Prometheus Mission to 2004 MN4?

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Prometheus Mission to 2004 MN4?

phil — 12/27/2004 9:41:17 PM (archived)

I'd say that 2004 MN4 is a much better target for this fission tech demo than many others cited previously. Carry a nice lead basketball as a penetrator and lots of other experiments to assess the composition and fragility of this body. Why not?

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Prometheus Mission to 2004 MN4? - phil - 12/27/2004 9:41:17 PM
- Perhaps the Europa Ice Clipper plan could be modified for this - LJK - 12/28/2004 4:27:29 PM
- re: Hmmm - Raoul - 12/27/2004 9:50:42 PM
  - Sagan Error - Mark Eby - 12/28/2004 12:55:01 AM
  - re: Hmmm - phil - 12/27/2004 10:15:11 PM

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