MTBeer Posted July 15, 2015 Share meanwhile, near Pluto..... http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2015/jul/15/pluto-flyby-nasa-signal-new-horizons-probe-live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted July 15, 2015 Share 5 billion kilometers, 9.5 years to get there. Fook it science is amazing Latent_Blue, Hairy, Piston ZA and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted July 15, 2015 Share How old is the probe in space years? MTBeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted July 15, 2015 Share How old is the probe in space years?divide by 14.5 billion? woof Edited July 15, 2015 by MTBeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted July 15, 2015 Share Does the toast come out with a dark side? This led me to this site, http://www.yodaquotes.net/page/4/... I'm sure Yoda never said this: "“Foreplay, cuddling – a Jedi craves not these things”... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch the stalker Posted July 15, 2015 Share I'm sure Yoda never said this: "“Foreplay, cuddling – a Jedi craves not these things”... Maybe in the bloopers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted July 15, 2015 Share great explanation here from a poster on The Guardian website as to why the New Horizons probe could not be made to orbit Pluto, but was only able to do a flyby. Joe Dert WowSignal 4h ago 6 7 Current rocket technology can get a small probe to Jupiter (and just barely). In order to get to the outer planets you need to use Jupiter or in the case of the Cassini probe Venus to slingshot it out. The planet that you use to increase speed from must be in a proper position in order for this to work, otherwise you will miss your target destination.New Horizons was able to use Jupiter in order to increase its speed and make it to Pluto. A certain velocity of about 5km per second is necessary at a minimum because below that the sun's gravity will slow the probe, and may even start pulling it back.So to answer your question in order to put NH into orbit you would need an amount of fuel equal to the rocket that sent it into space plus the amount fuel needed to stop it from the speed it got from Jupiter's gravitational assist. That's a lot of fuel, and really beyond anyone's current technological capabilities. Sorry if this sounds a little muddled. I'm writing this on an iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted July 15, 2015 Share This led me to this site, http://www.yodaquotes.net/page/4/... I'm sure Yoda never said this: "“Foreplay, cuddling – a Jedi craves not these things”... maybe not in the movies.. but he must have said it to countless females in his younger years when he was fresh out of Jedi school. Tumbleweed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted July 15, 2015 Share divide by 14.5 billion? woof After some serious reading this morning, special relativity only applies to speeds greater than 1 tenth of the speed of light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted July 15, 2015 Share maybe not in the movies.. but he must have said it to countless females in his younger years when he was fresh out of Jedi school. When he was just a green padawan? RocknRolla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted July 15, 2015 Share about the time he chewed stimirol for the first time... http://10and5.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/342842.jpeg Tumbleweed and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted July 15, 2015 Share Talking of young Jedis...the other day I was moaning to my son about Scar, the boxer that has taken over my house since I got him from Wayne. He's so nasal when he cruises around that I said to Breandan that it was like having a teenage Darth Vader in the house. "But, Dad," he said smugly, "if he was a teen, that would make him Anakin Skywalker..." RocknRolla and Baldrick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted July 15, 2015 Share Talking of young Jedis...the other day I was moaning to my son about Scar, the boxer that has taken over my house since I got him from Wayne. He's so nasal when he cruises around that I said to Breandan that it was like having a teenage Darth Vader in the house. "But, Dad," he said smugly, "if he was a teen, that would make him Anakin Skywalker..." Yeah, thinking of cancelling my internet access, I have a teenager in the house...they seem to know fkn everything... Tumbleweed, BSG, Wannabe and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted July 15, 2015 Share Yeah, thinking of cancelling my internet access, I have a teenager in the house...they seem to know fkn everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted July 15, 2015 Share Yeah, thinking of cancelling my internet access, I have a teenager in the house...they seem to know fkn everything... won't make a difference if I go my soon to be 10 year old's "worldly knowledge" ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest notmyname Posted July 15, 2015 Share Yeah, thinking of cancelling my internet access, I have a teenager in the house...they seem to know fkn everything...Employ him now, while he still knows everything. Gold mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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