Re:NASA's Europa Clipper: Miles Down, Instruments Deploying
by rbanffy on Saturday November 30, 2024 @08:33AM
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> Right now the payload bay doesn't open anywhere near enough for that
Shouldn't be too hard to design a starship with a blunt nose and place it under an expendable fairing.
With a 1-ton probe the budget is 99 tons for a kick stage. That's a lot of delta-v. With some creative propulsion options, maybe even interstellar probes can be done.
Shouldn't be too hard to design a starship with a blunt nose and place it under an expendable fairing.
With a 1-ton probe the budget is 99 tons for a kick stage. That's a lot of delta-v. With some creative propulsion options, maybe even interstellar probes can be done.