Although originally slated to crash into Jupiter this month, Juno, NASA's Jovian explorer, has been given a three-year extension to gather all of NASAs planned scientific measurements, NASA announced earlier this month.
If it keeps producing images like this, showcasing Jupiter's writhing, stormy face, I really hope they never crash the Absolute Unit.
The picture was snapped on May 23 as Juno swung past the planet for a 13th time, only 9,600 miles from its "surface", the tangle of tumultuous clouds that mark its exterior. The bright white hues represent clouds that are likely made of a mix of ammonia and water, while the darker blue-green spirals represent cloud material "deeper in Jupiter's atmosphere."
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday June 26 2018, @04:26PM
If you pack light, there's a guy who can get you there for a cool $130M.
Life support is a three orders of magnitude extra.
Just the idea that billionaires can now be sent out to "rest" in a gas giant is pretty Sci-Fi, isn't it ?