Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa

Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa

Guest_AlexBlackwell_*	Feb 12 2007, 11:26 PM Post #1
Guests	Planetary scientist says: Focus on Europa By Tony Fitzpatrick Washington University in St. Louis News & Information February 7, 2007

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Guest_vjkane2000_*	Feb 18 2007, 09:07 PM Post #2
Guests	The Europeans have studied a mission that divides the Europa mission into two craft, a small Europa orbiter and a relay craft. If you expand on that idea, the number of science instruments that must be in Europa orbiter are fairly small -- the altimeter and the subsurface sounding radar come to mind. The second craft could be a very capable Jovian orbiter that does multiple flybies of the moons and could do the high resolution optical and spectral mapping. It could also serve as a relay for the Europan orbiter. This approach to the mission would be ideal for international cooperation. One nation/set of nations could build one craft and the other the second craft. We could get what Galileo should have been but with modern instruments plus the unique science possible only from Europan orbit.

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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

JRehling [...] Feb 13 2007, 05:14 PM

Phil Stooke Maybe it's different with other screen setting... Feb 13 2007, 04:55 PM

djellison The other being "Rover driver says: Oh S...... Feb 13 2007, 05:03 PM

nprev ...yes, some of these abbreviated titles have also... Feb 13 2007, 05:21 PM

Zvezdichko I suggest two big probes of which both include an ... Feb 13 2007, 05:25 PM

climber We can find some more ....like Phil and Doug, ... 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

dvandorn I only have one basic question, but upon it unfort... Jun 8 2007, 03:01 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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