Minmus Taster

Was just watching Real Engineerings video on Dragonfly and they mention that the drones roaters we're 1 meter across. A METER? How large is this thing? For some reason I've been picturing something microwave sized.

Wow, maybe taller/steeper mountains are common on smaller active worlds?

Wow, that is one heck of a mountain: No height exaggeration here, the Juno team calls it 'Steeple Mountain' and it's between 5 and 7 Kilometers high.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/dragonfly/nasas-dragonfly-rotorcraft-mission-to-saturns-moon-titan-confirmed/

They need to just cancel the project, or hand it over to private companies entirely. By 2040 we'll have humans on mars, not to mention Tianwen 3 getting samples back over ten years earlier. Billions of dollars have gone into this ridiculous project and the money is better spent on Artemis, not that it's much better

How did you even find this thread?

Yeah the timelines are a little messy, I used launch windows from Wikipedia and didn't factor in how fast it would be going, by just eyeballing things on Space Engine the Quaoar probe would have to launch around 2033 but could also get Neptune gravity assist on it's way. Will probably make an updated version of this at some point. On an interesting note I found the second probe would have to launch around 2038 but there also seems to be a transfer window between Jupiter and Saturn, along with a good window for Haumea or Makemake... hmmm...

This has been known for a bit now but thought I should post this here: https://www.space.com/nasa-voyager-1-communications-breakdown-solved

Hello! I figured I would post this here as the topic of a dedicated Interstellar spacecraft has been one of much discussion for some time now and I wanted some feedback on a personal mission design of mine, specifically how realistic it is. This is based heavily on the "Interstellar Probe" concept proposed to NASA a couple years back. Please forgive my sloppy drawings The Spacecraft: Mission Profile:

Imagine a total eclipse above the Eduard Bohlen:

Got a large amount of darkening at our max coverage. Because there were clouds we could actually see the shadow pass next to us. An interesting upside to my circumstances.

Weather gods have truly spit in my face this time around. Dark grey clouds right when things get interesting.

Weather is slightly better for now, can see it beginning.

Ah the joys of being just outside the path of totality in cloudy weather, maybe next time