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Check this out:
http://www.nasa-academy.org/soffen/trav … bethke.pdf
It's a Powerpoint presentation (in pdf format) about a way NASA could send a six-person mission to Callisto in 2045 or later. Quite interesting.
-- RobS
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I am really glad people are starting to look beyond the moon and mars. Obviously these are the first targets but why limit are future.
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Thats one of the targets for Jupiter Icy Moons orbiter isn't it?
Don't get me wrong, but for that time period, arn't there better targets for an outer solar system mission? Like say Europa, or Titan?
Edit: Now that I mustered the bandwith to download and read it, I see the point. But it still seems pointless to land on Callisto to run a sub on Europa. Theres tons of ice there which is the best radiation shield out there, which will be despirately needed in the Jupiter system. And given the amount of hardware were going to have to land on Europa anyway, contamination is inevitable.
Oh and is there supose to be videos in that PDF?
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Thats one of the targets for Jupiter Icy Moons orbiter isn't it?
*Yes.
Will read the Powerpoint presentation on this tomorrow (is late PM for me, long work day, etc). Maybe more comments later.
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::edit:: http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1589]JIMO thread
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I think the problem isn't shielding a manned mission on Europa, but shielding them in orbit and near Europa, where the radiation levels are very high. Callisto provides a place where humans can live that is just light-seconds from the other Galileans.
-- RobS
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