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posted by mrpg on Friday September 28 2018, @02:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the drill-and-frack-it dept.

NASA Wants To Probe Deeper Into Uranus Than Ever Before

Up until now, NASA has never paid too much attention to Uranus – but now the space agency wants to take a good, long look. And one of the things it might be investigating is all that gas. A NASA group outlined four possible missions to the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.

These missions include three orbiters and a possible fly-by of Uranus. The planned probes would take off in the 2030s, New Scientist reports.

[...] One of the proposed missions includes a fly-by of Uranus, which would include a narrow-angle camera – and a probe which would drop into Uranus's atmosphere to measure gas and heavy elements. There are four proposed missions. Three orbiters and a fly-by of Uranus, which would include a narrow angle camera to draw out details, especially of the ice giant's moons. It would also drop an atmospheric probe to take a dive into Uranus's atmosphere to measure the levels of gas and heavy elements there.


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday September 28 2018, @02:26AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday September 28 2018, @02:26AM (#741163) Journal

    I don't think this offers any details not covered by last year's story [soylentnews.org]:

    There are four proposed missions – three orbiters and a fly-by of Uranus, which would include a narrow angle camera to draw out details, especially of the ice giant's moons. It would also drop an atmospheric probe to take a dive into Uranus's atmosphere to measure the levels of gas and heavy elements there.

    It's too bad that we probably won't get a mission to both Uranus and Neptune in the same decade. However, Uranus is a good choice. Five of the Uranian moons [wikipedia.org] are relatively large. Some of them could have internal oceans. Miranda has the tallest known cliff in the solar system. The other four are pretty similar in size and appearance, so it will be interesting to compare them further.

    Finally, here's your ASS HUMOR [thrillist.com].

    Make sure to visit the fudge factory in Uranus.
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