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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“This amazing image of the innermost of Uranus’ five large moons reveals a jumbled and chaotic surface which some believed could only have resulted from a great collision that shattered Miranda eons ago, only to have it slowly reassemble in orbit to yield these widely varying types of terrain. Scientists would have chosen one of the larger moons for close passage, but the aiming point for continuing to Neptune only permitted a close pass of Miranda. But no one was disappointed. It seemed that the moons of the outer planets were all far more interesting than Earth’s moon.”
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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