On 6-1-2015 17:57, Jörg 'Yadgar' Bleimann wrote:
> Hi(gh)!
>
> On 06.01.2015 16:55, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> My pilot is reckless!
>>
>> On our way to the rim of the B-ring, he plunged into the ring itself!
>
> With an unmanned probe carefully braking to adjust its speed to the
> particles (which are in fact just tiny "moonlets" following Kepler's
> orbital laws), such a photo should be feasible - small particles
> diverted by collisions should not move faster than a few meters per
> second relative to the probe and thus pose no risk, bigger ones could be
> dodged automatically.
>
> And then perhaps even do a sample return! Has anyone at NASA ever
> proposed such a mission?

I would not be surprised if they had some blueprints in a closet.

I must say that in my image there (still) is some artistic freedom in 
the fact that the ring particles are (much) larger than in reality.

>
>>
>> Media to simulate the sub-millimetre particles; reddish zone to indicate
>> where the "mountains" are going to be. Distance to there is about 500 km.
>>
>
> And for the occasional star peeking though the media: feel free to use
> my customizable sky_sphere!

When I come to that, I will use it. Thanks!


-- 
Thomas

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