Something to learn from Mars Express

2002-11-22 Thread LARRY KLAES
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Driving force behind Mars Express The Ferrari Red Paint will not be the only thing breaking all speed records when it hurtles towards the Red Planet on-board the Mars

Listening to Europa

2002-11-22 Thread LARRY KLAES
The geophone might do what Europa Orbiter wants to for a lot less: Article URL is http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/001/108msmhd.asp

Re: Something to learn from Mars Express

2002-11-22 Thread Paul Lavin
Run the data loss on theMartian atmosphere composition by me again. When did this happen? P At 08:26 22/11/2002 -0800, you wrote: It's one thing to build it, it is another to get it successfully to Mars. Deep Space is difficult exploration territory, and more than half of Mars-bound

Re: Something to learn from Mars Express

2002-11-22 Thread joe_latrell
Faster, Better, Cheaper. Pick any two. Results may vary. Joe Latrell It's one thing to build it, it is another to get it successfully to Mars. Deep Space is difficult exploration territory, and more than half of Mars-bound spacecraft have failed. Why? It is a long way away. The

Re: Something to learn from Mars Express

2002-11-22 Thread Christopher England
Paul Lavin wrote: Run the data loss on the Martian atmosphere composition by me again. When did this happen? P Thank you for asking! The Viking lander gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GCMS) data is not available anywhere. What is taken as gospel for the composition at the

RE: Listening to Europa

2002-11-22 Thread Thomas Green
Title: Message This might be flawed thinking. Assuming the geophone is dirt cheap compared to ice-radar and laser altimeter, the problem is landing the geophones on the surface. Any kind of soft landing wouldgreatly increase the cost. Hard landing (impactor) probesmight be a risk until the

Icepick

2002-11-22 Thread Gail Leatherwood
Just out of curiosity, has this project now died? Nothing but dead silence for a week now. Gail Leatherwood

Re: Icepick

2002-11-22 Thread Joe Latrell
Hello all, I went into design mode and have been thinking about several different ways to get the icepick to work. Heat alone won't do the trick and water jets will suffer from clogs due to salt buildup unless the water is filtered first somehow. The wire idea I have beed working on shorted

Re: Listening to Europa

2002-11-22 Thread Bruce Moomaw
Message - Original Message - From: Thomas Green To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:15 PM Subject: RE: Listening to Europa This might be flawed thinking. Assuming the geophone is dirt cheap compared to ice-radar and laser altimeter, the problem is landing the