tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post546356872978315634..comments2024-01-03T20:28:17.727-08:00Comments on Future Planetary Exploration: Neptune-Triton-KBO Flyby MissionsVan Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227978868817989527noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-43907441394331689912015-03-22T14:50:40.599-07:002015-03-22T14:50:40.599-07:00Eris now is nearly her aphelion (c.a 96 AU)
http:/...Eris now is nearly her aphelion (c.a 96 AU)<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eris_Orbit.svg<br /><br />,it makes difficult to reach such a distance in a reasonable period of time with available launch systems, downlink and amplify signal with available TWTA and power supply using RTG (ASRG is still under devepopment and is useless for high power TWTA's required for such remote transmission of data)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002778083044533300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-5851037672359256182014-05-26T05:46:44.822-07:002014-05-26T05:46:44.822-07:00Why not launch another spacecraft in addition to N...Why not launch another spacecraft in addition to Neptune and Triton orbiter and lander? So we should also send spacecraft to Eris as well?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-47799184277270597032014-05-02T15:49:35.992-07:002014-05-02T15:49:35.992-07:0025 years since the Neptune encounter using Voyager...25 years since the Neptune encounter using Voyager 2. Almost 30 years since the Uranus encounter. The NASA/JPL powers that be are so fixated with pouring endless dollars into Mars exploration, I want to still be alive if and when they finally return to these two neglected planets. It is ridiculous that these two planets have only been visited once and only once so long ago. Hello? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-45116335221800071512011-12-29T19:13:15.948-08:002011-12-29T19:13:15.948-08:00I, for one, would choose your Neptune/Triton/KBO f...I, for one, would choose your Neptune/Triton/KBO flyby over future missions to Jupiter or Saturn. There are a lot more options to visit the large gas giants compared to the outer solar system and we've already had tons of observation there. Not so with Neptune. It is a very different type of planet and such a mission could fill a void of knowledge in planetology... especially with all the neptune-sized extra solar planets being discovered.<br /><br />I'm a man of little means but if the Planetary Society or some other reputable venture started a petition, I'd go without to fund it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com