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|    David Spain to Snidely    |
|    Re: Europa Clipper clippings    |
|    17 Jul 20 16:57:54    |
      From: nospam@127.0.0.1              On 2020-07-14 2:35 PM, Snidely wrote:       >       > The great science is being challenged by to cost cutting on the       > satellite. The savings from cancelling yet another instrument are less       > than the 2 year (or even 1 yr, IIRC after 24 hours) storage costs.       >       > /dps       >              So how many years of storage do we gain by cancelling all instruments?       How much do we save if we remove the hi gain antenna or all antennas?       If we remove all antennas then do we get to prolong SLS by requiring a       2nd mission to retrieve the data from the first? Sounds like the way to       go...              Dave              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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