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Russian Ganymede Lander
« on: 06/23/2013 03:02 pm »
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PARIS — A Russian probe being designed to land on Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, could launch toward the gas giant with a European spacecraft being developed to explore Jupiter's icy ocean-covered satellites, according to European space officials.

The benefits of such a joint launch arrangement, including sharing reconnaissance and mapping from Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), are not lost on scientists. But more Earthly concerns, such as government finances and the realities of technical developments, could thwart the proposal.

"It all depends on if the Russians are ready to fly at the same time as us," said Alvaro Gimenez Canete, director of the European Space Agency (ESA)'s science and robotic exploration programs.

http://news.yahoo.com/russia-may-land-probe-jupiters-moon-ganymede-europes-103318695.html

What are the actual chances of this getting off the drawing board as it seems an extremely ambitious project?

I assume this is an update along from this ESA article.

http://sci.esa.int/juice/50494-announcement-of-opportunity-for-the-juice-payload/
« Last Edit: 06/23/2013 03:05 pm by Star One »

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