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Post by rbateman on Aug 10, 2009 1:00:03 GMT
I'll try.
Software is recoverable.
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Post by Bob k6tr on Aug 10, 2009 5:14:46 GMT
I'll try. Software is recoverable. Don't worry. Rumors circulated that leadership for SDO was steamed when the satellite was bumped off it's October Ride. The reason for this is SOHO's last major task was to furnish calibration data for SDO. With out that data calibration could take substantially longer. Over the last few years most of SOHO's ground operation responsibilities have been automated and the crew has moved on to other pursuits. If this problem turns into something major I would expect Dean Pesnell to do everything in his power see that critical personal are retained to correct it even it means authorizing SDO economic resources to do so. |
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Post by Bob k6tr on Aug 11, 2009 0:16:53 GMT
Hi Leif
I've been tooling around in the "Living with a Star" website and found the Solar Probe program had to undergo some major redesigns in order to satisfy a budget cutback. 1.1 Billion to 770 Million. One of the cutbacks is in the orbit. The original "Solar Probe" program was to use a combination of Jupiter and Venus assists. The revised orbit for "Solar Probe Plus" will only use Venus assists. Does this mean that NASA has given up on a Polar orbit ? Will the orbit for "Solar Probe Plus" be an inclined equatorial orbit like that used for Solar Monitor ?
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Post by lsvalgaard on Aug 11, 2009 4:58:40 GMT
Hi Leif I've been tooling around in the "Living with a Star" website and found the Solar Probe program had to undergo some major redesigns in order to satisfy a budget cutback. 1.1 Billion to 770 Million. One of the cutbacks is in the orbit. The original "Solar Probe" program was to use a combination of Jupiter and Venus assists. The revised orbit for "Solar Probe Plus" will only use Venus assists. Does this mean that NASA has given up on a Polar orbit ? Will the orbit for "Solar Probe Plus" be an inclined equatorial orbit like that used for Solar Monitor ? Yes, no polar orbit. And that fatally reduces the scientific return of the mission. But, remember NASA is not in the business of doing science, but to provide job security for Lockheed and Boeing. |
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Post by brokenheadphonez on Aug 11, 2009 11:34:21 GMT
Not to make any implications, but NASA has completely stopped talking to me..
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Post by france on Aug 11, 2009 13:53:18 GMT
but SOHO is European. Isn't it ?
STEREO comes from US and it's still running
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Post by Bob k6tr on Aug 11, 2009 16:50:15 GMT
but SOHO is European. Isn't it ? STEREO comes from US and it's still running SOHO is a cooperative project between NASA and ESA. Some of the experiments were developed in the US others by ESA. |
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Post by brokenheadphonez on Aug 11, 2009 17:34:30 GMT
My contact was ESA.
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shm6666
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The Sun :-)
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Post by shm6666 on Aug 12, 2009 7:04:08 GMT
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Post by brokenheadphonez on Aug 13, 2009 13:47:45 GMT
Update from ESA/NASA:
Sweet, it's as simple as ... hacking a router? Lol
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Post by aern on Aug 13, 2009 20:47:11 GMT
This is good information bhp. Nobody says it, so I do.
Till SDO is out there, SOHO stays very important I tink.
Good old SOHO
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Post by brokenheadphonez on Aug 14, 2009 6:48:21 GMT
Thanks! My pleasure.
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Post by csspider57 on Aug 14, 2009 11:34:19 GMT
Brokenheadphonez, there are quite a few people on this site that also follow news on WUWT blog site. This article is dated 8-11-09 and provides some information concerning CCD bakeouts and key holes, that you may find interesting? wattsupwiththat.com/2009/08/11/soho-and-solar-update/ |
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Post by brokenheadphonez on Aug 14, 2009 16:54:51 GMT
Still doesn't explain STEREO glitch and ACE glitches.
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Post by csspider57 on Aug 15, 2009 18:51:59 GMT
Whoa there Dr. S.
Time out.
Back in your corners.
Geesh, most all of us here are amateurs that, "don't know squat."
We have an interest in spaceweather and solar cycles. This includes anomalous events. Were tired of being force fed, "out of the can," information from mass media corporations.
I think the site needs an astrophysicist.
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