As a little sequel to my previous post, here are some of my ideas regarding the type of rocket the Mariner probe should use, along with other ideas for how the probes would be made and function in this mission:
- The rocket needs to have a sufficiently high delta-v, comparable to the Atlas V, Delta IV, and Titan-Centaur rockets.
- We could use two probes. The first one would travel to Sergeaa, Vulco, and Cyclero; while the second probe would travel to Sergeaa, using a gravitational slingshot to propel it back to Droo for another slingshot to Tydos and Urados (subsequently flinging it into interstellar space). This is to ensure a more rapid completion of the Grand Tour to leave less time for errors and damage to wear and tear down the probes.
- Alternatively, we could leave the inner planets Sergeaa and Vulco off the table and focus on the systems of Tydos and Urados instead, with the probes focused on studying the moons of the latter planets and having one more probe sent to interstellar space.
- As for the probe, we may want to give it some decent amount of fuel for course corrections and slight transfer burns, as well as some solar shielding if they were to travel through the inner planets.
If you are interested, please let me know. God bless you! Thanks