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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 NASAs 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.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; mission; moonsofuranus; probe; ringarounduranus; science; scientists; thomasvanflandern; tooeasy; tvf; uranus; vanflandern; xplanets
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To: LibWhacker
Reading the article, the author had to know he was basically writing a stand-up routine.
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:34:39 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: LibWhacker
Obviously this post was not going to end well. I just had to see what the comments to this were going to be. I was not disappointed.
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:35:01 PM PST
by
Calusa
(The pump donÂ’t workÂ’Cause the vandals took the handles. Quoth Bob Dylan.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:35:43 PM PST
by
PoloSec
( Believe how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the 3rd day)
To: LibWhacker
Scientists plan mission to probe Uranus, which is full of Gas
www.lessonplanspage.com/more/205ura.html
To: Vaquero
Yep, what I said. It was just so funny watching these two Libtards trying so hard not to say YourAnus.
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:42:15 PM PST
by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
To: theKid51
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:42:15 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(It is Satan's fault)
To: ReverendJames
We had just seen “Total Recall”. A buddy asked me (the resident expertoneverything and a biologist to boot) “Can a girl really have three breasts?”
Without missing a beat I said “I knew a girl once with three sphincters.”
Everyone laughed to beat the band, but my buddy was “in” on the joke. He said after the laughter “Everybody has three?”
“Three in the digestive system. Esophageal, Pyloric, and Anal, everyone’s favorite.”
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:45:17 PM PST
by
allmendream
(Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
To: ReverendJames
Actually, it’s “Oo-ranus” after Urania (pronounced “oo-rania”) the goddess of the heavens.
To: LibWhacker
Scientists? You mean the IRS, don’t you?
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:49:57 PM PST
by
Gaffer
To: 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; BBell; ...
...to study the rings around Uranus and answer questions such as why it gives off so little heat.
Thanks LibWhacker.
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:50:05 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; garbageseeker; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
C'mon, say it. You know you want to.
Thanks LibWhacker.
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:50:05 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
01/11/2011 3:59:17 PM PST
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts...)
To: LibWhacker
#6 on the list of moderator “oh,no ... not that headline” exclamations
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:00:49 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [adjusted for civility in discourse act of 2011 compliance])
To: ReverendJames
Or the horror when standing at the blackboard and realizing you just gave the proof as Angle-Side-Side.
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:03:47 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [adjusted for civility in discourse act of 2011 compliance])
To: LibWhacker
Does this have anything to do with the repeal of DADT?
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:04:28 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
To: LibWhacker
NASA being run by TSA now?
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:04:55 PM PST
by
irishtenor
(Everything in moderation, however, too much whiskey is just enough... Mark Twain)
To: LibWhacker
Uranus? Damn near killed ‘em!
(Wait a minute, that didn’t work.)
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:08:12 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Political Correctness is mandatory stupidity.)
To: LibWhacker
the mission would offer the first close-up view of Uranus in 25 years.
25 years of yoga lessons?
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:10:42 PM PST
by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:11:26 PM PST
by
ReverendJames
(Only A Lawyer, A Painter, A Politician And The Media Can Change Black To White)
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