Juno space probe dives on Jupiter
The hobbled space probe, which has been forced to adopt a generally more distant orbit than planned due to issues with its thrusters, is making a fly-by over the planets cloud tops today.
I hadn’t even heard that it had been hobbled.
Nonetheless I am please that we will get this close flyover. To put this in perspective, Juno will be about 4000 from the cloudtop, and the Great Red Spot is 44000 km across. This is going to represent a great level of detail.
dv said:
I hadn’t even heard that it had been hobbled.
do you even internet?
Dropbear said:
dv said:
I hadn’t even heard that it had been hobbled.
do you even internet?
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dv said:
Dropbear said:
dv said:
I hadn’t even heard that it had been hobbled.
do you even internet?
Mostly cricket statistics and barnyard porn
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dv said:
I hadn’t even heard that it had been hobbled.
Yes and no. It was announced as a temporary delay in going down to a lower orbit.
http://www.space.com/36222-nasa-juno-spacecraft-5th-jupiter-flyby.html
“NASA planned to bring Juno into a closer orbit around Jupiter with a maneuver that would have brought the time it takes to circle the planet to 14 days, but a problem with two helium valves forced the space agency to scrap those plans in February.”
Hmm
Tau.Neutrino said:
Juno space probe dives on JupiterThe hobbled space probe, which has been forced to adopt a generally more distant orbit than planned due to issues with its thrusters, is making a fly-by over the planets cloud tops today.
dv said:
Nice one.I wonder what those little white caps are
That’s a darn good question.
