[extropy-chat] Pluto New Horizons launch -getting ready

[Bret Kulakovich]

I think we're just looking at an orientation problem, really. The  
antenna itself (to make contact with an orbiter) could be beam-style  
and packed into  a non-interfering solid. Encase it in an epoxy and  
the antenna should remain unharmed. It doesn't have to be a dish to  
send or receive. Have an explosive bolt fire a 30 meter line out one  
side and "long-line" it.

Bret K.


On Feb 14, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Robert Bradbury wrote:

> Sounds like you need a combination orbiter + lander.  Let the  
> lander just worry about getting signals up to the orbiter and the  
> orbiter worry about getting them back to Earth.  But they you still  
> have the deceleration problem again.  I think an inflatable antenna  
> on a hard-impact lander might be the way to go.  The crater problem  
> can be solved if you can bring it in at a low angle and/or let it  
> bounce/roll along until it came to a stop.
>
> On 2/14/06, spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Oh I see where you are coming from, ja.  The chips themselves can  
> likely withstand a lot of
>
> acceleration, but we need to get the signals back home somehow.   
> That requires the kind
>
> of equipment that cannot with current technology handle the sudden  
> stop, nor figure out a
>
> way to dig itself out of the crater it would form on impact.  I'll  
> keep thinking tho.
>
>
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