New Horizons Probe's Images of Jupiter 86
SeaDour writes "The Pluto-bound New Horizons space probe, launched a little over a year ago, recently succeeded in passing through a narrow navigational keyhole by Jupiter. Using the gas giant's tremendous gravity, the craft now has a significant boost toward its final destination, shaving three years off the time it would otherwise spend en-route. As it passed through the Jovian system, the probe took some fantastic images of the neighborhood, including detailed observations of erupting volcanoes on Io, time-lapse photography of Jupiter's tumultuous atmosphere, and the faint ring system that was first discovered in Voyager photography. These new images prove the capabilities of the small probe, which is set to reach Pluto in 2015."
Re:Forget Jupiter (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Obligatory answer (Score:1, Funny)
Which is good because if windows was installed, the photos taken would not be viewable after downloading them as the owners certificate would not match the original and the DRM would not allow viewing unless they called 1-800-MICROSOFT and obtained a new key...
Problem is the license sticker is ON THE SPACECRAFT!
Re:Great! (Score:5, Funny)
Another time-saving measure (Score:4, Funny)
But that method is usually only reserved for Starfleet emergencies.
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Re:Immature Joke Warning (Score:1, Funny)
Boys, you know what to do...
Re:Gravitational slingshot (Score:2, Funny)