Kratology Posted December 31, 2009 #151 Share Posted December 31, 2009 so whats it suppost to do exactly? take pictures? get samples? this is cool stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted December 31, 2009 #152 Share Posted December 31, 2009 No real need yet, but I see the day when Relay Communication Satellites will be some thing to think about. It would eliminate some of them "no contact" times when even the Moon blocks a signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzard Posted December 31, 2009 #153 Share Posted December 31, 2009 so whats it suppost to do exactly? take pictures? get samples? this is cool stuff Cool stuff indeed. If everything goes well, New Horizon will arrive to the Pluto system, as early as summer 2015. New Horizon carries a suite of seven scientific instruments. 1.Alice is an ultraviolet spectrometer used for measuring gas composition. 2.Ralph combines an infrared spectrometer (LEISA) for mapping surface composition with a color optical imager (MVIC) for mapping surface structure and composition. 3.REX is a radio experiment for measuring atmospheric composition and temperature. 4.LORRI is an optical telescope that provides the highest resolution imaging of the surface. 5.PEPSSI is a plasma-sensing instrument for measuring particles escaping from Pluto's atmosphere. 6.SWAP is a plasma-sensing instrument for measuring the properties of the solar wind at Pluto, Pluto's atmospheric escape rate, and for searching for a magnetosphere around Pluto. The "solar wind" is a stream of charged particles streaming away from the Sun at high speed. 7.SDC, an instrument used to measure dust impacts at the New Horizons spacecraft during its entire trajectory, was built by students at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MID Posted December 31, 2009 #154 Share Posted December 31, 2009 so whats it suppost to do exactly? take pictures? get samples? this is cool stuff Very cool stuff indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brakzar Break Posted January 1, 2010 #155 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Very cool stuff indeed... Yes, VERY cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE 1ST SIN Posted January 3, 2010 #156 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Four years on it and Pluto isnt even considered a planet anymore lol. Thats jacked up but yeah its still VERY cool indeed.... They should have slammed into Planet X or whatever they're calling it nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MID Posted January 3, 2010 #157 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Four years on it and Pluto isnt even considered a planet anymore lol. Yes, but that's just silly semantics. They should have slammed into Planet X or whatever they're calling it nowadays I should suppose, if Planet X actually existed, we'd be pursuing a mission of discovery as we speak. Unfortunately, it's just a silly fable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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