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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1380 on: 19 April 2024, 21:19:24 »
Meaning you Daryk!

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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1381 on: 20 April 2024, 05:13:36 »
I have no idea what you're talking about... ;)
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1382 on: 20 April 2024, 19:13:32 »
Don’t look now - they’re saying “dark energy” is getting weaker, and the theorized “big crunch” which went from hypothesized to discredited is now back in play.

https://www.space.com/desi-cosmological-constant-dark-energy-history
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1383 on: 20 April 2024, 22:44:19 »
Quote from: Daryk on 20 April 2024, 05:13:36
I have no idea what you're talking about... ;)

Seriously?  :wink:

lol...

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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1384 on: 21 April 2024, 08:38:44 »
Never played Metroid, sorry... ;)
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1385 on: 21 April 2024, 20:07:00 »
Interesting mountain was found on Io, taken by Juno probe.



The image concept art of the scan of the mountain by the JunoCam. Between flybys between December 2023 and February 2024. This is a 3 and 4.3 miles (5 and 7 kilometers) tall peek, which is really crazy shape.   
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1386 on: 21 April 2024, 23:38:35 »
Fantastic detail! 
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1387 on: 22 April 2024, 01:56:23 »
Kind of reminds me of some of the SF art you'd see from the '40s or '50s...

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« Reply #1388 on: 22 April 2024, 03:26:06 »
The shape isn't that crazy given how volcanic Io is... ;)
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« Reply #1389 on: 22 April 2024, 22:52:05 »
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1390 on: 23 April 2024, 03:18:15 »
That's great news! :)
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1391 on: 23 April 2024, 07:49:06 »
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/23/voyager_1_engineering_updates/
good news...but i wonder how many gray beards are left to actually keep fixing this ship
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1392 on: 23 April 2024, 08:26:38 »
There aren't any according what I read. There using text books and old equipment.
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« Reply #1393 on: 23 April 2024, 14:52:51 »
The Voyagers are a unique resource.  An object that far away capable of reporting physical findings is worth it.  It’s science that also tests the limits of engineering.
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« Reply #1394 on: 23 April 2024, 16:15:10 »
what surprises me is that those things survived and are still working
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« Reply #1395 on: 23 April 2024, 18:12:45 »
They don't build 'em like they used to... ::)
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« Reply #1396 on: 23 April 2024, 22:58:13 »
Maybe we could have had Cassini in a powered down safe mode.  But they decided to crash it so it doesn't spread life.  I think they termed it "possible contamination". 

Could have been interesting to see how long we could have made it hold out at a distant orbit, perhaps near Phoebe's orbit.
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1397 on: 24 April 2024, 05:44:59 »
Well I'm uncertain, I do wonder if any kind of life would be able to sustain itself that's more complex than a microbe in the radiation that's out there. Given how close the moons are to Jupiter or even Saturn, I don't think even magnetic fields would be able to hold off that radiation.
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1398 on: 24 April 2024, 09:56:15 »

Saturn has icy moons with subterranean lakes/oceans of water.  The danger from Cassini was its nuclear power source and any Earth microbes/spores that hitched a ride.  If Cassini crashed in the wrong place, we’d be transplanting Earth life with its very own heat source into a watery environment.  Unlikely but couldn’t be ruled out over thousands of years if we lost control of Cassini.  Better to end the mission on out terms.
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« Reply #1399 on: 27 April 2024, 18:27:51 »
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« Reply #1400 on: 27 April 2024, 20:03:53 »
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
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« Reply #1402 on: 28 April 2024, 06:46:23 »
My netbook can't do it for some reason... I'll have to watch it when I get home tomorrow...
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« Reply #1403 on: 28 April 2024, 14:28:13 »
Nothing new or groundbreaking.  But it is worth a view to see what is produced with the data.
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« Reply #1404 on: 28 April 2024, 14:50:48 »
Thanks for the summary! :)
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« Reply #1405 on: 28 April 2024, 17:39:22 »
Hey, might as well review the Juno mission survey of Ganymede while we’re at it.

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasas-juno-to-get-a-close-look-at-jupiters-moon-ganymede/
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« Reply #1406 on: 28 April 2024, 18:26:19 »
I'll add it to the list, thanks! :)
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1407 on: 30 April 2024, 20:06:20 »
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« Reply #1408 on: 30 April 2024, 20:53:29 »
Outstanding images!
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Re: Deep Space and Interplanetary Exploration - Houston, we are go for launch!
« Reply #1409 on: 01 May 2024, 00:09:53 »
Looks like there will be no Calisto approach for Juno.  ::Valhalla impact shock wave intensifies::
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