re: Or Phoenix with nuclear power instead of solar panels

Space/Science » in reply to Or Phoenix with nuclear power instead of solar panels

Doug Ellison — 6/15/2009 2:32:54 PM (archived)

We wouldn't have learnt anything about those 'droplets' on the lander legs, because Phoenix would still be called the 2001 lander and it would still be in storage at LoMart.

Phoenix wouldn't have happened if you converted to RTG. To expensive, to heavy, and not enough RTG material to go around.

Would an RTG powered long-life polar lander be scientifically interesting and valuable? Yes.

Was Phoenix a succesfull and cheap first look at that region? Yes.

The whole thread (10 posts)

Has anybody Listened for the Phoenix Lander ....... - carl - 6/11/2009 4:53:13 PM
- not yet - still in deep winter - Doug Ellison - 6/11/2009 6:11:13 PM
  - Any orbital imaging being done? - azstrummer - 6/11/2009 9:13:12 PM
    - during the season long polar NIGHT? (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 6/12/2009 7:53:45 AM
      - The area has no sunlight at all? - azstrummer - 6/12/2009 8:23:22 PM
        
        None, for several months. - Doug Ellison - 6/13/2009 2:42:19 PM
        
        Great thanks - azstrummer - 6/13/2009 3:28:50 PM
        
        That's what we get for not equipping the orbiter with a flash. (n/t) - TB - 6/13/2009 4:01:17 PM
        
        Or Phoenix with nuclear power instead of solar panels - Socrates II - 6/15/2009 2:05:45 PM
        
        re: Or Phoenix with nuclear power instead of solar panels - Doug Ellison - 6/15/2009 2:32:54 PM

Recent posts

On this day in Space/Science

The whole thread (10 posts)