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Yang Liwei Rocket

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

much of this sounds like a great idea 

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Yang Liwei Rocket

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

this will be a great mission

NASA rated a mission to Neptune as a ‘top priority’ for the 2008-2013 term

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Palomar

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

Nuclear power source, regular old slow chemical propulsion presumably.

I'm of the opinion that if the travel time on these missions could be greatly sped up (via nuclear propulsion or otherwise) that we might see more public interest. The public attention span is a problem we need to deal with.

*They need to go full-hilt nuclear on the propulsion; the best ability of it we'll have when the time comes to build and prepare for launch. 

Unfortunately updates pertaining to this mission are slim to none.  Really, a Neptune orbiter with probes would be one of the three "icing on the cake" for me, (the others being a manned mission to Mars and a Europa probe) as my lifelong love of astronomy and etc. goes.

It's also a reminder of mortality.  30 years from now will be so different.  I remember when the Voyagers launched; still just a preteen and the years spread out effortlessly.  Not anymore.   :?  Besides, for every reason:  If they can trim that time down by even 5 to 7 years with something akin to JIMO, all the better.

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SpaceNut

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

US group proposes Neptune mission

Neptune and its largest moon, Triton, could be the targets of a major space mission in the decades ahead, if a group of US researchers gets its way.

Very prometheus looking...

A mission like the one being proposed could cost $3-4bn dollars and would probably need international partners.

Would be tough to get funding in current Nasa situation.

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

NASA wants to send a spacecraft to Neptune’s strange moon Triton

The last and only time a spacecraft visited Triton was 30 years ago, when the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past it on its way out of the solar system

Yes its time to explore again.

Mars_B4_Moon

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

ESO telescope captures surprising changes in Neptune's temperatures
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/ESO_ … s_999.html

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

New Neptune photos offer rare views of planet’s rings
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/n … -rcna48719
The James Webb Space Telescope’s images of the mysterious ice giant brought humanity a first infrared look at the rings.

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Re: Neptune Orbiter with Probes - ...part of NASA's "Vision Missions"

Astronomers have a new theory for why Uranus spins on its side: The ice giant once had a large moon that migrated outward, which slowly flipped Uranus sideways.
https://astronomy.com/news/2022/10/astr … n-its-side

Interstellar Express or Interstellar Heliosphere Probe is the current name for a proposed Chinese National Space Administration program designed to explore the heliosphere and interstellar space. The first probe, IHP-1, will travel toward the nose of the heliosphere, while the second probe, IHP-2, will fly near to the tail, skimming by Neptune and Triton.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti … ar-system/

China Plans a 2-in-1 Mission to Jupiter and Uranus
https://gizmodo.com/china-missions-jupi … 1849575036

Scientists recreate Neptune's 'diamonds rain' conditions on Earth
https://interestingengineering.com/scie … anus-earth
To help make nanodiamonds and revolutionize several industries on Earth.

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