tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post5562407941145950860..comments2024-01-03T20:28:17.727-08:00Comments on Future Planetary Exploration: Too Exciting to Die? And Good ReadsVan Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227978868817989527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-49781186162892831882012-12-08T14:32:03.816-08:002012-12-08T14:32:03.816-08:00What do you need to demostrate in situ rocket fuel...What do you need to demostrate in situ rocket fuel on Titan? An oven and the ability to manufacture hydrogen gas? Or would methane suffice? I'm thinking of at least being able to liftoff from Titan and probe the Saturn system.The Keystone Garternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-37413447834391579232012-12-06T04:39:02.599-08:002012-12-06T04:39:02.599-08:00By focusing on reducing non value added activities...By focusing on reducing non value added activities, there's more room for money making processes, without adding more labour. injection molding processhttp://www.plasticmoldingsource.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-42579797787563527312012-11-11T05:53:22.133-08:002012-11-11T05:53:22.133-08:00Can you please update your blog more frequently?Can you please update your blog more frequently?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-80995298779208871352012-10-28T11:19:55.214-07:002012-10-28T11:19:55.214-07:00I like the inflatable wheels technology. For exam...I like the inflatable wheels technology. For example, inflatable medical clinics, inflatable refugee tents, inflatable low income housing....<br />Of course I'm an Enceladus guy until we can imagine Exo-Earth-gravity planetary atmospheres.The Keystone Garternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-31118713114588157662012-10-14T13:13:58.783-07:002012-10-14T13:13:58.783-07:00Thanks for posting the links below : I did not kno...Thanks for posting the links below : I did not know about NEAT.<br />If it is approved, it will fill the void left by SIM that was cancelled (I believe after $600M were spent on it, more than enough for TiME).<br />NEAT and the soon to be launched Gaia will answer complementary questions.<br />We strongly suspect that our solar system is rare because cold Jupiters are rare:<br />http://oklo.org/2011/02/13/an-analogy/<br />Extending the sample to all the Jupiters within 600 ly will be great (Gaia of course will do much more than that, being an astrometric mission).<br />Even if our system is rare, are Earth analogs rare too ?<br />My reading of the preliminary Kepler data is that Earth size planet are common but most of them seem to be part of "compact" systems where they are very very close to the main star. And choosing a cooler/smaller star does not help : planets get even closer. NEAT should detect the analogs nerby.<br /><br />There seems to be a void of earth size planets in the habitable zone.Enzonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-78326853271199052662012-10-11T08:43:39.663-07:002012-10-11T08:43:39.663-07:00There were no technical problems with TiME, nor wa...There were no technical problems with TiME, nor was its cost prohibitive. Your post 'Not a bias' sums the situation well, NASA is in a conservative mood, Insight was just a safer mission to pick, even though its science and public appeal is (arguably) less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com