Not to mention that the current budget (and proposed budget from the Senate) fund this mission, so why do they think a Democratic Congress would be able to make this go away?
06.08.2025 01:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@tedstryk.bsky.social
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Not to mention that the current budget (and proposed budget from the Senate) fund this mission, so why do they think a Democratic Congress would be able to make this go away?
06.08.2025 01:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
The fractured, cratered surface of Phobos, moon of Mars.
Phobos, moon of mars from the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera's Super Resolution Channel on August 22, 2004. The crater Stickney, from an impact that nearly shattered Phobos, can be seen toward the top.
05.08.2025 22:36 β π 20 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Don't be greedy, scammer.
04.08.2025 16:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tolstoj is on the left hand side of this cratered image.
The Tolstoj basin on Mercury from Mariner 10 on March 29, 1974.
04.08.2025 14:34 β π 101 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0Tupan Patera from Galileo
Tupan Patera, an active volcanic caldera, seen by the Galileo orbiter on October 16, 2001.
03.08.2025 20:41 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 1 π 1Enceladus from Cassini
A distant Enceladus, moon of Saturn, from Cassini on December 4, 2016.
02.08.2025 13:12 β π 20 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Congratulations!
01.08.2025 18:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think it's because he puts out clickbaity press releases/headlines, and since he's at Harvard, reporters can publish them without being questioned.
01.08.2025 00:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A rotation movie of Jupiter created using a global map of Jupiter I recently finished. The map is created from 135 Voyager 2 images from June 28, 1979. Two rotations are shown. In rotation 1, approx true color/contrast are used. Rotation 2 has exaggerated colors/contrast.
vimeo.com/1106162554?s...
I had the same thought elsewhere.
31.07.2025 03:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The moon, looking down at the area between Mare Orientale and the Oceanus Procellarum.
The moon on October 24, 1970, from Zond 8. The spacecraft was looping around the moon and would return to earth. This image was taken on film, which was developed after it landed on earth.
31.07.2025 00:42 β π 37 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0LOL, Juno doesn't even have reliable thrusters for getting in its planned orbit.
31.07.2025 00:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Heck, why not send the Perseverance rover? Spin those wheels!
31.07.2025 00:19 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0For the record, I am confident that if we imagined that your car had enough onboard delta-v capability, we could calculate a trajectory for it to intercept 3I/ATLAS.
That does not mean that it's worth writing a non-peer-reviewed paper about it, though, let alone hyping that paper.
To be clear, a lot of people do a lot of incredible things there. But the idea that just because it comes from Harvard it is legitimate is wrong. And reporters who think that way and amplify garbage like this need to be treated with derision.
30.07.2025 22:30 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0As long as Harvard continues to employ people like Avi Loeb, the idea that being associated with it conveys some sort of authority is just a silly thing gullible people believe.
30.07.2025 22:24 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0A crescent Saturn and dark rings.
Saturn from Voyager 2 on August 29th, 1981. The spacecraft is on the backlit side of the rings.
30.07.2025 14:23 β π 19 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1It is the Ribblehead Viaduct in Yorkshire. Built in the 1870s, but it does look Roman!
30.07.2025 19:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A crescent Saturn and dark rings.
Saturn from Voyager 2 on August 29th, 1981. The spacecraft is on the backlit side of the rings.
30.07.2025 14:23 β π 19 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1Mars, looking down at Meridiani.
Mars from the Hope Mars Orbiter on May 30, 2023.
30.07.2025 01:16 β π 92 π 14 π¬ 0 π 0While three plumes were spotted, the quality was not deemed good enough to justify using that much limited tape recorder storage and bandwidth, and it was never tried again.
29.07.2025 00:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of the Galileo orbiter's jobs at Jupiter was to take full color plume inventory movies of the volcanic moon Io throughout the mission. Its stuck antenna prevented this. On its second orbit, the team tried to send pack such a movie but using highly compressed violet filter images.
29.07.2025 00:30 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Proteus, the second largest moon of Neptune, from Voyager 2 on August 25, 1989.
Proteus, moon of Neptune, from Voyager 2 in 1989. The original image is at a pixel scale of 1.3 km/pixel, but it is badly underexposed. At 420 km across, Proteus is one of the largest irregular objects in the solar system, at least among objects for which we know the shape.
28.07.2025 21:23 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The frozen terrain of Triton, moon of Neptune. Some of the coldest territory humanity has ever laid eyes on.
28.07.2025 13:08 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The same view without correcting Io
When processing images like this from most planetary spacecraft, which take images through multiple filters to be combined into a color image, each world has to be done separately, as they move relative to one another between frames.
25.07.2025 14:02 β π 21 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Jupiter and Io from Voyager 2
Jupiter and Io from Voyager 2 on June 25, 1979.
25.07.2025 14:02 β π 1401 π 179 π¬ 17 π 8Size comparison of the 16 largest trans-Neptunian objects, including the dwarf planet Pluto and the upper left corner. Each object is represented as a colored circle, with accurate scale relative to each other. Top row: Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong Middle row: Quaoar, Orcus, Sedna, Salacia, Mani, Aya Bottom row: Varda, 2013 FY27, Achlys, Ixion, Ritona This image was modified from the original by Lunathesilly on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trans-Neptunians_Size_Albedo_Color.svg
Quick aside, I'm really happy that more big TNOs/dwarf planet candidates got official names this year, 2 decades after their discovery :D
2005 RN43 β "Ritona" today
2003 AZ84 β "Achlys" on June 30
2002 AW197 β "Aya" on June 30
2002 MS4 β "MΓ‘ni" on June 9
(size comparison by Lunathesilly on wiki)
Europa from Voyager 2, showing the intricate features on its surface.
The smooth, complicated surface of Europa from Voyager 2 on July 9, 1979.
24.07.2025 00:23 β π 30 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The canyons of Ariel, moon of Uranus, from Voyager 2 on January 24, 1986.
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