Congratulations, Juno

[Gene Pink]

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36710768

Gene

 

[ruffrecords]

And the rocket motor that successfully put it into orbit was British!

Cheers

Ian

 

[Dylan W]

My favorite part of this is the little joke - Jupiter's four Galilean moons are named after Jupiter's mistresses. After 400 years, Juno has returned to make an investigation...

 

[JohnRoberts]

My favorite part of this is the little joke - Jupiter's four Galilean moons are named after Jupiter's mistresses. After 400 years, Juno has returned to make an investigation...

and crash into the planet when done, while missing the moons.

JR

 

[Gene Pink]

... while missing the moons.

It had better miss the moons, we have been warned:

"All these worlds are yours except Europa
attempt no landing there"

- the Monolith creators