Amount of fuel onboard, Potential life expectancy? |
Amount of fuel onboard, Potential life expectancy? |
 Jul 1 2008, 05:53 AM
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Assuming that there are no MGS type anomalies and funding holds out (according to NASA's FY09 budget, the current extension ends in September); how much longer can Odyssey remain operational with the fuel onboard?
(I know you guys are strict about starting new threads, but I couldn't find any other thread related to this topic.) |
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Dec 27 2008, 03:09 PM
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In my experience the critical resource in keeping old systems running is almost always people. It takes a long time to understand a complex system really well. You just try to go in to your boss and say "I'm retiring in 5 years, it's time to hire someone to take over after me". This is especially true if the system you're running is scheduled to be phased out in, say, 4 years. I know a system that has been a year or two away from phase-out for 15 years now, while the planned replacements have repeatedly failed spectacularily and expensively.
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briv1016 Amount of fuel onboard Jul 1 2008, 05:53 AM
nprev ...Don't think that anyone is strict about new... Jul 1 2008, 06:12 AM djellison http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/newsroom/.../2004... Jul 1 2008, 07:40 AM TheChemist It probably is Doug. Citing from the above article... Jul 1 2008, 09:36 AM
MahFL MGS died...... Jul 1 2008, 10:56 AM
brellis "The Odyssey mission is in excellent health, ... Dec 16 2010, 06:53 AM nprev Yeah, and that's my point. Not getting a warm ... Jul 1 2008, 03:58 PM djellison QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 1 2008, 04:58 PM) Not ... Jul 1 2008, 04:11 PM andrea One thing to consider is that not all relay capabi... Jul 2 2008, 05:50 AM nprev Hope so...but as an old crusty avionics maintenanc... Jul 1 2008, 04:24 PM elakdawalla Thanks guys, this'll be this week or next week... Jul 1 2008, 11:03 PM briv1016 Thanks guys. Jul 2 2008, 12:19 AM Mariner9 I rather doubt having 3 operational orbiters and 3... Jul 6 2008, 05:26 PM PhilCo126 Mars Odyssey performed well (Launched April 2001, ... Oct 31 2008, 03:34 PM MahFL It's good till at least September 2010.
... Oct 31 2008, 03:56 PM nprev I don't see why not. An operational mission is... Oct 31 2008, 03:53 PM PhilCo126 Great that made my sol
Remember Mars Global Su... Oct 31 2008, 04:02 PM tedstryk QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Oct 31 2008, 04:02 PM)... Dec 25 2008, 03:15 PM nprev Yeah...but then again, similar sorts of things cou... Dec 25 2008, 10:24 PM tedstryk My point is that it didn't have anything to do... Dec 26 2008, 05:01 AM rlorenz QUOTE (tedstryk @ Dec 26 2008, 12:01 AM) ... Dec 26 2008, 04:33 PM djellison QUOTE (rlorenz @ Dec 26 2008, 04:33 PM) S... Dec 26 2008, 06:47 PM nprev Hmm. There are a lot of ways to think about this. ... Dec 26 2008, 09:36 PM kenny Hard to know quite where to put this post, but ... Sep 17 2012, 10:52 AM |
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