Somewhere around here is a slide showing the options for NASA's Mars 2022 orbiter mission. Anybody know where that thread/slide is? I cannot find it.
Is there a good thread around here that's something like, "How inexpensive can an interplanetary mission be?" It's an interesting topic, but deserves its own thread.
Quote from: Blackstar on 03/12/2016 12:47 amSomewhere around here is a slide showing the options for NASA's Mars 2022 orbiter mission. Anybody know where that thread/slide is? I cannot find it.Check out:http://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/reports/NEX-SAG_draft_v29_FINAL.pdfhttp://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/meetings.cfm?expand=m31
Finding 14: The use of SEP and the payload capabilities needed to address the reconnaissance, resource, and science objectives at Mars allow high-value science observations of Phobos and Deimos necessary to plan future missions to these moons.
There was some recent talk of Phobos in the human spaceflight threads, which in turn lead to mentions of a JAXA mission being considered. I believe this was the mission in question: http://www.elsi.jp/ja/research/docs/Introduction-PDSR-IntlRv-151102.pdf
Quote from: redliox on 05/28/2016 07:22 pmThere was some recent talk of Phobos in the human spaceflight threads, which in turn lead to mentions of a JAXA mission being considered. I believe this was the mission in question: http://www.elsi.jp/ja/research/docs/Introduction-PDSR-IntlRv-151102.pdfThis appears to be an approved mission (it can be hard to tell for many space agencies). NASA has issued an AO for an instrument for this mission. (AO may be preliminary; I can't remember).
That is reassuring to hear, especially after how all 3 proposals in the Discovery selections lost.
Agenda for the Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos: Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and DeimosIt looks like the first day will be focusing on the moons' formation along with the Japanese and Russian/ESA missions. I would love to hear a progress report on both; I wonder how certain the latter is given the uncertainty of the 2nd half of the ExoMars project.Just over a week away now!
Quote from: redliox on 07/10/2016 05:36 amAgenda for the Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos: Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and DeimosIt looks like the first day will be focusing on the moons' formation along with the Japanese and Russian/ESA missions. I would love to hear a progress report on both; I wonder how certain the latter is given the uncertainty of the 2nd half of the ExoMars project.Just over a week away now! Last I heard was that ESA managers will now not put forward the ESA/Roscosmos Phobos sample return mission to ministers in December as planned, which means a decision will be delayed until at least the 2019 CoM.
... and the UK might leave the EU.
I'll be at the conference on Monday.