We goin to Jupiter

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Glasgow Kiss: Dec 12, 2007; Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.

hooooo boy, nothing like space to reawaken the existential dread and sadness that accompanies it

that being said, this is awesome. hope they find some cool poo poo there.

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Three-Phase: Aug 5, 2006; by zen death robot

Does anyone know what time (EST or GMT) that the burn to orbit begins?

# ? Jul 4, 2016 22:39

etalian: Mar 20, 2006

Glasgow Kiss posted:

hooooo boy, nothing like space to reawaken the existential dread and sadness that accompanies it

that being said, this is awesome. hope they find some cool poo poo there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDH3PPJstuI

# ? Jul 4, 2016 22:41

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

Outrail posted:

You've been selected to be fired into Jupiter's billowy embrace wearing a vintage 1980's spacesuit. The faceplate will most likely shatter a few kilometres after intersection with the cloud horizon. Your last few moments will be spent choking on thick noxious gasses while the streaming winds scrape open your eyes and whisper their frantic lullaby into your bleeding ears.

dont be silly his brain would melt from radiation long before the face plate would shatter

# ? Jul 4, 2016 22:51

RatHat: Dec 31, 2007; A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!

Is the probe close enough to Europa to determine if it has liquid water yet? We should've sent it there instead.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 22:55

SHISHKABOB: Nov 30, 2012; Fun Shoe

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At the end of its mission, Juno will fly directly into the planet and burn up in its atmosphere.

nice

# ? Jul 4, 2016 22:57

Glasgow Kiss: Dec 12, 2007; Oh, put that thing away, Samurai. We all know what's going to happen. You'll swing your sword, I'll fly away, and probably say something like, "I'll be back, Samurai!" And then I'll flutter over the horizon and we probably won't see each for... about a week. And then we'll do the same thing again.

Rutibex posted:

dont be silly his brain would melt from radiation long before the face plate would shatter

nonsense, he'll turn into a hulk first.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 22:58

shoophobo: Aug 30, 2013; "shoophobo? more like shittyposter!"; Fallen Rib

I will be monitoring this mission and orbital insertion from my command center.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:00

a shiny rock: Nov 13, 2009

RatHat posted:

That gif isn't in real time right?

i think the photos were taken over the course of about a month

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That Robot: Sep 16, 2004; ask me anything about robots; Buglord

Parallax Scroll posted:

it's coming right for us! *fires shotgun*

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:03

That Robot: Sep 16, 2004; ask me anything about robots; Buglord

Wee Stubby Nublet posted:

*lyrics to drops of jupiter*

yeah i always thought the soy latte thing was a retarded detail that threw off the entire song

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:12

OldMemes: Sep 5, 2011; I have to go now. My planet needs me.

Could you stand on Jupiter? Like, it's a gas giant, but would the massive gravity be holding the gases together tight enough that you can stand on it?

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:12

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

Rutibex posted:

dont be silly his brain would melt from radiation long before the face plate would shatter

Stop giving him false hope. We'll have to upgrade the suit.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:17

SHISHKABOB: Nov 30, 2012; Fun Shoe

OldMemes posted:

Could you stand on Jupiter? Like, it's a gas giant, but would the massive gravity be holding the gases together tight enough that you can stand on it?

No, it has no surface. Gases decrease in density exponentially as you get further away. By the time you'd get to a density that would be comparable to "solid ground" the gas will have undergone a phase change. Also you'd have to get through all the "viscous" material on top of it.

But no, the gases in Jupiter become a sort of molten superfluid as you go closer to its core.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:19

DiHK: Feb 4, 2013; by Azathoth

spud posted:

Like if I can't calculate how many fence panels Farmer John needs to cover an area of 500m square, I sure as hell can't work out space rocket stuff.

Like, it's a square man. Times 4 that poo poo.

Anyway, Europa is the coolest moon with Titan close behind. Io volcano's, so what.

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:33

Rutibex: Sep 9, 2001; by Fluffdaddy

is pluto allowed to have a moon any more? or was it downgraded to a "dwarf moon-like objectoid" too?

# ? Jul 4, 2016 23:55

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

I believe the scientific term for the Pluto Charon system is "idiotic binary dwarf fuckboi bitch system."

# ? Jul 5, 2016 00:12

etalian: Mar 20, 2006

Why are we wasting money on NASA, with a few billion dollars it would be easy to kill a few thousand poor people overseas.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 00:14

Zeno-25: Dec 5, 2009; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Check out the crazy orbit they're putting it into to get all the science data

Really comes screaming in low over the poles

# ? Jul 5, 2016 00:18

wide stance: Jan 28, 2011; If there's more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then he will do it that way.

Nasa tv stream starts at 10:30 pm eastern tonight. Be there or be square.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 00:44

flubber nuts: Oct 5, 2005

theres no way our bitch rear end stone age 'sensors' could penetrate to jupiters core in the first place, but if they come out of this mission claiming there is no solid surface down there ill be a little surprised.

# ? Jul 5, 2016 00:45