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- From: knapp@spot.Colorado.EDU (David Knapp)
- Subject: Re: Galileo HGA: Hypothesis
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.232255.20123@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <1992Nov10.140620.8359@cc.umontre> <246900037@peg.pegasus.oz.au>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:22:55 GMT
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- In article <246900037@peg.pegasus.oz.au> wlmss@peg.pegasus.oz.au writes:
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- > Another naive query about Galileo's HGA problem.
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- > Can it send data at a high rate but with little power?
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- > If so, what if a relay craft were sent after it to gather and
- > send information back at the intended rate?
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- > Would this work?
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- > o < < < < < < < < < < < < )-x . . . . )-G
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- > earth relay Galileo
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- It's not a naive query at all since it was already considered by NASA.
- The problem is getting the major funding this would require, and
- getting things designed, built and launched in time. There might
- Not even be a window left for a rendezvous.
- --
- David Knapp University of Colorado, Boulder
- Perpetual Student knapp@spot.colorado.edu
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