Fw: Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - September 11-17, 2003

From: Mark Langenfeld <mlangen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:56 2004
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> Just a thought,
>
> Are there any close up images taken in the moments
> before atmosphic entry showing a horizon view of
> Jupiter's upper atmosphere, maybe showing the
> cloudtops and the plantets curve against space?
>
> This would be very interesting.
>
> Steve Schoner/ams
>

Steve:

While such an image could probably be taken, I suspect there is
insufficient time to complete transmission of the file before the
spacecraft disintegrates. (Recall that Galileo's high-gain antenna never
fully deployed, and the data-transfer rate through the low-gain antenna
is SLOW.)

Mark

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From: "Mark Langenfeld" <mlangen_at_execpc.com>
To: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com>, Ron Baalke <baalke@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>, 
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Global Surveyor Images - September 11-17, 2003
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 14:54:12 -0400
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> Just a thought,
> 
> Are there any close up images taken in the moments
> before atmosphic entry showing a horizon view of
> Jupiter's upper atmosphere, maybe showing the
> cloudtops and the plantets curve against space?
> 
> This would be very interesting.
> 
> Steve Schoner/ams
> 
Steve:
While such an image could probably be taken, I suspect there is  
insufficient time to complete transmission of the file before the
spacecraft disintegrates. (Recall that Galileo's high-gain antenna never
fully deployed, and the data-transfer rate through the low-gain antenna
is SLOW.)
Mark
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