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Dawn spacecraft to blast off Sunday on mission to 2 asteroids
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 7/5/07 | Alicia Chang - ap

Posted on 07/05/2007 12:40:25 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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To: NormsRevenge

Delta Dawn?


21 posted on 07/05/2007 1:46:54 PM PDT by OSHA (Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
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Packing a nice payload too..

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/index.asp

ion propulsion engine,, a spiffy craft.. ;-)


22 posted on 07/05/2007 1:54:43 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/dawn_fact_sheet.pdf


23 posted on 07/05/2007 1:55:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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Science Payload:

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/technology.asp


Framing Camera : German Aerospace Center, DLR, Institute of Space Sensor Technology and Planetary Exploration, Berlin.


Mapping Spectrometer : The Institute for Astrophysics in Space (IAFS), Rome


Gamma Ray and Neutron Spectrometer : Los Alamos


24 posted on 07/05/2007 1:56:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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