Charley Kohlhase’s Solar System
The images that awed Voyager’s mission designer.
- By Paul Hoversten
- AirSpaceMag.com, January 24, 2013
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“After [NASA astronomer] Linda Morabito had discovered Io’s volcano Pele in an optical navigation image, I never dreamed that it would be so huge, with sulfur and sulfur-dioxide products erupting to heights 30 times that of Mount Everest, and falling onto the surface over an area the size of France. I realized that tidal forces from Io’s slightly elliptical orbit about Jupiter were responsible for the interior heating to drive Pele, but never dreamed that hundreds of smaller volcanoes would be detected on Io in the years following Voyager.”
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Comments (2)
Thank you for such a fascinating article. You were able to convey the passion and dedication Charley Kohlhase gave to accomplishing two of human kind's greatest discovery missions.
Having the images be selected by a man who is both artist and great navigator to the outer planets made for an insightful and beautiful aesthetic experience.
I hope there will be yet another article on his thoughts and achievements as the mission design manager for Cassini, which is flawlessly exploring Saturn. It is extraordinary that the same man is key in navigating another flawless mission. He truly deserved NASA's Distinguished Service Metal!
Posted by Linda Malm on January 27,2013 | 12:32 AM
A reminder of how wonderful the photos are from the amazing work done by NASA and their spacecraft. As a nation we need to reenergise and return to the space age.
Posted by Olaf Ohman on February 22,2013 | 02:17 PM