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Imagine the satellite images we could be looking at, if NASA had different funding priorities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter https://
by throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
Imagine the satellite images we could be looking at, if NASA had different funding priorities:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter
[pdf] http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/38185/1/05-3441.pdf http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/38185/1/05...
tl;dr: A low-orbiting (100-200 km), 37-ton science probe, jumping from moon to moon using nuclear-powered ion rockets.
* 1.5 tons of science instruments
* 1 meter telescope (25 cm surface resolution)
* 100 kW power supply