tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post811006238454335830..comments2024-01-03T20:28:17.727-08:00Comments on Future Planetary Exploration: How We Would Explore Uranus or NeptuneVan Kanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14227978868817989527noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-77421186485001802902017-07-29T12:59:14.669-07:002017-07-29T12:59:14.669-07:00I would think because Pluto is the most Earth-like...I would think because Pluto is the most Earth-like planet, Pluto gets precidence over Uranus or Neptune. Impact origin being key. If someone invents a room temperature superconductor, Pluto might be one of the best places to look for REEs. There would've been lots of steam after impact, and the venting steam may have concentrated REEs in veins. I suppose Psyche won't be looking for these. Probably it is reason enough to use James Webb to find NEOs. To me the biggest NASA applications is using quantum entangled microwaves for remote sensing caves. Any planetary mission looking for polarization rotations as one microwave passes through salt, limestone, lava tubes, ice caves, on another world, will help keep Earth safe. Triton will have ice caves just like a bad robot would find on Earth.Robots2005 AI2015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-17565241752500938822017-07-19T02:55:53.877-07:002017-07-19T02:55:53.877-07:00nice postnice postlizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035184100892779826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-64178600586585636132017-06-29T10:19:59.937-07:002017-06-29T10:19:59.937-07:00Edmund - The instrument sets were selected to prov...Edmund - The instrument sets were selected to provide three price-capability points. The 7 instrument, 90 kilogram set provides a major step up in capabilities over the minimum set and address a number of additional science questions.<br /><br />I would be surprised if the orbiter doesn't carry a robust instrument suite. However, the cost of more instruments, especially any that perform imaging and especially imaging spectroscopy, ripples through the spacecraft design. The spacecraft has to have more power and a more capable communications system. These drive up spacecraft capabilities. You'll note that the working group didn't recommend a New Horizon's class spacecraft even for the three instruments. The narrow angle camera and Doppler imager themselves produce large amounts of data and that requires a more capable, Cassini-class spacecraft.Van Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227978868817989527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270899075443508100.post-58078200366310452812017-06-28T23:33:19.706-07:002017-06-28T23:33:19.706-07:00Hi Van, I understand the more instruments you add ...Hi Van, I understand the more instruments you add to each spacecraft the heavier they get. 3 instruments = 50 kilos, 7 instruments = 90 kilos, 13 instruments = 150 kilos. The heavier it is the more it costs. However is it not possible to have 9 instruments @ 100 kilos or a different configuration? Were the instruments banded together for the expediency of the report or because they compliment each others results? Thanks EdmundEdmund_knoreply@blogger.com