Onwards to Uranus and Neptune! |
Onwards to Uranus and Neptune! |
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 ![]() |
As soon as MESSENGER gets to Mercury, the most poorly explored planets in the solar system will be Uranus and Neptune. Could this lead to a revival of interest in the ice giants and their retinue, in the same way that the existence of New Horizons is perhaps partly due to the Pluto stamp*?
*via Pluto Fast Flyby and later Pluto Kuiper Express |
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![]() Merciless Robot ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 ![]() |
Heh, heh...I see that some of our more distinguished members are tuning into marketing, however reluctantly and/or facetiously...
![]() I see it as another 'gapfiller' initiative, much like Messenger. Uranus & Neptune are midway between the terrestrial planets and Jupiter/Saturn in terms of mass. Oddly enough, they have surface gravities not much greater then that of Earth, making surface exploration (if there is one on either of them) a tantalizing far-future possibility...we need to learn more, to say nothing of the satellites of each, Triton being one of only 5 known volcanically active bodies in the Solar System. (It's all about framing the issue, guys.) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Junior Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 30-June 05 Member No.: 422 ![]() |
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