ERPS will not be able to take a picture of an object passing near the earth.
Not a close up. You couldn't get the picture back to earth anyway, so what's the
point?
If you got close by some stroke of luck then how would you aim the camera? Oh
radio control, is that what you are thinking? Then how are you going to aim the
antenna? If you get away with a small antenna on the craft, then you need a good
bit of gain on the terrestrial side (path loss!). You of course would need to have
antennas all the way around the planet as it seems to spin on a daily basis. Space
based, can you rent airtime?
If you figure out how to control the orientation of the craft ( star shooting
etc.) and actually point everything in the right direction, just how would you
actually move the hopefully stable machine into that orientation and keep it there?
Motive force?
One kilogram? A box filled with voodoo?
The one encouraging thing that I see coming out of this topic is that in the
past when these flights of fantasy have happened on this list there where people
working off list (or a non public list) to build real state of the ERPS machines.
If this is so, how can I help? My drawing skills are getting pretty good for 2D.
Michael Wallis wrote:
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> > The high inclination could easily be the result of an Earth encounter. On
> > the other hand, lots of main belt asteroids share that inclination.
> > Spectroscopy should settle the rocket body question.
> >
> > With digital cameras getting so tiny and the NEA catalog getting into shape,
> > I'm wondering if a NEA flyby might be in ERPS future. Maybe a 1kg payload?
> > ERPS might be able to "react" to incoming asteroid in a day or two, something
> > impossible for NASA without a multimillion dollar program to do that.
> > Daydreams...
>
> With the technology we're developing, yes; that is the sort of thing
> that it would allow.
>
> Michael
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