I was thinking along those same lines.
Add a bunch of sensors / cameras to the outside and set them to broadcast data back to Earth, then send it on it's way towards Pluto.
I was thinking along those same lines.
Add a bunch of sensors / cameras to the outside and set them to broadcast data back to Earth, then send it on it's way towards Pluto.
exactly, crashing it just seems wasteful
exactly, crashing it just seems wasteful
I noticed this at the end of the article:
Mr. Bowersox didn’t rule out the possibility of a salvage mission to the crash site or missions and funded requests from partner nations and museums such as The Smithsonian to secure would-be artifacts of a bygone era of space travel, but nothing is planned.
So maybe they can get something worthwhile out of it if the deorbit goes well.
Still, sending it out as a larger version of Voyager just seems cooler.
I noticed this at the end of the article:
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Mr. Bowersox didn’t rule out the possibility of a salvage mission to the crash site or missions and funded requests from partner nations and museums such as The Smithsonian to secure would-be artifacts of a bygone era of space travel, but nothing is planned.
So maybe they can get something worthwhile out of it if the deorbit goes well.
Still, sending it out as a larger version of Voyager just seems cooler.
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