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re: Pluto is coming into focus (New Hi Res pics in OP) 7/15
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:49 am to alphaandomega
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:49 am to alphaandomega
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or the amount o math required to get the spacecraft end up where it needed to be.
I read an article the other day about the mission. Specifically about the launch and how fast this probe had to travel in space to avoid gravity of the sun, and the planets it used for the slingshot affect to get where it is now. My mind was completely blown by the second paragraph.
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Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:49 am to alphaandomega
Don't forget the fact that you had to ricochet off of a target a couple of years in with the calculations.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:52 am to Chad504boy
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i guess. i guess my original point was that i totally understand how its vastly uninteresting to the masses.
That's because most people are self absorbed assholes who are more concerned with getting wifi reception on their iPhone during their lunch breaks at McDonalds.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:52 am to Chad504boy
Specific to this mission:
Computer chip efficiency - New Horizons had to be extremely efficient and run on very little power.
Traveling on Nuclear fuel - no gas; no solar. Relatively small vehicle.
I'm sure there are others moving forward, but this is just off the top of my head.
Computer chip efficiency - New Horizons had to be extremely efficient and run on very little power.
Traveling on Nuclear fuel - no gas; no solar. Relatively small vehicle.
I'm sure there are others moving forward, but this is just off the top of my head.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:54 am to Kracka
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That's because most people are self absorbed a-holes
and most scientists are the nicest guys ever... as evident by the responses in this thread...
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:54 am to ell_13
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Specific to this mission:
Computer chip efficiency - New Horizons had to be extremely efficient and run on very little power.
Traveling on Nuclear fuel - no gas; no solar. Relatively small vehicle.
I'm sure there are others moving forward, but this is just off the top of my head.
interesting... these are cool things nice to learn. (better than the pluto picture)
Posted on 7/14/15 at 11:56 am to Chad504boy
So we gonna throw hands or what?
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:00 pm to AUCE05
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Terraforming the red plant should be next.
Mars has no magnetosphere broseph.
I would like to see landers on Europa and Enceladus next.
This post was edited on 7/14/15 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:06 pm to weagle99
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Mars has no magnetosphere broseph
Wait, I didn't know this. So it's completely solid all the way through?
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:11 pm to jeffsdad
Danke
Posted on 7/14/15 at 1:13 pm to LesMiles BFF
I was too general. Mars has a very weak magnetosphere. The planet does not have an internal dynamo.
Limited magnetosphere = deadly radiation doses for humans, regular loss of atmosphere and water.
Limited magnetosphere = deadly radiation doses for humans, regular loss of atmosphere and water.
This post was edited on 7/14/15 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 7/14/15 at 2:58 pm to alphaandomega
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or the amount o math required to get the spacecraft end up where it needed to be.
Its like shooting a gun to where you think the target will be... in 9 years.
its amazing
This is what fascinates me. The engineering to put together a probe like New Horizons is incredibly impressive. The thing needs to function after nine years and more than four billion miles of space travel. Truly an impressive feat. However, the math necessary to plot out this probe's route to fricking Pluto blows my mind. Most Americans couldn't pass an Algerbra test, but these folks can figure out how to send a metal box billions of miles away with impeccable precision. How that doesn't strike people as a big deal is beyond me. This is up there with the Higgs Boson discovery, eradicating diseases like Polio and Small Pox and a handful of other advancements that just make you take a step back and appreciate how advanced our civilization has become.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:02 pm to Chad504boy
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so bunch of scientific stuff that will most likely lead to zero benefit of our planet realistically speaking. Cost wasn't nearly as bad as what was thinking so i'm no longer sweating that portion.
Your boss is knocking on the janitor's closet looking for you to clean up a spill on aisle 3, you fricking idiot.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:06 pm to mynamebowl
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Isn't it just a big ball of rock and ice? It's cool that we're getting these pictures and all, but are there any other benefits of the fly by? Don't we already know most of what needs to be known about Pluto?
We really don't know jackshit about Pluto. We know it's small, has some moons, likely has a bunch of ice, and is cold, but that's it. For all we know, Pluto could have a liquid ocean below its surface like Europa is theorized, but we don't know for sure.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:06 pm to weagle99
Saw this earlier
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:09 pm to CuseTiger
That is awesome.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:12 pm to OBReb6
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Really wish there had been a feasible way to make a few orbits. Who knows when we'll send something else out there, maybe never again in my lifetime.
I'd say it will almost certainly not happen again in your lifetime. Unless they are really able to improve propulsion devices, wouldn't shock me if it was another century before they sent another probe to Pluto. They've got one shot at this, and they've done a damn fine job so far.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:16 pm to weagle99
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Also, that machine is carrying a small container of ashes from the discoverer of Pluto who died some years ago.
Kind of a mindfrick.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:17 pm to AlexLSU
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I don't think you have to be interested in space to appreciate the effort, intelligence and dedication it took to pull off something of this magnitude. It's an accomplishment that is really hard to fathom.
Yeah, not to mention, it's the fastest object mankind has ever built. This probe advances us as a species, and really only Eris slightly eludes us at this point.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:20 pm to LucasP
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Hence the James Cameron joke.
I got to hand it to James Cameron though for exploring the Marianas Trench. Only the second person to do so. That was ballsy and I think shows the best in humanity.
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