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Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa
By Tony Fitzpatrick Washington University in St. Louis News & Information February 7, 2007 |
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I only have one basic question, but upon it unfortunately hangs the feasibility of any such mission.
How are you planning on dealing with the intense radiation environment at Io? It's not just a matter of using hardened circuitry -- CCDs in imagers, which have to have a visual path to what they image, will deteriorate quickly at Io. Everything not encased in massive (and I mean that word literally) shielding is going to fail very, very quickly in Ionian orbit. Another issue is the fact that it takes continual maneuvering to remain in a stable orbit around Io, because of the pulls of Mother Jupiter and sister Galileans. But that's a minor issue compared to the raditation environment issue. I agree, it sounds like exactly the kind of mission I'd like to see. But I really wonder if we have the technology to pull it off any time in the next 50 years. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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AlexBlackwell Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa Feb 12 2007, 11:26 PM
Analyst I think the scientific community most focus on one... Feb 13 2007, 11:18 AM
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... Feb 14 2007, 09:36 AM Jeff7 I too would really love to see a mission to Europa... Feb 15 2007, 03:37 AM JRehling [...] Feb 15 2007, 05:11 AM ngunn QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 15 2007, 05:11 AM) ... Feb 15 2007, 02:23 PM nprev QUOTE (ngunn @ Feb 15 2007, 06:23 AM) Vol... Feb 18 2007, 04:21 PM volcanopele I think the seasons of each of the main targets ma... Feb 15 2007, 05:20 AM vjkane2000 I expect a lot of creativity to appear. Bruce Moo... Feb 15 2007, 05:45 AM vexgizmo More from McKinnon, et al. A nice story from the... Feb 18 2007, 07:53 AM ngunn I know that NASA currently looks like the only age... Feb 18 2007, 05:03 PM nprev Truly an excellent point, ngunn. Collaborative mis... Feb 18 2007, 05:16 PM vjkane2000 The Europeans have studied a mission that divides ... Feb 18 2007, 09:07 PM AlexBlackwell Jupiter's moon Europa should be NASA's nex... Feb 21 2007, 01:35 AM AlexBlackwell Looking for life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
... Feb 23 2007, 06:04 PM JRehling [...] Feb 23 2007, 09:20 PM nprev QUOTE (JRehling @ Feb 23 2007, 01:20 PM) ... Feb 24 2007, 02:56 AM Jeff7 I do hope I live to see a lander put on Europa... Feb 24 2007, 03:01 AM AlexBlackwell For those who may have missed it, there is some in... May 8 2007, 06:50 PM volcanopele Interesting.... so their nominal mission scenario ... May 8 2007, 06:59 PM JRehling [...] Jun 8 2007, 08:52 PM dvandorn QUOTE (JRehling @ Jun 8 2007, 03:52 PM) I... Jun 8 2007, 08:54 PM djellison Yeah - very bad forum conduct that - makes people ... Jun 8 2007, 09:43 PM AlexBlackwell This is a situation where minimal quoting of the p... Jun 8 2007, 09:51 PM vexgizmo Speaking of Io from Europa, I haven't seen muc... Jun 11 2007, 04:32 AM mchan QUOTE (vexgizmo @ Jun 10 2007, 09:32 PM) ... Jun 11 2007, 08:21 AM DEChengst QUOTE (mchan @ Jun 11 2007, 10:21 AM) VP ... Jun 15 2007, 06:29 PM |
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