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[infocat13]

OPAG ( outer planets assement group) meets on November 6th through 7th.I still do not see the agenda posted for this does someone have it?
This the last OPAG meeting before the outerplanet fagship mission downselect decision is made in early 2009.So lets have fun! a poll for wich mission you would pick
to go first.I was going to add a third option and that would have been that DJ and I got Bill gates to pay for the losing candidate from next springs downselect............................................
Decadel surveys and "complex" have lower prioritized Uranus and neptune missions but someday advances in aerobraking and ion propolsion will make possible discovery class outer planets missions so keep up that outer-outerplanets hope up.(the third toungue in cheek option in the poll)


http://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/

[djellison]

Sorry - I've closed the poll. It's not a productive way to have this debate - experience shows they don't benefit the discussion.

[infocat13]

Sorry - I've closed the poll. It's not a productive way to have this debate - experience shows they don't benefit the discussion.

well doug maybe you could tell me when the agenda for the November meeting might be posted on the OPAG website?
for a meeting only 3 or 4 days away they sure are cuasing alot of nail biting.
I voted for saturn in that a titan lander or "boat" could discover "something wonderful" and that would drive exploration and funding much like the allen hills "discovey" did for mars for decades to come. Jupiter being a surface and radar imaging of Ganeymeade and Europa will tell us more about the charateristics of any subsurfice oceans but would not tell us much about whats under there.of course some the intruments might tell us what the surface colorations are on Europa.
my second reason is one of public relations, Jupiter would be a radiation shortend mission. Saturn will thrill us for another decade and this as mentioned above generates excitment that could losen more funding for well ........Jupiter and the other gas giants.

Opag and complex would say that both missions have compelling scientific value but theres money enough for one and I for one look forward to the AO in the spring.we are in for a candy store of a ride through some nice PDF documents in the next week do I have to wait till the 6th?