Ben Brockert on Nostr: Nasa has an RFI out to take their shelved Janus hardware and run a non-Nasa-led ...
Nasa has an RFI out to take their shelved Janus hardware and run a non-Nasa-led mission to Apophis.
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7BF77502A1-B310-35A0-1ACB-B24E17578FE3%7D&path=&method=init (pdf linked on the right)
The mission had two spacecraft, so if you flew them side by side and Apohis flew through the split, could you say that you were going to "hew Janus"?
The PDF also includes a mass breakdown of the craft, it's rare to so easily find out how mission uses its mass budget.
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7BF77502A1-B310-35A0-1ACB-B24E17578FE3%7D&path=&method=init (pdf linked on the right)
The mission had two spacecraft, so if you flew them side by side and Apohis flew through the split, could you say that you were going to "hew Janus"?
The PDF also includes a mass breakdown of the craft, it's rare to so easily find out how mission uses its mass budget.