To: BenLurkin
8 years to Mercury? Why did they take the scenic route?.........
2 posted on
09/06/2026 6:49:07 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
To: Red Badger
My first thought exactly...
5 posted on
09/06/2026 6:51:30 AM PDT by
BBB333
To: Red Badger
I saw a video about how difficult it is to get to Mercury. The gravity that close to the sun is crazy.
9 posted on
09/06/2026 6:56:27 AM PDT by
HYPOCRACY
(There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
To: Red Badger
I suppose that it could have gone in like Soviet probes to Venus and we could argue about how many milliseconds of data were collected...
To: Red Badger
11 posted on
09/06/2026 7:02:32 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Red Badger
8 years to Mercury sounds like a jazz album title.
14 posted on
09/06/2026 7:10:17 AM PDT by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
To: Red Badger
In before “they shoulda made a left turn in Albuquerque.”
15 posted on
09/06/2026 7:15:05 AM PDT by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Red Badger
8 years to Mercury? Why did they take the scenic route?......... Unusually heavy traffic volume, plus the lights were against them.
23 posted on
09/06/2026 7:38:00 AM PDT by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
8 years to Mercury? Why did they take the scenic route?... Serious answer: The hard part isn't getting there, it's matching orbits for a prolonged photo session.
48 posted on
09/06/2026 9:57:14 AM PDT by
Salman
(The primary deception of media isn't political bias, it's the pretense they know what's going on.)
To: Red Badger
They had to travel at night because of the heat from the sun.
-PJ
53 posted on
09/06/2026 10:17:30 AM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: Red Badger
It used solar power and did three fly-bys with Venus.
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