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ESA Strategy 2040 (www.esa.int)
The next large class Science mission will fly to Saturn and land on Enceladus to search for signs of life past and present in c/esa@feddit.nl
[–] Buzztiger@feddit.nl 0 points 6 months ago

Yes less transfer time is certainly beneficial. But for the arrival in the 2050s we are actually limited by the seasons and the amount of light. Enceladus spring starts around that time, it won't change much in terms of surface temperature (~100K) but before this time its even darker at the south pole. Its already only 1% of sun light so landing in complete darkness is making it even more challenging regarding visual navigation and scientific exploration.

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The next large class Science mission will fly to Saturn and land on Enceladus to search for signs of life past and present (www.science.esa.int)
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If anyone is at the Open Day at ESTEC today there is a large surface model of Enceladus and the study team presenting the mission concept. It's in the Aldo van Eyck Building together with the other Space Science missions

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ESA may be forced to axe or freeze planned missions amid proposed NASA budget cuts (www.euronews.com)
Esto es una preciosidad, y otro avance de la ciencia. En la misión #SolarOrbiter 🚀de la se ha fotografiado por primera vez los polos solares. Mucho talento andaluz en ella in c/esa@feddit.nl
[–] Buzztiger@feddit.nl 0 points 10 months ago

Adding the ESA link with the English text : Link

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Poland Launches Demonstration of Suborbital Research Rocket - European Spaceflight (europeanspaceflight.com)
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NASA cuts: ESA in talks about the 'full repercussions' – DW – 05/07/2025 (www.dw.com)
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Biomass launch highlights (youtu.be)
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Martian rock on the move (www.esa.int)
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New ESA invention tested in a chamber of no echoes (www.esa.int)
Farewell, Gaia! Spacecraft operations come to an end in c/esa@feddit.nl
[–] Buzztiger@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago

Sniff, our most successful scientific Spacecraft by publications. The new Voyage 2050 programme certainly provides science topics that could lead to a worthy successor.

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When two become one: engineers get Smile ready for launch (www.esa.int)
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Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source (www.nature.com)
 

Can I ask how everyone personally feels about using nuclear material for space exploration? For the rovers heating elements it will be just a couple of grams but for generating electricity via a RTG a spacecraft would require several kilograms of radioactive material.