Talk:MESSENGER
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Why is there a 12 second window for 12 days starting August 2, 2004 for the launch of MESSENGER? What determines this 12 second window? - Vohiyaar
- What was the reason for the delay from May to August? Rmhermen 03:01, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)
2005 - 1975 = 30, not "more than 35" Lee M 19:34, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- But the orbital insertion won't be until March 18, 2011, which will be over 35 years. Richard W.M. Jones 19:26, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Yes but it was a flyby so you should compare to the first flyby by MESSENGER in 2008...82.120.124.201 6 July 2005 04:04 (UTC)
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[edit] Discovery Rupes
Rather beautiful and informative photograph on Discovery Rupes here: [1] Richard W.M. Jones 06:53, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] End of mission
Is there any plan to lanch the probe to crash in the surface after its mission is complete? Just like the Galileo in Jupiter. That is, the prove could even take pictures from the surface and mesure the temperature and the atmosfere from close while it crashes in the surface. -Pedro 14:12, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
- Well, Mercury doesn't have much of an atmosphere, but other than that, I'd guess they haven't worked out what to do that far in advance.
- —wwoods 06:42, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
Quote from [2]: "After eight years in space, the MESSENGER mission will end when the satellite crashes into the planet's surface." Althoug this might change, but it looks like that is the current plan. Awolf002 12:54, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
- I think that's a nice idea if we can get some info and pictures while it crashes.
--Pedro 23:55, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
Rather difficult to do anything while it's crashing. Anything done at the end of the mission will depend on how the spacecraft is doing structurally, and if things like the camera are even working by then. It is, after all, Mercury. :) --Planetary 17:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
- Mercury is like the moon, not like Venus... it shouldnt drop in a vertical crash but rather horizontal. There are no close-by pictures of Mercury, so it would make history. let's hope cameras will work, then. --Pedro 14:50, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Blank space
Someone please edit to compensate for the enormous blank space in the introduction. It appears the table (mostly with question marks as of current), is causing this. --Marsbound2024 21:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
- Done and done. --Planetary 17:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] reference
Robert E. Gold, Sean C. Solomon, Ralph L. McNutt, Jr. a, Andrew G. Santo, James B. Abshire, Mario H. Acuña, Robert S. Afzal, Brian J. Anderson, G. Bruce Andrews, Peter D. Bedini, John Cain, Andrew F. Cheng, Larry G. Evans, William C. Feldman, Ronald B. Follas, George Gloeckler, f, John O. Goldsten, S. Edward Hawkins III, Noam R. Izenberg, Stephen E. Jaskulek, Eleanor A. Ketchum, Mark R. Lankton, David A. Lohr, Barry H. Mauk, William E. McClintock, Scott L. Murchie, Charles E. Schlemm II, David E. Smith, Richard D. Starr, Thomas H. Zurbuchen (2001). "The MESSENGER mission to Mercury: scientific payload". Planetary and Space Science 49 (14-15): 1467-1479. DOI:10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00086-1.
