nasa.gov — The recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has given scientists an entirely new look at a planet once thought to have characteristics similar to those of Earth's moon. The spacecraft also discovered a unique feature that scientists dubbed "The Spider."
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hotbaconsauceJan 31, 2008
78+ billion dollars in the last 5 years, finally something worth it.
reclusiveraiderJan 31, 2008
seriously, its 2008.screw 2-D/black and white, I want a damn hologram!
littlebylittleFeb 1, 2008
At first glance I thought the headline said, "NASA Spacecraft 'Steams' Back Surprises From Mercury," which would of course been appropriate as well.
jaymzdeanFeb 1, 2008
It would look cool with some Christmas lights.
kythasFeb 1, 2008
I'm not sure about the shuttle program, but the Apollo program gave us Tang!
loudmusicFeb 1, 2008
If they took more pictures it wouldn't cost $50k per image. Do you see the logic, or are you mathematically inept?
virinchiFeb 4, 2008
Sub:Cosmic Signatures-Mercury- BaseWelcome confirmation-see Flows spread in 4-mode and Base Magnetic fields linkin my research papers presented at Carnegie Symposium and Space Telescope Institute ConferenceRef: Vidyardhi Nanduri, 2003, Cosmology structures-New Modeling, Carnegie Observatories centennial Symposium-3, Groups of Clusters, Jan 2003 Ociw.edu/ociw/symposia/series/symposium3/proceedings.htmlRef: Vidyardhi nanduri ,May 2003,Cosmic Pot Energy: New Projectionssd.stsci.edu/astrophysical_laboratory/proceedings.html
yeti22Feb 5, 2008
But it's much easier to find on the Moon, since there's no atmosphere for the hydrogen to react with. It stays embedded in the rocks.Or something like that.