The Space Thread: Diablo's Home Planet Found

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Yup. That's happening. :panic:

[Eudemon]

Sweet, also in about a month NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is due to approach Pluto at its closest after a near 9 BILLION mile journey!! That's more than doube the distance Pluto is actually away from us.

 

New Horizons | NASA

[Eudemon]

NASA craft have been at it again, this time it's Cassini sending back pics of Dione, one of Saturn's moons. Be sure to check out the pic that shows Saturn itself very faintly in the background with its infamous rings.

 

Cassini Sends Back Views After Zooming Past Dione | NASA

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Technology is amazing :hmmm:

[Eudemon]

Technology is amazing :hmmm:

And annoying. As the tech that reaches these destinations is basically out of date, compared to what we get to here, when they finally arrive. It always reminds me of the probable belief that the first true interstellar travellers will be passed by those in the later future as the technology advances.

:phil:

 

I mean imagine in the time of Star Trek a ship seeing the Voyager 1 and 2 satellites way out in deep space for example.

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SpaceX just haven't had much luck recently at all :hmmm:

[Eudemon]

I believe there's a famous saying which goes something like: "The path to success is paved with failure".

 

They will get there, maybe they don't have the right people are are spending too less money on areas but they will get there.

[Ryzza5]

I just liked how someone bothered to type ", EARTH" in the location box... :lol:

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I just liked how someone bothered to type ", EARTH" in the location box... :lol:

 

Haha I noticed that too. Made me think of when I had to write my address in primary school - I'd always try to make it as long as possible. "NI, UK, Earth, The Milky Way, The Universe".

[Ryzza5]

Black holes have always interested me from an early age, so I enjoyed this video which shed a few new facts, such as how they'd look from different perspectives, and 'dumb holes' which I had never heard of before but sound like a great way to learn more about black holes.

 

[CLR-GTR]

Mt Fuji seen from the ISS.. amazing!

 

 

Also, be prepared next week for the arrival of New Horizons at Pluto. For the first time, beginning from July 14th, will scientists actually get to see what Pluto really looks like. For a moment since two days ago, there was some fear as NH went into safe-mode. It was found to be caused by an error in the code signals sent to it, and it was able to recover quickly.

 

See the latest photos here: New Horizons SOC

[Eudemon]

That is a beautiful sight, really shows off the grandness of these monuments of nature. I love seeing pics like this but then feel despair that the beauty seen does not equate to the actuality of what is happening on the planet.

[TDUFREAK500]

Fuji-San always seems to be obscured by clouds in some way haha

[Eudemon]

I thought I had already posted this but must have slipped my mind, but you know what I won't spoil it.

 

International Space Station over Australia | Deography by Dylan ODonnell

[Ryzza5]

Australia is looking more barren than I last remembered :hmmm:

[Ozzmcom]

Australia is looking more barren than I last remembered :hmmm:

 

it's just spiders taking over the land

[Ozzmcom]

I guess we're not gonna talk about new horizons

[Eudemon]

Today at 11:49 UTC New Horizons (NH) flew past Pluto at its closest point of under 8000 miles and hopefully took lots of pics so that we can see Pluto clearer than ever! The window of opportunity was just over 86secs and with the craft travelling at about 14km/s and the need to send the info way before the actual happening, all hopes are on a smooth operation as NH now heads out towards the Kuiper Belt.

 

This monumental and historic feat completes mankinds look at all the nine main bodies in our solar system, just think about that for a moment. :think:

 

To tide you over till the new shots come through this photo was released yesterday showing Pluto and it's now popular Heart shaped feature, and yes it is not blue, though we did know this but those of you who learned about the Solar System in your kiddie days may find it hard to take in that fact. :cry:

 

 

The new photos should be shown in all their glory tomorrow, unless Pluto has a defence system and the aliens blew the craft up.

[Ozzmcom]

yes remarkable indeed. They had to wait for 39 years for the next fly-by mission in the outter solar system. Shame this mission was active before pluto was denounced as a planet. Come to think of it they might have never bothered with it in the first place if they knew how insignificant it was next to all the other flying little rocks. But nevertheless amazing achievement. Also shame that the whole makind takes credit for it when really it's made possible by a handful of great people.

[Camel]

Looking forward to hearing about the new things they will undoubtedly find out our favourite planet that isn't a planet and its many moons. Just hope they managed to get all the calculations spot on otherwise it will only send back pictures of empty space. :eek:

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Today at 11:49 UTC New Horizons (NH) flew past Pluto at its closest point of under 8000 miles and hopefully took lots of pics so that we can see Pluto clearer than ever! The window of opportunity was just over 86secs and with the craft travelling at about 14km/s and the need to send the info way before the actual happening, all hopes are on a smooth operation as NH now heads out towards the Kuiper Belt.

 

This monumental and historic feat completes mankinds look at all the nine main bodies in our solar system, just think about that for a moment. :think:

 

To tide you over till the new shots come through this photo was released yesterday showing Pluto and it's now popular Heart shaped feature, and yes it is not blue, though we did know this but those of you who learned about the Solar System in your kiddie days may find it hard to take in that fact. :cry:

 

http://i.imgur.com/Rnj7kZj.jpg

 

The new photos should be shown in all their glory tomorrow, unless Pluto has a defence system and the aliens blew it up.

 

IT'S A BLUE PLANET, SHUT UP! :panic:

[Eudemon]

otherwise it will only send back pictures of empty space. :eek:

...there's plenty of space OUT IN SPACE!

[Eudemon]

New Horizons phoned home successfully. We should get some good close pics in the next hours or so as they come through and are processed.

NASA ‏@NASA 7 minutes ago

.@NASANewHorizons “phoned home" & is healthy! Q? Use #askNASA during our 9:30pm ET briefing: NASA Television | NASA

[Ryzza5]

I just retweeted a gif

 

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It was kinda blue 5 days ago at least :hmmm:

[Eudemon]

Cool gif, quite nice to see how we have gotten to know Pluto more over the time since it was first discovered. Speaking of which it is truly amazing that some of the founders' ashes are on the craft and will now travel in space forever once its power runs out. Chances of it hitting anything out in space are very remote after all.