Conveniently, BepiColumbo is already scheduled to do a flyby next month for a gravity assist en route to Mercury, with some brief atmospheric science while ther

Conveniently, BepiColumbo is already scheduled to do a flyby next month for a gravity assist en route to Mercury, with some brief atmospheric science while there. Probably impossible to alter the trajectories at this point, but it sure would be tempting to stay and do some more in depth observation...