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China wants to probe Uranus and Jupiter with 2 spacecraft on one rocket
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Posted on 09/23/2022 4:27:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The mission will be named Tianwen 4 and will see a larger probe destined for Jupiter and smaller spacecraft to be sent to make a flyby of distant Uranus.
The pair will launch on a Long March 5 rocket and use a Venus flyby and two Earth flybys to fling the spacecraft on a trajectory for the outer solar system before separating and setting course for their respective targets.
The main spacecraft will be dedicated to investigate the Jupiter system and will eventually enter orbit around the moon Callisto for a detailed investigation of the outermost of the Galilean moons.
The smaller spacecraft, which will have a mass on the order of a few hundred kilograms according to Wang, will make the longer voyage to Uranus.
CNSA was earlier considering a lander as part of the Callisto-focused mission profile, but Wang says that the latest concept includes an orbiter but no lander.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; ccp; china; elonmusk; jupiter; science; spacex; starlink; tesla; uranus
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:27:20 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Probing Uranus sometimes produces drops of Jupiter.
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:29:38 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: skeeter
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:30:06 PM PDT
by
Howie66
(Let's Go Brandon!!)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
MIRV tech given away by Clinton.
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:32:21 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: BenLurkin
So Wang (?) want to probe Uranus...
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:32:25 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: BenLurkin
The first Chinaman to try to probe my anus will wish however breifly that he had probed someone else’s.
To: ifinnegan
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:34:20 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I’m going to sit back and just watch the jokes roll in on this one...
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:34:26 PM PDT
by
MachIV
To: skeeter
China doing covid tests in space?
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:38:50 PM PDT
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Tell It Right
“China doing covid tests in space?”
I know right? Didnt they already do this?!
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:46:58 PM PDT
by
Samurai_Jack
(This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
To: MachIV
I’m waiting for the first small genitals reference.
To: BenLurkin
I'm curious about a couple of things:
If astronomers can demote Pluto, can't they rename Uranus?
Is Uranus only funny in English?
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posted on
09/23/2022 4:51:30 PM PDT
by
Drew68
(Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
To: BenLurkin
China has already probed Biden’s anus. Now they want uranus.
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posted on
09/23/2022 5:00:44 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
To: BenLurkin
Doesn’t everyone’s rocket come with two spacecraft? I suppose my poor dog’s doesn’t....
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/23/2022 5:05:02 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(And manly hearts to guard the fair)
To: BenLurkin
They may think they do but I suspect it will be regretted
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posted on
09/23/2022 5:13:21 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: BenLurkin
Just make sure they do Jupiter first. You don’t want to leave shit all over it.
To: BenLurkin
“ Wang, will make the longer voyage to Uranus”
Damn......
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posted on
09/23/2022 5:15:47 PM PDT
by
misanthrope
(Deranged, sinister, deplorable troll)
To: BenLurkin
Such a wonderful achievement for the Clintons
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posted on
09/23/2022 5:16:33 PM PDT
by
daku
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