Uranus Orbiter and Probe

Mmm, what about Shakespeare for the orbiter? More innuendo aside, most of the moons in the planet's system is named after characters he created. And Le Verrier for the probe. It would also be a nice blend of art and science.
 
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i afraid that this naming contest will get out of control !
see British Exploration vessel that do a contest, was named “Boaty McBoatface”

i mean that people will propose names like colonoscopy or even totally outrageously names.
Let hope NASA has last word in the matter...
 
Michel Van said:
i afraid that this naming contest will get out of control !
see British Exploration vessel that do a contest, was named “Boaty McBoatface”

i mean that people will propose names like colonoscopy or even totally outrageously names.
Let hope NASA has last word in the matter...
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I think that will happen too Michel Van, let’s see what happens when the suggestions get sent and see NASAs response. After the Boaty McBoatface issue I will think that NASA will have learned from that and immediately bin the stupid reply’s.
 
Here's one; Fullfyllan, after the old English word for 'Fulfill'.

EDIT: If the probe was one that going to Jupiter or even Saturn, I would suggest Elizabeth R.
 
That is a shame Flyaway, of all the planets that remain unexplored Uranus and Neptune deserve to have an orbiter mission especially Neptune with it's moon Triton. That has unanswered questions since the Voyager 2 flyby. I suppose that it can wait until the next round of funding for NASA.
 
European space scientists have been urged to join forces with Nasa to ensure the success of one of the most ambitious space missions planned for launch this century.

Joining a robot spaceflight to the mysterious planet Uranus would offer “the opportunity to participate in a groundbreaking, flagship-class mission”, astrophysicists have said.


The call was made in Nature, the leading science journal, in a special editorial which exhorted the European Space Agency (Esa) to form an international partnership with Nasa. Such cooperation would ensure that the Uranus mission – which would involve putting a robot spacecraft in orbit round the planet and dropping a probe into its thick, icy atmosphere – is completed in time and on budget.
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www.theguardian.com

‘Once in a lifetime’: UK and European space scientists urged to join Nasa mission to Uranus

Astrophysicists call for international cooperation on ambitious probe, amid growing interest in the mysterious planet
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
So they should, it is quite clear that NASA cannot afford to go to either Uranus or Neptune on it's own, so the sooner ESA and the UK space scientists join the mission the better.
 
No doubt the spacecraft that would be probing Uranus would be based on the Cassini orbiter and lander, there also needs to be a similar mission to Neptune too with both missions having atmospheric probes to be dropped into the two Ice-giants atmospheres.
 
That is what I have been saying all along NMaude, I cannot see a mission to either Uranus or Neptune before the start of the next decade and that would not arrive until the 2040s at the earliest depending on the launch window.
 
Same here NMaude, I would not try and hold my breath for too long about NASA sending a probe to Uranus.
 
For the Moment is only one mission in planning stage
Chinese probe Tianwen-4

launch in 2029 it will take 6 years to reach Jupiter
before arrival at Jupiter Tianwen-4 will separate Uranus fly by probe
this will be catapult by Jupiter swing by to Uranus were fly by in march 2045.

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Wonder if that will move NASA up a gear and make them actually fund a much faster mission to Uranus that gets there quicker than the Chinese mission.
 
Michel Van said:
For the Moment is only one mission in planning stage
Chinese probe Tianwen-4

launch in 2029 it will take 6 years to reach Jupiter
before arrival at Jupiter Tianwen-4 will separate Uranus fly by probe
this will be catapult by Jupiter swing by to Uranus were fly by in march 2045.

Gb0mYEgbwAEjnc-
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I wonder if I will ever live to see it to 2045 ....

Does China has a DSN equivalent?
 

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