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Re:NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying by baq on Saturday November 30, 2024 @08:15AM (#42281434)
Comms is the reason. DSN dish time is not a particularly abundant resource even today.
Re:NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying by rbanffy on Saturday November 30, 2024 @08:27AM (#42281501)
The far side of the moon is prime real estate for radiotelescopes. You can create a sizable expansion of the DSN by sharing dish time with the antennas you can build from local materials.
Re:NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying by philistine on Saturday November 30, 2024 @12:30PM (#42282805)
Well I fully assume that the DSN itself will move to space, courtesy of Starship's large tonnage to orbit.
Re:NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying by Melatonic on Saturday November 30, 2024 @02:54PM (#42283615)
I've been thinking for years we should built a space network of probe and satellite like objects - imagine if we landed a small relay on every asteroid passing anywhere near earth - could be highly useful for communication and possibly also give us a GPS like location assist for additional spacecraft