Revisions for Mission to Jupiter Completed

m0rnin,

I spent the last week 0n an intensive missi0n t0 Jupiter in Orbiter. The wh0le trip t00k m0re then 8 years (I think?) 0f simulated time. This venture made my previ0us Mars missi0n seem relatively easy.

The missi0n was a trip t0 the Jovian System. Touring Jupiter’s 4 maj0r m00ns. The m0thership, the Arrow Freighter, was based 0n Io, Jupiter’s innerm0st m00n, and yes bef0re y0u say it, I am aware there’s s0 many milli0ns 0f amps 0r whatever fl0wing between Jupiter & Io, and that 2001 techn0l0gy c0uld never have survived blah blah blah… The Delta Glider IV visited Europa and c0nducted surface 0perati0ns, and later 0n, visited Jupiter’s tw0 0ther maj0r m00ns in 0rder, Ganymede & Callisto, and dr0pped science pr0bes 0nt0 the surface 0f each.

Arrow Freighter in Low Earth Orbit with DGIV docked in bay

Arrow Freighter leaving Earth Orbit, on the way to Jupiter

Approaching the Jupiter System!

At Jupiter

In stable Jupiter orbit

Arrow in Io orbit, Europa in background

Arrow & DGIV landed on Io. Inflatable base setup

DGIV in Europa orbit

DGIV crew on Europa!

In Ganymede orbit

Probe landed on Ganymede

DGIV in Callisto orbit

Probe landed on Callisto

DGIV & Arrow Rendezvous in Io orbit

Saying Goodbye to Jupiter!

Approaching Earth!

DGIV undocked from Arrow, preparing for deorbit burn

DGIV crew safely returned to Earth!

DGIV returning to pickup Arrow Freighter’s crew

Both crews returned safely to Earth! End of Mission