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Mar 17 2017, 04:57 AM
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There's not much news here in terms of the lander component anyway, since there's always negotiation before any proposed budget actually passes. The Planetary Society has a good overview. In the meantime, we can discuss other details...
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MahFL NASA Europa Missions Mar 5 2014, 12:53 AM
vexgizmo But would that mission do any science? And would ... Mar 8 2014, 04:35 PM
0101Morpheus To add to the above, it is not known if these plum... Mar 9 2014, 11:20 PM
Roly I appreciate that Europa missions are amongst the ... Mar 11 2014, 10:56 AM
vjkane I looked at various options that may be considered... Mar 12 2014, 08:06 AM
Roly Dear Van,
Many thanks for this - the post was pr... Mar 12 2014, 11:27 AM
Vultur I dunno if this is the right place for this... but... Mar 15 2014, 08:49 PM
nprev Because the ice crust may be recycled over reasona... Mar 15 2014, 09:42 PM
Vultur QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 15 2014, 09:42 PM) Bec... Mar 16 2014, 06:26 AM
JRehling The age of Europa's surface is approximately 6... Mar 16 2014, 02:26 PM
dvandorn I also believe that while Europa may recycle crust... Mar 16 2014, 12:40 PM
Explorer1 Anything on the surface will be fried by the radia... Mar 16 2014, 08:14 PM
dvandorn Yes, materials right on the surface of Europa woul... Mar 16 2014, 08:56 PM
Explorer1 I see your point. I figured any future landings wo... Mar 16 2014, 10:29 PM
algorimancer Some years back I was contemplating the possibilit... Mar 17 2014, 08:28 PM
djellison QUOTE (algorimancer @ Mar 17 2014, 01:28 ... Mar 17 2014, 09:31 PM
ngunn First, a big round of applause for DSN Now. Every... Mar 17 2014, 10:04 PM
djellison Doesn't matter if you get your delta-V from mo... Mar 17 2014, 10:22 PM
Explorer1 But saving all that mass by not carrying a giganti... Mar 17 2014, 11:17 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 17 2014, 04:17 PM)... Mar 18 2014, 02:22 AM
Explorer1 Oh, I know it's all SF (per Doug's reply t... Mar 18 2014, 02:49 AM
dvandorn Actually, the concept of a self-navigating Earth-r... Mar 18 2014, 03:18 AM
monitorlizard As far as maximizing science return for minimum co... Mar 18 2014, 04:43 AM
mcaplinger QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Mar 17 2014, 09:43... Mar 18 2014, 05:18 AM
monitorlizard I am not an expert in such things, but I was think... Mar 18 2014, 05:48 AM
mcaplinger QUOTE (monitorlizard @ Mar 17 2014, 10:48... Mar 18 2014, 11:58 AM
vjkane My understanding is that the core spacecraft elect... Mar 18 2014, 03:47 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (vjkane @ Mar 18 2014, 08:47 AM) My... Mar 18 2014, 04:48 PM
Roly Many thanks Mcaplinger, this was very interesting ... Mar 19 2014, 02:22 AM
mcaplinger QUOTE (Roly @ Mar 18 2014, 07:22 PM) On t... Mar 19 2014, 03:32 AM
TheAnt QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Mar 19 2014, 04:32 AM... Mar 19 2014, 12:08 PM
JRehling Although it pains me to see Europa exploration fur... Mar 19 2014, 04:30 PM
vjkane QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 19 2014, 09:30 AM) ... Mar 19 2014, 11:14 PM
TheAnt QUOTE (vjkane @ Mar 20 2014, 12:14 AM) ..... Mar 20 2014, 12:10 AM
stevesliva QUOTE (vjkane @ Mar 19 2014, 06:14 PM) Id... Mar 21 2014, 03:03 AM
JRehling It's not that we should plan a sample return, ... Mar 21 2014, 07:11 PM
Roly My thanks for your appraisal Mcaplinger, that make... Mar 19 2014, 04:56 AM
mcaplinger http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/europa/sdt2013.cfm has... Mar 21 2014, 07:48 PM
CryptoEngineer The Planetary Society is reporting today that a (n... Feb 3 2015, 04:49 AM
gpurcell Looks like a lander of some sort is still a possib... May 9 2015, 02:11 PM
dvandorn QUOTE (gpurcell @ May 9 2015, 09:11 AM) L... May 9 2015, 03:33 PM
Habukaz QUOTE (gpurcell @ May 9 2015, 04:11 PM) L... May 9 2015, 05:27 PM
DEChengst News Conference coming up later today on NASA TV. ... May 26 2015, 03:34 PM
Explorer1 Another stream starting here too: https://www.yout... May 26 2015, 05:51 PM
scalbers Interesting news conference overall on the instrum... May 26 2015, 06:52 PM
Mariner9 I just read the blog posting on the instrumenta ov... May 27 2015, 03:26 AM
dvandorn Well, think about it. If you're prospecting f... May 27 2015, 04:59 AM
