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 Feb 13 2006, 05:36 PM
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Amongst the documents available on the Spaceflight PDF website, is a report released by the Ames laboratory in the aftermath of the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 flybys of Jupiter. It proposes modifying the basic Pioneer spacecraft so that it could be used to carry out orbital missions to Jupiter and Saturn (The 14mb file can be downloaded here.).
The proposed modifications would have left the instrument fitout essentially unchanged while providing increased power through the use of Voyager model RTGs. Launches in 1982 (Leave Earth 01/Jan/82, Arrive Jupiter 10/Mar/85) and 1985 (Leave Earth 14/Apr/85, Arrive Jupiter 04/May/87) and in 1983 (Leave Earth 05/Jan1983 Arrive Saturn 10/Dec/1987) and 1986 (Leave Earth 20/Jan/1986 Arrive Saturn 03/Jan/1991) were contemplated. As we all know these missions finally materialized as Galileo and Cassini. One has to wonder what the scientific results would have been if these (admittedly lesser) craft had been sent to Jupiter and/or Saturn in the aftermath of the Voyager flybys. Any ideas? |
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gndonald Pioneer Jupiter/saturn Orbiter Feb 13 2006, 05:36 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (gndonald @ Feb 13 2006, 09:36 AM) ... Feb 13 2006, 07:19 PM
Sunspot QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Feb 13 2006, 07:19 PM... Feb 13 2006, 07:39 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (Sunspot @ Feb 13 2006, 11:39 AM) A... Feb 13 2006, 11:35 PM JRehling QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Feb 13 2006, 11:19 AM... Feb 13 2006, 08:06 PM ljk4-1 I wonder if because the Galileo mission began its ... Feb 13 2006, 08:18 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Feb 13 2006, 08:18 P... Feb 13 2006, 09:06 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Feb 13 2006, 04:06 PM) ... Feb 13 2006, 09:23 PM Jyril QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Feb 14 2006, 12:23 A... Feb 14 2006, 04:59 PM tedstryk I took a look at Moon's of Jupiter. Frankly, ... Feb 14 2006, 12:16 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Feb 13 2006, 07:19 PM... Feb 14 2006, 05:26 PM BruceMoomaw QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Feb 13 2006, 07:19 PM... Feb 13 2006, 11:24 PM edstrick A mission that I'm wondering whether it was pr... Feb 14 2006, 10:02 AM Exploitcorporations I feel compelled to jump in on this one. It almost... Feb 14 2006, 01:24 PM Decepticon Exploitcorporations Are there any more images that... Feb 14 2006, 02:04 PM Chmee Well a big difference in what would have been retu... Feb 14 2006, 05:39 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (Chmee @ Feb 14 2006, 05:39 PM) Of ... Feb 14 2006, 05:41 PM BruceMoomaw Actually, that's NOT true. One of the bizarre... Feb 14 2006, 10:01 PM gndonald QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Feb 15 2006, 06:01 A... Mar 11 2010, 03:43 AM edstrick They came fairly close to flying the Mariner 10 ba... Feb 15 2006, 08:36 AM BruceMoomaw Oh, yes. Bruce Murray's "Flight to Mercu... Feb 15 2006, 09:04 AM JRehling It's too bad a second Mercury Mariner wasn... Feb 15 2006, 10:01 AM edstrick I have a pre Mariner 10 study document on mission ... Feb 15 2006, 10:18 AM ljk4-1 This should probably go in the Mercury folder, but... Feb 15 2006, 04:03 PM  |
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