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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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Andrew Gray wrote:
...the fifth book of the Pentateuch... after Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers... Congratulations, you got some of the joke ;-) Just to be clear, though, it wasn't a total joke. "Exodus" is the actual name of the proposed Genesis mission extension. -- Alex R. Blackwell University of Hawaii |
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In message , Alex R. Blackwell
writes Andrew Gray wrote: ...the fifth book of the Pentateuch... after Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers... Congratulations, you got some of the joke ;-) Just to be clear, though, it wasn't a total joke. "Exodus" is the actual name of the proposed Genesis mission extension. I suppose jokes about broken tablets would be in bad taste. Oh well, I've done it now. |
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"Jonathan Silverlight" wrote
in message ... I suppose jokes about broken tablets would be in bad taste. Oh well, I've done it now. "Who is this *really*?" -- Bill Cosby as Noah |
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On Sat, 2 Oct 2004 09:18:31 +0800, "Neil Gerace"
wrote: "Jonathan Silverlight" wrote in message ... I suppose jokes about broken tablets would be in bad taste. Oh well, I've done it now. "Who is this *really*?" -- Bill Cosby as Noah It's a combination of "Space Balls" and "Wholly Moses!"; "I bring you God's 15 ****CRASH**** I mean 10 Commandments!" ;-) Rusty Barton |
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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 20:09:54 -0700, Rusty Barton
wrote: "I bring you God's 15 ****CRASH**** I mean 10 Commandments!" ....This, and two other scenes stick out the most in everyone's minds regarding this film: 1) The 15...er...10 Commandments. 2) The scene in Rome, where the brother is walking through the white crowd in even whiter togas, and he's carrying a ghetto blaster playing "Funkytown". 3) "The Inquisition! Let's begin!" ....It's this latter one that Mel Brooks will be remembered for even more than "Springtime for Hitler", natch. OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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