Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Akatsuki Venus Climate Orbiter |
Mar 13 2010, 11:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
I thought it was time to start a separate thread on this mission, launching soon
some good medium-resolution images of the spacecraft are available on JAXA digital archives http://jda.jaxa.jp/jda/p3_e.php?time=N&...mp;mission=4066 |
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Dec 8 2010, 06:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2087 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
A strange anecdote:
It was just a couple of days ago when I saw the new issue of Astronomy magazine on a rack in a store, so I flipped through and saw an article (by Jim Oberg I think?) actually mention Akastsuki and how it would be in orbiting Venus (the issue is for the new year), and I thought to myself 'Well they haven't actually gotten into orbit yet, they're a bit ahead of themselves; something could still go wrong'. And sure enough, it did! :0 Hopefully I didn't jinx them? Even double by mentioning a solar storm? |
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