MClark
Well-Known Member
Looks like a go.
T: -38minsBlue Origin stream has started....but so far no mention of the target T-0 time.
TBH...the rah-rah talk is pretty crappy so far IMO...Blue Origin's coverage is pretty much identical to SpaceX's... including the rah-rah talk.
Word.It keeps getting bumped out, and I want to go to bed!
I keep saying that, yet still, here I am.One more bump and I am going to have to call it quits.![]()
I find this useful, Map. You’ed have to find the delta V from published specs.I also am very interested in seeing another rocket of this scale come online. I wonder if New Glenn could launch a probe to Uranus and/or Neptune without needing a lot of gravity assist.
It would depend on the mass of the probe.I wonder if New Glenn could launch a probe to Uranus and/or Neptune without needing a lot of gravity assist.
Yeah, I know. When trying to figure this out, I figure 5-6 metric tons. Roughly the same as Cassini.It would depend on the mass of the probe.
We could do it with a cube sat if you where on a falcon heavy…It would depend on the mass of the probe.
then probably not, if it had a ion engine that could burn for a significant amount of the trip then possibly.Yeah, I know. When trying to figure this out, I figure 5-6 metric tons. Roughly the same as Cassini.
The use of cheap re-usable rockets will have interesting impacts on future deep space probes. In the past, with high launch costs, the optimal thing to do was to launch single, "gold-plated," expensive missions. In the future, with low launch costs, it will be feasible to launch many low cost probes. Each probe may be small, cheap, and, be launched into a direct non-gravity assist trajectory.Yeah, I know. When trying to figure this out, I figure 5-6 metric tons. Roughly the same as Cassini.
Think Starlink, but to the outer planets.In the future, with low launch costs, it will be feasible to launch many low cost probes.
Interesting point. I can see it being possible. I guess we'll see what happens over the next few decades.The use of cheap re-usable rockets will have interesting impacts on future deep space probes. In the past, with high launch costs, the optimal thing to do was to launch single, "gold-plated," expensive missions. In the future, with low launch costs, it will be feasible to launch many low cost probes. Each probe may be small, cheap, and, be launched into a direct non-gravity assist trajectory.