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Just for fun - 30 minutes of probe data

NickF View Member Profile	Nov 9 2009, 10:01 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 29-January 09 Member No.: 4589	Suppose you could have 30 minutes worth of robotic probe data from any object in the Solar System (either in orbit around it or from the surface). The technology used should not be significantly advanced from that in use today (no tachyon scanners). What target would you choose, and why? I think my choice would have to be a mini-submarine in the sunless seas on Europa equipped with a video camera (and a suitably strong source of light), a hydrophone and a mass spectrometer. Imagine hearing the creak of the ice, catching a glimpse of something unexpected on the camera and MS data of unusually complex organic molecules. Well I can dream, right? -------------------- Protein structures and Mars fun - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick960/

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Bjorn Jonsson View Member Profile	Nov 19 2009, 12:22 PM Post #2
IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2257 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38	I'd probably want a Titan lander on an interesting spot on the surface but there are lots of factors that could change this, the data rate in particular. 30 minutes of data at 100 bps isn't comparable to 1000 Kbps for example. A Europa submarine is in my opinion too technologically advanced to be an option.

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NickF Just for fun - 30 minutes of probe data Nov 9 2009, 10:01 PM

ugordan Europa would be my first choice, too. Getting anyt... Nov 9 2009, 10:41 PM

NickF QUOTE (ugordan @ Nov 9 2009, 10:41 PM) My... Nov 9 2009, 11:54 PM

djellison Europa ocean as well for me Take the Beagle 2... Nov 9 2009, 10:56 PM

Juramike My vote would be for a surface image and chemical ... Nov 9 2009, 11:13 PM

ngunn For sheer spectacle I'd sit on well placed rim... Nov 9 2009, 11:13 PM

DDAVIS I would place a probe with a TV camera near a Mart... Nov 9 2009, 11:57 PM

Geert The shore of one of the lakes on Titan, overlookin... Nov 10 2009, 12:37 AM

ElkGroveDan I think a powerful multispectral imager from the s... Nov 10 2009, 12:59 AM

Sunspot Would a lake front spot on Titan really look drama... Nov 10 2009, 08:31 AM

machi So much interesting objects in our Solar system... Nov 10 2009, 03:45 PM

climber Solar system you said. Is Earth eligible? Europa a... Nov 10 2009, 04:40 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (climber @ Nov 10 2009, 11:40 AM) .... Nov 10 2009, 10:46 PM

imipak QUOTE (NickF @ Nov 9 2009, 11:01 PM) ...(... Nov 10 2009, 10:29 PM

NickF QUOTE (imipak @ Nov 10 2009, 10:29 PM) In... Nov 10 2009, 11:31 PM

Michael Capobianco In addition to all the other great places, especia... Nov 10 2009, 11:19 PM

mchan Pack today's state of art remote and in-situ i... Nov 12 2009, 06:07 AM

Hungry4info QUOTE (mchan @ Nov 12 2009, 12:07 AM) Usi... Nov 12 2009, 07:55 AM

centsworth_II QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Nov 12 2009, 02:55 A... Nov 12 2009, 08:12 AM

Hungry4info QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Nov 12 2009, 02:12... Nov 12 2009, 08:19 AM

nprev I gotta go with 30 minutes of broadband data from ... Nov 12 2009, 07:32 AM

belleraphon1 Whoa… way too much to choose from…. From a lava ... Nov 13 2009, 12:05 AM

charborob 30 minutes inside Saturn's rings should be int... Nov 16 2009, 04:09 PM

PFK Got to be something I'll never see in my lifet... Nov 16 2009, 10:39 PM

AndyG How about a thirty-minute sequence flying through ... Nov 17 2009, 09:38 AM

Bjorn Jonsson I'd probably want a Titan lander on an interes... Nov 19 2009, 12:22 PM

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