(August 5, 2016 at 7:16 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Dawn mission to Ceres update:
sorry i am tardy with this, but NASA has announced Dawn will remain at Ceres, the science return is expected to increase their as Ceres goes through aphelion and Dawn can watch for 'changes'.
The follow on target, 145 Adeona, a dark carbonaceous asteroid will remain a mystery . . . .
I always think it is a mistake to sacrifice more targets for better look at one more interesting target.
If the target is indeed more interesting, it would occasion a follow up visit. The unvisited target may remain unvisited forever.
Remember voyager 1's visitation to Uranus and Neptune was sacrificed for a slightly closer look at Titan.
We've since landed on Titan. We've never gone back to Uranus or Neptune.
