Europa Clipper clippings

Alain Fournier speculated:
On Jul/14/2020 at 09:36, David Spain wrote :
On 2020-07-13 9:12 PM, Snidely wrote:
Eric Berger, writing at Teslarati, is rather down on NASA's EC managment,
and the handcuffs provided by Capitol Hill:

It's not about the science.
It's not about the schedule.
It's not about capabilities.
It's not about cost.
It's not about the opportunities.


We all know what it's about.

Dave you usually make good comments, but this time you have it all wrong.

It's about pork. If they can bring back hogs from Europa:
It would be great science.
It would be worth the schedule slip.
It would show great capabilities.
It would be a great opportunity.
As for cost, well the pork comes with the cost.

;-)

The great science is being challenged by to cost cutting on the
satellite. The savings from cancelling yet another instrument are less
than the 2 year (or even 1 yr, IIRC after 24 hours) storage costs.

/dps

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Yes, I have had a cucumber soda. Why do you ask?

On 2020-07-14 2:35 PM, Snidely wrote:

The great science is being challenged by to cost cutting on the
satellite.* The savings from cancelling yet another instrument are less
than the 2 year (or even 1 yr, IIRC after 24 hours) storage costs.

/dps


So how many years of storage do we gain by cancelling all instruments?
How much do we save if we remove the hi gain antenna or all antennas?
If we remove all antennas then do we get to prolong SLS by requiring a
2nd mission to retrieve the data from the first? Sounds like the way to
go...

Dave