mission?
What should be Cassini's primary focus for an extended mission?
Titan [ 58 ] ** [59.18%]
Enceladus [ 18 ] ** [18.37%]
Iapetus [ 12 ] ** [12.24%]
Saturn (Rings/atmosphere) [ 6 ] ** [6.12%]
Other [ 4 ] ** [4.08%]
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imran
post Jan 6 2006, 04:32 PM
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Whether this is a two-year extension or longer I'd still have to go with Titan. There is so much of this world which we don't understand and have only begun to unveil that it begs us to focus our attention on this dynamic world. Some important questions that may only be answered with additional flybys:

- What is the source of methane in the atmosphere?
- Are there any bodies of liquids on the surface?
- Is there active precipitation?
- Is Titan geologically active, i.e. cryvolcanism, tectonism, etc?
- What is the extent of the organics present?
- Is there an ammonia/water mixture under the surface?
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- imran   Primary Target For Extended Mission   Jan 6 2006, 04:32 PM
- - mchan   A ring grazing inboud pass prior to Saturn entry w...   Sep 9 2006, 06:43 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   On JPL's Cassini website, under significant ev...   Oct 30 2006, 07:48 PM
- - elakdawalla   They still haven't selected the extended missi...   Oct 30 2006, 08:47 PM
|- - john_s   Lots of progress was made on the extended mission ...   Oct 30 2006, 10:59 PM
|- - TritonAntares   QUOTE (john_s @ Oct 30 2006, 11:59 PM) .....   Nov 4 2006, 09:14 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (TritonAntares @ Nov 4 2006, 10:14 ...   Nov 5 2006, 10:47 AM
|- - john_s   Actually, one of the miracles the planning team ca...   Nov 6 2006, 01:35 AM
- - Decepticon   Maybe we will get some NT looks at Iapetus?   Nov 6 2006, 01:45 AM
- - tasp   Would it be useful if we brainstormed ideas here f...   Nov 6 2006, 02:55 AM
|- - pat   QUOTE (tasp @ Nov 6 2006, 02:55 AM) Would...   Nov 7 2006, 10:59 AM
- - djellison   AND.....you have to offload the wheels with......f...   Nov 7 2006, 11:07 AM
|- - ugordan   Two points here: The attitude control thrusters us...   Nov 7 2006, 12:35 PM
- - tasp   OK, lets brainstorm objectives that don't requ...   Nov 7 2006, 02:11 PM
|- - ugordan   You can't really rely on turning attitude cont...   Nov 7 2006, 02:46 PM
- - Analyst   We don't have to worry about monoprop, there i...   Nov 7 2006, 03:50 PM
- - Bart   It looks like the suspense will be over soon! ...   Jan 26 2007, 11:26 PM
- - volcanopele   I wouldn't hold your breath on that. HOPEFULL...   Jan 26 2007, 11:39 PM
- - Phil Stooke   This link shows details of one possiblility: http...   Jan 29 2007, 09:54 PM
|- - Bjorn Jonsson   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 29 2007, 09:54 P...   Jan 29 2007, 11:00 PM
||- - mchan   The last orbit goes out past Iapetus again and the...   Jan 30 2007, 03:37 AM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 29 2007, 01:54 P...   Jan 30 2007, 03:37 PM
- - Decepticon   Only One Iapetus flyby!?! Very upsetting.   Jan 30 2007, 08:34 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Jan 30 2007, 08:34 AM...   Jan 30 2007, 12:58 PM
- - mchan   Actually, no Iapetus flyby was stated. I was just...   Jan 30 2007, 12:01 PM
- - qraal   Hi All A good retirement orbit for Cassini would ...   Jan 30 2007, 12:27 PM
|- - tedstryk   It would definitely be something that many would d...   Jan 30 2007, 12:56 PM
- - pat   The January PSG meeting is now in progress and the...   Jan 30 2007, 03:18 PM
|- - ugordan   Now that's what I call imaginative naming!   Jan 30 2007, 03:28 PM
|- - jsheff   QUOTE (pat @ Jan 30 2007, 10:18 AM) The J...   Feb 3 2007, 12:50 PM
- - volcanopele   I should point out that this document shows the CA...   Jan 30 2007, 07:02 PM
- - Rob Pinnegar   Just out of curiosity, what's the rationale fo...   Jan 31 2007, 12:49 AM
|- - tedstryk   It may be that they are trying to find out if it i...   Jan 31 2007, 01:40 AM
|- - tallbear   QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Jan 30 2007, 04:49 ...   Feb 1 2007, 08:39 AM
- - elakdawalla   What Ted's talking about is that such a close ...   Jan 31 2007, 01:52 AM
|- - tedstryk   That is right. By the way, I have added a Cassini...   Feb 1 2007, 04:43 AM
|- - Rob Pinnegar   QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 30 2007, 06:52 P...   Feb 1 2007, 05:03 AM
|- - TritonAntares   QUOTE (Rob Pinnegar @ Feb 1 2007, 06:03 A...   Feb 1 2007, 11:45 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Does anyone know if any of the favored options hav...   Feb 1 2007, 08:38 PM
- - Rob Pinnegar   Perhaps it would be better to phrase the Iapetus q...   Feb 2 2007, 05:00 AM
- - ngunn   I'll be really sad to lose those close-ups of ...   Feb 2 2007, 02:32 PM
|- - JRehling   Orbital dynamics gurus could steer me clear, but I...   Feb 2 2007, 05:00 PM
|- - Rob Pinnegar   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 2 2007, 10:00 AM) O...   Feb 2 2007, 05:21 PM
- - Exploitcorporations   I'm not so sure we're going to lose any ob...   Feb 2 2007, 05:40 PM
|- - TritonAntares   QUOTE (Exploitcorporations @ Feb 2 2007, 06...   Feb 3 2007, 10:57 PM
- - tasp   I don't really like a follow on Iapetus pass b...   Feb 2 2007, 06:38 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (tasp @ Feb 2 2007, 06:38 PM) I don...   Feb 2 2007, 06:47 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 2 2007, 10:47 AM) ...   Feb 2 2007, 09:28 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 2 2007, 01:28 PM) T...   Feb 3 2007, 04:08 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 2 2007, 10:28 PM) I...   Feb 3 2007, 05:18 PM
- - Decepticon   Does that mean the area thats not imaged yet (the ...   Feb 4 2007, 01:57 AM
|- - TritonAntares   QUOTE (Decepticon @ Feb 4 2007, 02:57 AM)...   Feb 4 2007, 12:44 PM
- - elakdawalla   Now that an extended mission tour has been selecte...   Feb 7 2007, 06:45 PM
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