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oDoug nailed it; there's just no way to do a meaningful comparison between missions, all it can turn into is a popularity contest modulated by personal interests & biases.
Now here's a possibly interesting question: how many lunar & planetary science missions have been launched to date? Just off the top of my head I think we're nowhere near the 100 mark (maybe not even fifty, but pretty close if not), and achieving those figures would be milestones of a sort... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 12 2007, 09:09 PM)  Now here's a possibly interesting question: how many lunar & planetary science missions have been launched to date? Just off the top of my head I think we're nowhere near the 100 mark (maybe not even fifty, but pretty close if not), and achieving those figures would be milestones of a sort... How do you want to do that ? I guess we'll have to count everything even if there's a mother ship with probe(s) -------------------- |
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QUOTE (climber @ Nov 12 2007, 08:54 PM) How do you want to do that ? I guess we'll have to count everything even if there's a mother ship with probe(s) Well, just looking at an old list I had compiled in 2004, I count 80 truly successful planetary missions (counting any mission that leaves Earth orbit to study a Solar System body as a planetary mission), which does not include a number of recent successful missions: USSR (25): Luna 2, 3, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17 (Lunakhod 1), 19, 20, 21 (Lunakhod 2), 22, 24 Vega 1, 2 Venera 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 Zond 3 USA (48): ACE Deep Space 1 Cassini ICE (ISEE-3) Clementine Galileo Lunar Orbiter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Lunar Prospector Magellan Mariner 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 Mars Global Surveyer Mars Odyssey Mars Pathfinder MER -A, -B NEAR Pioneer 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Pioneer Venus 1, 2 Ranger 7, 8, 9 Stardust Surveyer 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 Viking 1, 2 Voyager 1, 2 Wind EU (6): Giotto Helios 1, 2 Mars Express SOHO Ulysses Japan (1): Suisei And that's only counting the successes. Bill |
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 13 2007, 04:16 AM) You forgot Hayabusa. No Lipovitan for you. This list was compiled back in 2004Bill |
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PhilCo126 Greatest Unmanned space probes ! Nov 11 2007, 09:53 AM
djellison LOL - a Top 10 that includes 15 spacecraft
Doug Nov 11 2007, 09:55 AM Paolo WHAT!?!? no Giotto? Nov 11 2007, 10:08 AM PhilCo126 Well, my favorites are those who made it to the ou... Nov 11 2007, 10:15 AM djellison No Giotto, no MGS, no Stardust, no Deep Impact, no... Nov 11 2007, 10:16 AM
Sunspot QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 11 2007, 10:16 AM)... Nov 11 2007, 03:31 PM ElkGroveDan I have a special fondness for MGS. Nov 11 2007, 03:44 PM nprev For real. It's all really subjective, though.
... Nov 11 2007, 03:55 PM PhilCo126 Well, if this succeeds it will certainly be great: Nov 11 2007, 05:32 PM Bjorn Jonsson The Voyagers are definitely #1 but there are other... Nov 12 2007, 12:39 AM dvandorn The problem with this concept is not just that we... Nov 12 2007, 06:19 AM AndyG My particular favourite banana is Hipparcos.
Andy Nov 12 2007, 09:48 AM rlorenz QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 12 2007, 01:19 AM) ... Nov 13 2007, 11:24 AM PhilCo126 Well, my favorites go something like this:
Sun – ... Nov 12 2007, 06:46 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Mongo @ Nov 12 2007, 07:24 PM) Jap... Nov 13 2007, 04:16 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (Mongo @ Nov 12 2007, 08:17 PM) Thi... Nov 13 2007, 04:21 AM nprev QUOTE (Mongo @ Nov 12 2007, 08:17 PM) Thi... Nov 13 2007, 01:17 PM climber I very much agree with "the other Doug".... Nov 12 2007, 08:51 PM JRehling Before I looked, I also put Voyager and Viking in ... Nov 13 2007, 04:57 AM dvandorn Great list, Mongo!
A few updates, of course..... Nov 13 2007, 06:02 AM NMRguy I was thinking of a few others that didn't mak... Nov 13 2007, 08:39 AM djellison Stereo may well become great - but I don't thi... Nov 13 2007, 09:18 AM NMRguy QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 13 2007, 10:18 AM)... Nov 13 2007, 12:26 PM peter59 Sorry, but Zond 8 was a very successful mission (Z... Nov 13 2007, 10:43 AM nprev Maybe that's the right question to ask: What h... Nov 13 2007, 12:42 PM Mongo While rooting through my document folders, I came ... Nov 13 2007, 04:03 PM PhilCo126 Nice listing Bill, after 31 years I can finally sa... Nov 13 2007, 05:34 PM climber Bill, what do you mean by Lunar Orbiter 1 in 1977 ... Nov 13 2007, 08:26 PM Mongo QUOTE (climber @ Nov 13 2007, 08:26 PM) B... Nov 13 2007, 08:53 PM PhilCo126 nice digital versions: http://www.celestiamotherlo... Jan 19 2008, 06:58 PM jasedm IMO Voyager 2 alone is at number one, and the Voya... Jan 19 2008, 08:21 PM |
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