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RE: Plutopalooza - knieft - 07-16-2015
Latest Nova gave the background of the project, Chasing Pluto.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365501360/
Scroll down for full episode.
Cheers,
Kirt
RE: Plutopalooza - TomK - 07-16-2015
Thanks for the link, Kirt. I'm going to try and watch it tomorrow when I get a break. Really hoped to watch last night but the local PBS OTA stuff is broken.
Lodestone - you know, I was thinking exactly the same thing! If nice friendly space aliens could listen to that stuff, we're alone forever, but if the nasty ones get to hear it, they'll know we're ripe for picking...
RE: Plutopalooza - dmbwest - 07-16-2015
Shoots you guys ... They are hiding the real truth.
We've been 'invaded' by and hearing they static since the 70's.
https://www.google.com/search?q=panapet+radio&biw=1280&bih=603&tbm=isch&imgil=64kab1OR5z5ESM%253A%253BhYGhOuGoFmLScM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fherculodge.typepad.com%25252Fherculodge%25252F2010%25252F06%25252Fspaceball-radio-alert-purple-panasonic-panapet-r70-on-ebay-for-19750-plus-shipping.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=64kab1OR5z5ESM%253A%252ChYGhOuGoFmLScM%252C_&usg=__eNRAAvvoxODhMbIEhyYQTuvef8g%3D&ved=0CDcQyjdqFQoTCN-54e2I48YCFcIQkgodJYsPzQ&ei=Mm6pVd_YF8KhyASllr7oDA#imgrc=64kab1OR5z5ESM%3A&usg=__eNRAAvvoxODhMbIEhyYQTuvef8g%3D
RE: Plutopalooza - TomK - 07-16-2015
Jeez, Pog, I thought the space aliens were transmitting coded messages to us after reading that post! [
]Suggest trying out tinyurl for really long and messy http stuff.
http://tinyurl.com/
RE: Plutopalooza - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 07-17-2015
Video of Pluto flyover, above the newly named Norgay mountains and Sputnik plains:
http://space.io9.com/soar-over-plutos-heart-at-77-000-kilometers-in-this-new-1718583571
RE: Plutopalooza - terracore - 07-17-2015
Why is it so hard to find the new Pluto images? The NASA site currently shows blurry images from July 1. Space.com isn't much better. Every now and then I see a good resolution image from a random news site. Does anybody know a good location to see images that aren't 2 weeks old?
RE: Plutopalooza - hrooster - 07-17-2015
quote:Did you try the astronomy pic of the day?
Originally posted by terracore
Why is it so hard to find the new Pluto images? The NASA site currently shows blurry images from July 1. Space.com isn't much better. Every now and then I see a good resolution image from a random news site. Does anybody know a good location to see images that aren't 2 weeks old?
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
http://the-hroost.com
RE: Plutopalooza - TomK - 07-17-2015
There simply aren't that many images sent so far. Firstly, the probe is still taking science data and will for another ten days or so. In order to do this, the probe is orientated in such a way that the high-gain antenna is pointing away from Earth. The transfer rate is also slow (remember, it's a long way away and using at least a decade old technology).
Give the team another 10 days or so and we should start seeing a lot more images.
RE: Plutopalooza - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 07-19-2015
While we're waiting for more photos from Pluto, here are some artistic renderings of the (dwarf) planet and moons based on the images already received:
http://gizmodo.com/stunning-pluto-art-makes-me-want-to-hike-the-norgay-mon-1718832094
RE: Plutopalooza - TomK - 07-19-2015
Thanks for that, HOTPE, wonderful paintings. On the other hand, real pictures can be just as good. This is one of my favourite solar system images. It was taken by the New Horizons probe while it was using Jupiter's gravitational field to guide it towards Pluto and increase its velocity:
http://i.space.com/images/i/000/013/579/i02/jupiter-io.jpg?1322569639
The moon is Io, the most geologically active body we know.