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Will aerocapture work for a Jupiter orbiter/moon lander?
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post Feb 9 2007, 04:33 PM
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This is something interesting. But knowing the harsh radiation environment of the giant, I don't know whether it could be used at all. I suppose that a plunge into the atmosphere then achieving a trajectory which leads to a direct encounter with a moon could be used for a lander... Or for a long-living orbiter.
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post Feb 10 2007, 12:23 AM
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Well - rings are thin - very thin - so it would only take a minor orbital inclination from equatorial to avoid them - comparatively little Delta V - and nothing that couldn't be squeezed from flybys if necessary.

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- Zvezdichko   Will aerocapture work for a Jupiter orbiter/moon lander?   Feb 9 2007, 04:33 PM
- - JRehling   QUOTE (Zvezdichko @ Feb 9 2007, 08:33 AM)...   Feb 9 2007, 05:42 PM
- - Zvezdichko   Images attached. I'm not good at image design,...   Feb 9 2007, 06:04 PM
- - tty   That shield looks a lot like the massive copper he...   Feb 9 2007, 08:09 PM
- - Zvezdichko   Yes, that's a coincidence. I'm not familia...   Feb 9 2007, 08:23 PM
- - nprev   Wouldn't avoiding the rings be a significant c...   Feb 9 2007, 11:51 PM
- - djellison   Well - rings are thin - very thin - so it would on...   Feb 10 2007, 12:23 AM
- - nprev   Mmm...still scares me. Guess the real key would be...   Feb 10 2007, 01:32 AM
- - mchan   The illustrations I recall of outer planets aeroca...   Feb 10 2007, 03:17 AM
- - J.J.   In my op, the biggest danger to any aerocapture mi...   Feb 10 2007, 03:22 AM
- - mchan   Given uncertainty, having some control over the de...   Feb 10 2007, 03:57 AM
- - tasp   Had the Galileo orbiter 'bobbled' the tra...   Feb 10 2007, 06:34 AM
- - mimile   I don't think the proposed method (a spacecraf...   Feb 11 2007, 10:18 AM
- - tasp   I am thinking an analog of the Messenger mission t...   Feb 11 2007, 03:07 PM
- - mchan   If by analog to Messenger trajectory, you are refe...   Feb 12 2007, 07:46 AM
- - Juramike   Would such a plan work for getting something quick...   Feb 12 2007, 04:09 PM

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