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Jupiter-Bound Mission To Study Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Deep Space This Weekend
IFL Science ^
| October 31, 2025
| Dr. Alfredo Carpineti
Posted on 10/31/2025 12:35:57 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
We don’t have anything fast enough to catch up and nuke it.
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posted on
10/31/2025 12:43:29 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: Red Badger
How many megaton?
Seems a bit tardy...
/s
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posted on
10/31/2025 12:44:45 PM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
To: Red Badger
Rendezvous with Rama. They just happened to have a spaceship in the vicinity of the visitor that could help with it. (Granted this Jupiter mission is unmanned, and isn’t going to LAND on the visitor. But I’m still reminded of the story).
To: FrankRizzo890
They say it will not come any closer than just inside the orbit of Mars and then head back out to infinity.
But what if they are wrong?..............
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posted on
10/31/2025 12:50:37 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Article:
“We expect the data to be downloaded only in February 2026”
They buried the lead.
Lol.
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posted on
10/31/2025 12:56:42 PM PDT
by
cgbg
("The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.")
To: Red Badger
We welcome our new Atlasian overlords...
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posted on
10/31/2025 12:57:02 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/31/2025 1:12:30 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: Red Badger
âDue to the position of JUICE with respect to Earth, the data rate is very low. We expect the data to be downloaded only in February 2026, so we need to be a bit patient,â Witasse explained.
To: FrankRizzo890
Truly masterful Science Fiction writing. Couldnât put the book down. The only book that (imho) eclipsed Heineken, Clark and Asimov is Project:Hail Mary by Andy Weir
While not nearly as prolific as these other masters; I thought Hail Mary was a really great story
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posted on
10/31/2025 1:32:40 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
To: Red Badger
Is JUICE headed off to the next planet out from Jupiter when it’s done there?
An epic thread awaits if that’s the case.
đ
To: Red Badger
But what if they are wrong?.............. Whee-ooo-ee-ooo-ee.
They are not wrong.
Atlas is a big rock from far away, where they do (or did) things differently than around here. Everything about it is strange. The closest observations we can make will wreck most theories of planetary development and stellar evolution.
Now that we have gotten good at spotting these things, we can expect to find a great many more of them. Eventually we may have craft on standby which will be in position to get a really close look at one.
Much wailing and gnashing of teeth can be expected as the astronomers are required to come up with new theories to explain what they find.
I will enjoy the show.
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posted on
10/31/2025 1:33:11 PM PDT
by
flamberge
(There is nothing like observations to ruin a perfectly good theory.)
To: SunkenCiv
One Big Flying Rock
So Little Time.
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posted on
10/31/2025 1:42:17 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
To: Hodar
The only book that (imho) eclipsed Heineken, Clark and Asimov
Perhaps you mean Heinlein, Clark, and Asimov?
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posted on
10/31/2025 2:20:48 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad DeumâŚ)
To: telescope115
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posted on
10/31/2025 2:22:48 PM PDT
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with riminalNixon?)
To: Hodar
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posted on
10/31/2025 2:22:54 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad DeumâŚ)
To: telescope115
Spellcheck to the rescue.
Heinlein is at least close to Heineken
Great catch. Was enjoying a burger with my wife and didnât even notice the substitution
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posted on
10/31/2025 2:45:19 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
To: Hodar
No worries: I was texting my daughters raving about their momâs chicken soup- it ended up as Children soup. They got a good laugh outta that one.
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posted on
10/31/2025 2:49:52 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad DeumâŚ)
To: Big Red Badger
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posted on
10/31/2025 3:28:33 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: Red Badger
Shot out from the center of our Milky Way like a bullet. I’m thinking 3I/ATLAS may be the metallic core of a planetoid that got too close to a black hole. Three miles wide, that’s a lot of metal, Ni(CO)4, Fe(CO)5.
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posted on
10/31/2025 5:15:43 PM PDT
by
thepoodlebites
(and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.)
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