(September 17, 2015 at 8:12 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: The radiation hazard at Jupiter is MUCH worse than at Saturn.
Spacecraft longevity is a factor.
The Galileo orbiter, in addition to the goddam stuck antenna had numerous issues with the radiation causing problems. Particularly galling was the only close flyby of Amalthea (600 km m/l) with no science return as the craft had a radiation induced brain phart as it approached.
That's true, and they had to put it into that weird, looping eccentric orbit that kept it out of the radiation as much as possible, and thus limited the science that could be done at each of the passes, and how close they were able to get, etc. Good point; I had not considered that element.
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