JRehling Keep in mind that there are at least two different... May 27 2015, 11:15 PM
monitorlizard I'm surprised that there is no laser altimeter... May 27 2015, 05:09 AM
djellison QUOTE (monitorlizard @ May 26 2015, 09:09... May 27 2015, 02:58 PM
vjkane QUOTE (monitorlizard @ May 26 2015, 09:09... May 28 2015, 04:12 AM
nprev I would think that altimetry information would be ... May 27 2015, 05:25 AM
TheAnt @monitorlizard: A laser altimeter would be great o... May 28 2015, 10:24 AM
Habukaz The Europa mission has entered a new phase (and ha... Jun 17 2015, 10:18 PM
pioneer I'm not complaining, but I'm wondering wha... Jun 18 2015, 12:27 PM
MahFL QUOTE (pioneer @ Jun 18 2015, 12:27 PM) I... Jun 18 2015, 01:07 PM
Y Bar Ranch QUOTE (pioneer @ Jun 18 2015, 07:27 AM) I... Jun 18 2015, 02:44 PM
djellison QUOTE (pioneer @ Jun 18 2015, 05:27 AM) w... Jun 18 2015, 03:26 PM

tedstryk QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 18 2015, 03:26 PM)... Jun 18 2015, 11:51 PM
vjkane QUOTE (pioneer @ Jun 18 2015, 04:27 AM) I... Jun 19 2015, 12:29 AM
JRehling QUOTE (pioneer @ Jun 18 2015, 05:27 AM) w... Jun 21 2015, 09:58 PM
pioneer Thanks everyone for all your replies Jun 21 2015, 10:35 PM
Phil Stooke Pioneer - Galileo was useful for what it gave us, ... Jun 18 2015, 02:18 PM
Decepticon I was looking around for some information on Europ... Jun 21 2015, 05:54 PM
nprev Cassini doesn't have a scan platform; has not ... Jun 21 2015, 06:15 PM
Paolo QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 21 2015, 08:15 PM) Cas... Jun 21 2015, 07:24 PM
vjkane QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 21 2015, 11:15 AM) Cas... Jun 22 2015, 01:58 AM
tedstryk QUOTE (vjkane @ Jun 22 2015, 02:58 AM) Ac... Jun 22 2015, 11:34 AM
Decepticon QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 21 2015, 01:15 PM) Cas... Jun 21 2015, 07:31 PM
nprev It's true that Cassini's scan platform was... Jun 21 2015, 08:12 PM
Decepticon Found a High Res image. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/im... Jun 22 2015, 03:15 AM
ngunn Great article on Europa from Mike Brown with a lan... Oct 27 2015, 07:36 PM
JRehling The Europa science and plans are exciting, as Euro... Oct 28 2015, 04:45 PM
vjkane QUOTE (JRehling @ Oct 28 2015, 08:45 AM) ... Nov 2 2015, 10:23 PM
JRehling QUOTE (vjkane @ Nov 2 2015, 03:23 PM) The... Nov 3 2015, 01:16 AM
vjkane QUOTE (JRehling @ Nov 2 2015, 05:16 PM) I... Nov 6 2015, 05:13 AM
Explorer1 ESA wants to jump in now too, with an unspecified ... Jan 7 2016, 12:02 AM
scalbers Without getting too political, it's interestin... Jan 7 2016, 06:18 PM
antipode This could be the moment where high speed penetrat... Jan 7 2016, 10:38 PM
nprev As I recall, penetrators have been proposed in the... Jan 8 2016, 01:59 AM
Explorer1 How plausible are solar panels for such a mission?... Jan 8 2016, 03:31 AM
katodomo Beginning-of-life efficiency on current production... Jan 8 2016, 01:36 PM
Explorer1 Thanks for the info; looks the weight constraints ... Jan 8 2016, 08:42 PM
katodomo There's a JPL analysis on that here:
http://ww... Jan 8 2016, 11:45 PM
Jaro_in_Montreal Lander rocket exhaust effects on Europa regolith n... Dec 27 2016, 03:29 PM
Steve5304 QUOTE (Jaro_in_Montreal @ Dec 27 2016, 04... Dec 28 2016, 09:17 PM
Explorer1 Science definition report completed (with lander c... Feb 9 2017, 07:49 AM
Habukaz QUOTE The SDT was tasked with developing a life-de... Feb 9 2017, 10:17 AM
bobik A brief description of the Joint Europa Mission (J... Feb 9 2017, 07:12 PM
Roby72 https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/03/16/trump...l-pa... Mar 16 2017, 11:50 PM
nprev ADMIN NOTE: As a reminder to esp. our newer member... Mar 17 2017, 01:35 AM
JRehling QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Mar 16 2017, 09:57 PM)... Mar 18 2017, 04:06 PM
Decepticon Im confused is the Europa Clipper mission still ha... Mar 18 2017, 10:01 PM
JRehling Perhaps a source of confusion: There was a mission... Mar 19 2017, 10:40 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (JRehling @ Mar 19 2017, 02:40 PM) ... Mar 20 2017, 12:11 AM
nprev Europa Clipper is on. The putative Europa Lander i... Mar 18 2017, 10:21 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 18 2017, 02:21 PM) Eur... Mar 19 2017, 12:23 AM
djellison Yeah...what's now called Clipper was known as ... Mar 20 2017, 05:14 AM![]() ![]() |
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