Good_Management7353
Good_Management7353 t1_j7z055y wrote
Reply to Blue Origin awarded NASA launch contract for Mars mission (Studying magnetic field) by kuroimakina
Lots of people on here that never read the article and just spewing opinions and misinformation.
The contract they got is to simply launch the ESCAPADE mission through a new program NASA has to basically make these new rocket test launches also have things on top the rocket. ESCAPADE is a cheap small sat mission through NASA’s SIMPLEx program, which are $50 million missions with a single science goal.
ESCAPADE will be the thing studying Mars, and they have a whole team that has nothing to do with BO. They were selected years ago through NASA (just as nasa selects other robotic missions through competitive calls). They’ve been waiting for a lunch provider and this program (which specifically is higher risk but that is ok with cheaper missions) gives them the launch provider they need.
THAT’S IT. Sometimes reading the articles and not just the headlines is helpful
Good_Management7353 t1_j30o31q wrote
Reply to Detecting life on Saturn moon Enceladus would require 100 flybys through its geyser plume, study suggests. by EricFromOuterSpace
If vents exist on the seafloor of Enceladus, and all the methane is from life in vents, and then that life survives the long journey to the surface through the ocean and ice, and then survives massive depressurization when it hits vacuum, and then doesn’t get murdered during the still high velocity flyby, then it only takes 100 such flybys, which is huge number.
Some papers are worth writing because it’s good to crunch some back of the envelope numbers, but we don’t always have to take them seriously…
Good_Management7353 t1_iy3m211 wrote
Reply to comment by jadw87 in Voyager images from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) by Premium_Woman
If you’re interested, I would look up Cassini images of Saturn and its rings. The detail is the best we will see for some time and will take your breath away :)
Good_Management7353 t1_itljf5v wrote
Reply to Landing on Titan in 2027 by pineeyt
They launch in 2027. Landing is not for 7 or so years after that.
Good_Management7353 t1_j8aiqxa wrote
Reply to comment by donzzler in In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame. (NASA/JPL) by Rifletree
This is correct. Also, it’s not a single image but a mosaic of multiple images.