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To: Simon Green
piano-sized spacecraft

Grand or spinet?

3 posted on 12/02/2018 8:55:05 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen
Grand or spinet?

Desktop digital, of course

That quip aside, this whole thing is amazing.

Odd how many Sci-Fi books I have read recently have the Kuiper belt objects as part of the plot.

11 posted on 12/02/2018 9:55:34 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: yesthatjallen

piano-sized spacecraft
Grand or spinet?

Weigha in just under 900 lbs (401 kg)

instrument package weighs only 30 kg (~70 lbs)

Amazing can receive data at that distance


20 posted on 12/03/2018 5:11:51 AM PST by njslim
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