re: A mission to the surface of Enceladus

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Tom Brosz — 3/12/2006 2:20:09 AM (archived)

Jim Oberg suggested a "Stardust" type mission to fly through the plumes, which would be much easier than a landing.

Does Cassini have any instruments that could detect absorption spectroscopic signatures if there is some orbital path (highly unlikely) that would put the plumes between the probe and a source of light like the sun or a bright star?

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A mission to the surface of Enceladus - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2006 1:31:03 AM
- re: A mission to the surface of Enceladus - Tom Brosz - 3/12/2006 2:20:09 AM
  - I disagree with Jim. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2006 8:24:15 PM
    - Jim disagrees with Jim, too - JimO - 3/13/2006 5:02:25 AM
      - re: Jim disagrees with Jim, too - Robert Clark - 3/13/2006 7:58:51 AM
        
        stardust - JimO - 3/13/2006 12:24:38 PM
        
        Will there be any discussion of the organics from Stardust? - Robert Clark - 3/14/2006 11:33:48 AM
        
        I would guess that Stardust already released most of the organics - to space. - alcaray - 3/14/2006 6:50:12 PM
  - VIMS - R.L. - 3/12/2006 2:41:05 AM
    - re: VIMS - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2006 8:31:53 PM
      - Why would you assume I would be at that conference? - R.L. - 3/12/2006 9:21:47 PM
        
        re: Why would you assume I would be at that conference? - Jacob Samorodin - 3/12/2006 10:19:51 PM

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