A new presentation about the UAE Mars mission. Includes quite a few technical details.
Don't get the wrong idea. The science orbit/instruments are intended primarily to support a means to study longitudinally surface/atmospheric processes, not Deimos in detail.The moons of Mars are interesting for the dust associated with them.
Note that the other spacecraft are much closer to the planet. MRO's HiRISE resolution is enhanced at the cost of a narrow FOV. Likewise, MAVEN can "deep dip", but at the cost of a narrow sampling "slice" each time.If you want a comprehensive view of processes, you need to observe more of the planet, in context, at once. Perhaps you might even see mass/particle flows/effects.For a desert planet. Very apropos.
Quote from: Space Ghost 1962 on 02/06/2017 08:16 pmLikewise, MAVEN can "deep dip", but at the cost of a narrow sampling "slice" each time.Curious to see how Hope's science could complement MAVEN's. A different vantage point can yield surprises.
Likewise, MAVEN can "deep dip", but at the cost of a narrow sampling "slice" each time.
Atmospheric science is certainly the main goal, but if you are close to Deimos and can take images nobody else can, that's a big deal in itself. Seeing Deimos up close with modern instruments would be very useful, and certain to get people's attention. Inspiration is also one of their goals. I will be trying to find out more about their plans.
My Apollo 11 mission with my colleagues, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, symbolised the ability of a nation to imagine a truly path-breaking idea, prioritise it, create the technology to advance the idea and then ride it to completion.Now the destination some 55 years later is the red planet, Mars.I am gladdened that the United Arab Emirates has Mars in its sights, not only moving forward on its own robotic Mars orbiter, Hope, but also establishing the first inhabitable human settlement on the planet by 2117.
Fly Emirates to Mars. The vision of Emirates-flagged ITS ships flying to Mars...
“The Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe is almost complete. The UAE is on the verge of making history, after turning its dream of becoming the first Arabic and Islamic country to send a spacecraft to Mars into reality. This monumental endeavour is the culmination of the efforts of a skilled and experienced team of young Emiratis, who with the support of the nation and its visionary leadership will secure the UAE’s position at the forefront of space exploration and the international space sector.”
During the 6th Liwa Ajman Dates and Honey Festival 2019, which concluded on Sunday, the UAE Space Agency highlighted the possibility of cultivating palm trees on Mars. The agency’s plan is to send palm tree seeds to the International Space Agency, which will perform experiments and send the seeds to Mars for cultivation.
Just got a very detailed article from the New York Times about this project, including some in-depth interviews with people involved.The spacecraft has just been sent from the University of Colorado to Dubai this Monday for final processing before flying to Japan later.