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Scientists plan mission to probe Uranus
Christian Science Monitor ^ | 1/7/11 | Paul Sutherland

Posted on 01/11/2011 2:53:34 PM PST by LibWhacker

Proposed by British scientists as a joint effort of NASA and the European Space Agency, the mission would offer the first close-up view of Uranus in 25 years.

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; mission; moonsofuranus; probe; ringarounduranus; science; scientists; thomasvanflandern; tooeasy; tvf; uranus; vanflandern; xplanets
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1 posted on 01/11/2011 2:53:42 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker

I thought I didn’t need that until I turned 50.


2 posted on 01/11/2011 2:55:15 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: LibWhacker

These jokes just write themselves.


3 posted on 01/11/2011 2:55:37 PM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: LibWhacker

Well,I’ll be looking forward to that!!!!


4 posted on 01/11/2011 2:55:47 PM PST by razbinn (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
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To: Eaker
Scientists plan mission to probe Uranus

Relevant to your interests ping.

5 posted on 01/11/2011 2:56:08 PM PST by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: LibWhacker

All they’ll find is the flag planted by congress.


6 posted on 01/11/2011 2:56:54 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: LibWhacker
In before the first Barney Frank joke is made.

Or does this count as one?

7 posted on 01/11/2011 2:57:16 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Current count of friends/family who have abandoned Obama: 11)
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To: LibWhacker
 
 
Heh heh. He said Probe Uranus


8 posted on 01/11/2011 2:57:26 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: LibWhacker

OUCH!


9 posted on 01/11/2011 2:57:40 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: LibWhacker

All they’ll find there are Klingons.


10 posted on 01/11/2011 2:58:43 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi
"Scientists plan mission to probe Uranus"

Searching for Klingons...

11 posted on 01/11/2011 2:58:43 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: LibWhacker

I remember a while back when there was a thing on PBS about Uranus. They went nutz on making sure they pronounced it “You-rin-us” rather than the correct pronunciation of “You-rain-us”. What a bunch of maroons.


12 posted on 01/11/2011 2:58:43 PM PST by ReverendJames (Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
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To: lacrew

I don’t give a lick about Uranus. ( I came here for the jokes)


13 posted on 01/11/2011 2:59:51 PM PST by fish hawk (reporter to old Indian: you lived here on the reservation all your life? Old Indian, "not yet".)
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To: billorites

Whoa... posted that the same second. :-P


14 posted on 01/11/2011 2:59:56 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: LibWhacker

I always wonder was there just a terrible shortage of planet names lying around, or what?


15 posted on 01/11/2011 3:00:07 PM PST by WXRGina
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To: lacrew

Don’t look forward to it.

I had a gay boss, when I called him after my signoidoscopy the next morning and said I was not coming to work he said, well they never bothered me!


16 posted on 01/11/2011 3:00:18 PM PST by Jolla
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To: LibWhacker
I suggest they bring plenty of this


17 posted on 01/11/2011 3:01:05 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: LibWhacker

Some people are getting a little carried away with the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.


18 posted on 01/11/2011 3:01:51 PM PST by edpc (It's Kräusened)
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To: LibWhacker
Infantile newspaper writers. Illicit the usual responses.

Still, FAAGO (funny as all get out)

19 posted on 01/11/2011 3:03:08 PM PST by Scarpetta (e pluribus victim)
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To: LibWhacker

As a congress woman, I was wondering if they would look for the flag that our astronauts left there?


20 posted on 01/11/2011 3:03:20 PM PST by fish hawk (reporter to old Indian: you lived here on the reservation all your life? Old Indian, "not yet".)
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