Mission planned to probe Uranus

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Mission planned to probe Uranus | Skymania News and Guide

British space scientists are leading plans to send a probe to explore giant ice planet Uranus. They have put forward a detailed proposal to the European Space Agency to launch a joint mission with NASA to the distant world, 1.8 billion miles from the sun.

It would give scientists their first close-up views of Uranus since NASA’s Voyager 2 flew past and captured fleeting pictures 25 years ago.

The £400million mission is designed to go in orbit to study the rings around Uranus and answer questions such as why it gives off so little heat.

OT:
This planet really amazes me aside from its name...

“We’ve only really scratched the surface of Uranus.

-I LOL'ed

[tonioyantao]

i dont what to probe uranus. hehehe.

if ever this will put to place. how long do you think will the probe reach uranus? lol.

how bout changing uranus name to urectum?

[kit_cebu]

i only need a mirror to probe it.... LOL

[diatabz]

@ TS

Spoiler! 

[pusang_iring]

infraction jud ni kang rodion kay nag binuang sa science section

[vailixi]

awww nganu mugasto man gyud ug mahal ani sa bsan crisis ang world

[rodsky]

awww nganu mugasto man gyud ug mahal ani sa bsan crisis ang world

As if gikan pod sa imong kaugalingong pocket kuhaon ang money for this mission, the way you complain about it.

While technological improvements (that have improved the human condition) have indeed been possible due to past space exploration efforts, the need to know and understand how our earth, solar system, and eventually universe, is an essential human drive, which money alone cannot act as barrier/hindrance--people are willing to pay just to know.

-RODION

[diatabz]

As if gikan pod sa imong kaugalingong pocket kuhaon ang money for this mission, the way you complain about it.

While technological improvements (that have improved the human condition) have indeed been possible due to past space exploration efforts, the need to know and understand how our earth, solar system, and eventually universe, is an essential human drive, which money alone cannot act as barrier/hindrance--people are willing to pay just to know.

-RODION

Here's a great conversation from one of my favorite shows on TV, The West Wing.

Sam Seaborn: There are a lot of hungry people in the world, Mal, and none of them are hungry 'cause we went to the moon. None of them are colder and certainly none of them are dumber 'cause we went to the moon.
Mallory O'Brian: And we went to the moon. Do we really have to go to Mars?
Sam Seaborn: Yes.
Mallory O'Brian: Why?
Sam Seaborn: 'Cause it's next. 'Cause we came out of the cave, and we looked over the hill and we saw fire; and we crossed the ocean and we pioneered the west, and we took to the sky. The history of man is hung on a timeline of exploration and this is what's next.

[reggielovescake]

Every nation should just DROP the money currency and give everything to innovation & new inventions. They should just focus on progress. Pero ang problem sa tanan is money ra jud. kung walay money walay gubot and wala juy patay kay wala na may hold-up. It would be WORLD PEACE everyday jud

[stealthghost]

Every nation should just DROP the money currency and give everything to innovation & new inventions. They should just focus on progress. Pero ang problem sa tanan is money ra jud. kung walay money walay gubot and wala juy patay kay wala na may hold-up. It would be WORLD PEACE everyday jud

Money, IMHO, is a tool for trading and it is not the problem we have right now.

The real problem are those who do bad because/for the money..