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Nasa Set to Launch Jupiter Probe

Posted August 05, 2011 7:25 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

In travelling out as far as Jupiter, Nasa's $1.1bn Juno mission will venture where no solar-powered spacecraft has dared go before.

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Re: Nasa Set to Launch Jupiter Probe

08/05/2011 7:52 AM

Er, is'nt everything everything in this solar system, "solar-powered"?

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08/05/2011 8:00 AM

No. Anything powered by nuclear fission isn't (well not powered by Sol anyway).

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08/05/2011 11:13 AM

Of course. Supernova debris.

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Re: Nasa Set to Launch Jupiter Probe

08/05/2011 5:05 PM

And it's carrying Legos.
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