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Fate of Genesis bus
Hi all,
according to the Genesis launch press kit, the spacecraft bus was to be ditched in the Pacific Ocean after releasing the capsule. However, I have seen studies indicating that it could be diverted and its scientific instruments (two particle monitors) re-used in an extended mission either at L1, or switching between L1 and L2 or in heliocentric orbit. The Genesis landing press kit does not mention the ditching, an article in AWST hints that the bus was to be diverted and I find that it is still listed in the JPL's Ephemeris Generator. Does anybody know what was its fate? Paolo |
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Paolo Ulivi wrote:
The Genesis landing press kit does not mention the ditching, an article in AWST hints that the bus was to be diverted and I find that it is still listed in the JPL's Ephemeris Generator. Does anybody know what was its fate? After the sample return capsule was released, the Genesis spacecraft bus remains in a loosely bound Earth orbit. And remember that Genesis carries two onboard plasma spectrometers (i.e., in situ solar wind ion and electron spectrometers). Anticipating this, the Genesis team has proposed a mission extension, dubbed "Exodus," to conduct joint solar wind studies with other L1 spacecraft. Exodus, if approved by NASA's Sun-Earth Connections Office, would begin later this year and would involve redirecting the Genesis spacecraft to a distant retrograde heliocentric orbit in which the spacecraft would loiter for a considerable time at ~*0.025 AU upstream and downstream of Earth (~*2.5x the Earth-L1 distance). I wonder what wag came up with "Exodus"? Especially in today's political climate. What would a second extension of the mission be called? "Leviticus"? Having said that, however, I have to admit that, under the Pentateuch order, a possible third and fourth extension could plausibly be called, respectively, religous-neutral: "Numbers" [related somehow to mathematics] and "Deuteronomy" [a merging of Deuterium and Aeronomy] ;-) -- Alex R. Blackwell University of Hawaii |
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"Alex R. Blackwell" wrote in message ...
Pentateuch order, a possible third and fourth extension could plausibly be called, respectively, religous-neutral: "Numbers" [related somehow to mathematics] and "Deuteronomy" [a merging of Deuterium and Aeronomy] ;-) BTW, "Deuteronomy" or "Deuteronomium" is the title of one of the books in "Old Testament"! |
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["Followup-To:" header set to sci.space.history.]
On 2004-10-01, Antonin Vitek wrote: "Alex R. Blackwell" wrote in message ... Pentateuch order, a possible third and fourth extension could plausibly be called, respectively, religous-neutral: "Numbers" [related somehow to mathematics] and "Deuteronomy" [a merging of Deuterium and Aeronomy] ;-) BTW, "Deuteronomy" or "Deuteronomium" is the title of one of the books in "Old Testament"! ....the fifth book of the Pentateuch... after Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers... Congratulations, you got some of the joke ;-) -- -Andrew Gray |
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