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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: Carpe Cerevisi
These jokes just write themselves.LOL, that was my first thought when I read the title. It will be interesting to see what they find at Planet Uranus.
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:17:16 PM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
To: LibWhacker
It wasn’t done by a scientist, but, I just had myRanus probed just yesterday at my VA hospital.
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:18:09 PM PST
by
adorno
To: LibWhacker
They could have sent the probe to Neptune. But nooo. They had to be cute a choose Uranus.
63
posted on
01/11/2011 4:24:54 PM PST
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: LibWhacker
64
posted on
01/11/2011 4:28:33 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: lacrew
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:32:48 PM PST
by
expatguy
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To: LibWhacker
study the rings around Uranus and answer questions such as why it gives off so little heat.
That one’s easy - not enough poblanos!
To: LibWhacker
Maybe uranus but not mine!!!
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:35:08 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: LibWhacker
Maybe while they’re there, they could wipe out the Klingons. (/snicker)
68
posted on
01/11/2011 4:37:57 PM PST
by
60Gunner
(Ma'am, that is not a seizure. That is a dance move.)
To: allmendream
Weeellll, actually, I once knew a young lady that had three. They weren’t lined up horizontally as in that movie. Instead she had the “extra” one a few inches below her left breast. It wasn’t as large as the others and she was able to cover it up with a special bra that just mashed it down flat.
After that encounter I looked the subject up and it’s actually pretty common. Most people on’t even know what it is, thinking it’s just an oversized mole.
69
posted on
01/11/2011 4:38:50 PM PST
by
oldfart
(Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
To: Grizzled Bear
Took the vet and three others to accomplish this on my Maine Coon/Himalayan cross.
To: P.O.E.
Somebody shoulda told that to Katie Couric.
71
posted on
01/11/2011 4:41:14 PM PST
by
60Gunner
(Ma'am, that is not a seizure. That is a dance move.)
To: LibWhacker
I just can’t resist: “What do Captain Kirk and Toilet paper have in common?”
To: LibWhacker
No thank you. I had a colonoscopy last year.
73
posted on
01/11/2011 4:45:15 PM PST
by
aomagrat
(Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
To: allmendream
Three in the digestive system. Esophageal, Pyloric, and Anal, everyones favorite.You missed one: the sphincter of Oddi. So your girl was even more sphincter-iffic than you realized.
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:45:38 PM PST
by
60Gunner
(Ma'am, that is not a seizure. That is a dance move.)
To: LibWhacker
I don’t them probing any part of me...
75
posted on
01/11/2011 4:52:14 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
To: oldfart
I am going to go be sick now....
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:53:26 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(We conservatives will always lose elections as long as we allow the MSM to choose our candidates.)
To: LibWhacker
The IRS has completed this mission decades ago.
Sorry NASA.
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posted on
01/11/2011 4:54:50 PM PST
by
mowowie
To: LibWhacker
I may be mistaken but didn’t congress just authorized a military probe of Uranus?
78
posted on
01/11/2011 5:08:09 PM PST
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: LibWhacker
Scientists plan mission to probe Uranus The hell you say.
To: 60Gunner
You missed one: the sphincter of Oddi. So your girl was even more sphincter-iffic than you realized. And, the sphincter of Oddi's close neighbor, the sphincter of Boyden.
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posted on
01/11/2011 5:54:04 PM PST
by
JohnG45
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