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- MrBrother, on 10/08/2008, -3/+19I wish we put more funding into understanding our Solar System and less into institutions created to kill one another.
- boneit, on 10/08/2008, -0/+11http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html
- Intervene, on 10/08/2008, -1/+11Craters
- MrBrother, on 10/08/2008, -1/+8Here's my thought: The USA (and maybe all countries) are extremely tied up in their religious faiths. Now, if you don't find space exploration interesting on its own then know this, if there is a God, he has many secrets waiting for us in the Heavens. I suggest that we ought to seek them out for His/Her glory rather than squatting on our little planet throwing stones at one another. I'd like to dismantle all war profiteering entities and throw their funds into research like this. Never going to happen but a man can dream. Furthermore, a man can share his dreams with others. Thanks for reading.
- divinediva, on 10/08/2008, -0/+7It shows Mercury about 90 minutes after the spacecraft’s closest approach.
- aolshove, on 10/08/2008, -0/+5That is one messed up little planet.
- inactive, on 10/08/2008, -0/+4That would be http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080126.html
- FAHQ2, on 10/08/2008, -1/+5The color one "Mercury in Color" is the best picture in the bunch.
I wish NASA would take more color pictures, even though black and white offers more resolution. - bblande, on 10/08/2008, -0/+3I'm all for space exploration....but MAN Mercury is a boring planet when compared to the likes of Venus' crushing atmospheric pressure, Mars' strange ecosystem or Jupiter's moons. Wake me in 7 years when New Horizons reaches Pluto, the most famous nonplanet of them all:
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ - KazamaSmokers, on 10/08/2008, -0/+3Sam Neil is on board and he's gouged out his eyes.
- alkajazz, on 10/08/2008, -0/+2This comment reminded me of
"How did you get that backwards b? - Culyt, on 10/09/2008, -0/+2I agree, I always thought mercury was just grey (which made the title hilarious until I actually looked at the picture).
They could do hybrid colour photos, where the high-resolution B&W is overlaid with the lower res colour.
☢ - inactive, on 10/08/2008, -0/+2Mecurians will come to get you soon. :D
- verkon, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1It's yo mama!
- MrBrother, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1I might add that all Earthly religions pull heavily (if not based entirely on) astrological phenomena. During the formation of these faiths, subjects could only gaze into the night sky and dream. Now, we can actually send probes to these places which describe their intricacies with a precision unimaginable to our predecessors. I imagine they would be quite excited by these ideas and perhaps less interested with the things we get ourselves into (and that which is purported as important by our media).
...and I step off my soap-box. Have a nice day! - bani, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1how about:
venusian sample return.
europa ice driller/ocean probe.
io rover.
jupiter / saturnian balloon probes (months, years studying the atmosphere) - dorkus9999, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1The reason your comment isent valid is because Hubble was not used to take these pictures! Messenger could have a totaly different system, and since it is not as old as Hubble they could have easily put a colour ccd in it.
- JakeBC, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1Cool. It looks like the moon.
- sdcarter, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1Black and white? You'd think there's something going on there. Something that would create a little color. But no, Mercury = Moon and I > disappointed.
- inactive, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1Pretty dull as planetary flyby's go. But give the ops folks at John's Hopkins credit for making the radical flight profile work. Mercury is a very boring place. The US needs a Neptune orbiter and close flyby's of Triton. We also need a Titan rover or aircraft. These are the two most amazing places in the solar system.
- TEEMANOID, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1Pretty boring pictures tbh, half of them look fake anyway.
Especially this one. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multim ...
Just my view. - bani, on 10/10/2008, -0/+1balloon probes have already been done for venus.
- inactive, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1Venus sample return? The energy required is grossly prohibitive.
Europa ice? Not practical. To do anything interesting your would have to drill 10km.
IO rover? I like that but the radiation environment is the worst in the solar system. Even a flyby is hazardous for shielded spacecraft.
Balloon probes? Fine. Include them for Venus and Titan. - jabelar, on 10/08/2008, -0/+1Time for a manned mission to Mercury. And let's populate Venus and Jupiter while we're at it!
- TEEMANOID, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1Might be a bit crowded on Venus.
- zerton, on 10/08/2008, -2/+2look at all the rainforest fires in S. America!
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multim ...
(its a picture Messenger took of Earth on its flyby. - SEN5241, on 10/09/2008, -1/+1On your pocket sized camera maybe.
Check this link out to see why your statement is not necessarily true for those vivid pics we get from outer space:
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/ ... - SkippyDoorknob, on 10/08/2008, -3/+2Zits
- ericember, on 10/08/2008, -2/+1i agree with bblande, mercury is pretty dull. if i was a betting man, I would wager no aliens will be found on mercury
http://local.yahoo.com/info-20606979-mission-renai ... - JackpotCity, on 10/08/2008, -4/+2What the hell are those huge white dots?
That image reminds me of something out of the Chronicles of Riddick. - inactive, on 10/08/2008, -3/+1It's huge rotten cheese.
- inactive, on 10/08/2008, -12/+1You wish we wasted more money on creating flying machines to take pictures of the solar system? Seriously in the last 50 years the only thing I can even find that might be worth anything from the Billions spent on space (I'm not referring to launching satellites, I'm talking stupid stuff), which we learned the first time we went to the moon is Helium 3.
Other than that it seems like a lot of wasted tax payer money. - litothegreat, on 10/08/2008, -14/+1i dont think i can handle anymore late night space articles.
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