Juno

Let's hope the launch goes well. Jupiter is probably my favourite of all the planets. The scale of the planet is hard to get your head around. The whole Jovian system is extremely interesting, with some of the best moons in our solar system. I can't wait for the day we set a robotic lander (Or even better, a person) on the surface of Europa, and start digging!
 
mehuk said:
I was going to buy one of those telescope things.
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I had one of those, and I ended up severly frightened and scarred for life when I looked through it and all I saw was HUMONGOUS bacteria cells ....

I kind of didnt adjust it correctly :(
 
bhavv said:
I had one of those, and I ended up severly frightened and scarred for life when I looked through it and all I saw was HUMONGOUS bacteria cells ....

I kind of didnt adjust it correctly :(
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'Kind of didn't adjust it correctly' doesn't cover it! :eek:

Telescopes don't have a 'macro' function you know :p
 
It must have focused on an earthly object somehow :(

It was scary, a big mass of wriggling eugh!

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NO WAIT, ITS A TELESCOPE OMG I MUST HAVE SEEN LIFE IN OUTER SPACE!!!!

Damnit.
 
You can use some as terrestrial scopes but... i'm going to 'guess' user error in your case. What were you actually pointing it towards and had you focused it at all? What scope is it anyway? :p
 
I remember the salesman laughing at me (over the phone) when he was talking about this scope. I mean it was like 400 quid and some big barrel thing, but it didnt look that big online... anyway I said, so all I do is pop this on my window seal and look around at the stars :(

Apparently with these things you need to be in a dark place with no false lighting to get the best out of it. I still might do it at somepoint, it does seem interesting and I do fancy finding the asteroid thats going to destroy Earth... because that means I get to lead the mission to save the planet :D
 
Well it's a bit more in depth than that, but still. Pop the cap off, put an eyepiece in, find an object you want to look at and focus, then keep it in your field of view while the Earth rotates around it's axis. And really dark sites are amazing, definitely worth it every now and then, but they're not a necessity, unless (like me) you have a streetlight shining directly into your 'garden', but then you can always just take it to a park down the road or something.

If you're struggling an investment of 'Turn Left at Orion' wouldn't go amiss, think there's a new edition out soon. What scope is it? The bigger the better :D
 
The launch readiness review has been completed and GO given to proceed with launch activities. The Atlas 5 rocket is ready for rollout to the pad today but tropical storm Emily may have an impact on that.
 
mehuk said:
Didnt really take interest in science, I know mavity means I cant float away... but gas, surely thats just air or like air.. so a big ball of it, how does mavity force it into a circle that moves around the sun?

Cant we replicate that on earty? Get a ball of gas and make a planet on our own planet?
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Notsureifserious.jpg :(
 
Rollout complete:

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The forecast is 70% favourable for launch tomorrow.
 
simulatorman said:
The Atlas V has a proven record with launches:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V#Atlas_V_launches

The focus of concern will be the trajectory burn, separation and solar array deployment. Fingers crossed that it all goes according to plan.
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Only a history of 'one' launch in this config though, i believe. Not that it makes a difference or anything :p

Aren't the engines they use on the Atlas Vs (RD-180?) out of production? What are they going to do when the supply runs out?
 
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