On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:55:57 -0700, David Masten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If you really want to send something to Pluto, I'd be happy to donate to >a *voluntary* fund raiser to get such a mission going. If everyone pays for it, it's less than $2.00 apiece. If only the people that really want it pay for it, it's $500,000 apiece. Coercion is awfully tempting when a pet project is at stake... I want to see pictures of Pluto too. But it looks like a long lens may get better pictures sooner than a long shot. Hubble maps of Pluto are as good as anything we had of Mars in the late 19th century, and the maps made from the Charon occultation data have peak resolution on the order of 50 km. A good interferometric telescope can do equally well today over the whole planet. And a space interferometer? Fuggedaboutit. Resolution with a space based visual interferometer would exceed what we get with VLBI today. -R -- Son: Dad, I have a question about women. Suppose I Dagwood: Apologize anyway. Son: Yeah, that's about what I figured Dagwood: It saves time _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
