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> Just a thought, > > Are there any close up images taken in the moments > before atmosphic entry showing a horizon view of > Jupiter's upper atmosphere, maybe showing the > cloudtops and the plantets curve against space? > > This would be very interesting. > > Steve Schoner/ams > Steve: While such an image could probably be taken, I suspect there is insufficient time to complete transmission of the file before the spacecraft disintegrates. (Recall that Galileo's high-gain antenna never fully deployed, and the data-transfer rate through the low-gain antenna is SLOW.) Mark -- CoreComm Webmail. http://home.core.com
> Just a thought, > > Are there any close up images taken in the moments > before atmosphic entry showing a horizon view of > Jupiter's upper atmosphere, maybe showing the > cloudtops and the plantets curve against space? > > This would be very interesting. > > Steve Schoner/ams > Steve: While such an image could probably be taken, I suspect there is insufficient time to complete transmission of the file before the spacecraft disintegrates. (Recall that Galileo's high-gain antenna never fully deployed, and the data-transfer rate through the low-gain antenna is SLOW.) Mark
