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NASA wants to probe Uranus

Tsutarja

Tsutarja

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    I'm sorry, but after that Captain Underpants movie reignited Uranus as a joke, I can't help but laugh at this news. I could this fly-by to begin within a few years due to how far the planet is from Earth.
     
    Dammit. I would be so interested if I get a peek of Uranus. It would be controversial. seriously, it will be so interesting to study Uranus.
     
    I think it could be really interesting.
    I mean I'm all for it, we can never have enough info on Jovian Planets.
     
    Sorry to be a party pooper but the correct pronunciation for this planet is Uranùs. ;)
    Anyway, I'm interested, space always conceals great stuff that we should see and study, so I'm always all in for space explorations!
     
    I wish NASA were sending probes to all the planets and doing 10x as much as they are now.

    Home said:
    Do we have an estimate how long a probe can get to uranus from here?
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    Voyager 2 took over 8 years to reach Uranus. That was back in the 80s. Technology has certainly improved since then. New Horizons reached Pluto in about the same amount of time even though Pluto is about twice as far from us, but then NH wasn't designed to stop, slow down, and orbit. It would probably take years to get there in any case.
     
    Raffy98 said:
    Sorry to be a party pooper but the correct pronunciation for this planet is Uranùs. ;)
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    To be honest, that's how I first heard it pronounced, when I had an interactive toy as a child that talked about the features of the Solar System. It wasn't until I was in grade school that we studied planets and then I heard a teacher (and the students) say it as "ur-ayy-nus" {XD}
     
    Esper said:
    I wish NASA were sending probes to all the planets and doing 10x as much as they are now.
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    *NASA actually gets a better budget*
    Esper said:
    Voyager 2 took over 8 years to reach Uranus. That was back in the 80s. Technology has certainly improved since then. New Horizons reached Pluto in about the same amount of time even though Pluto is about twice as far from us, but then NH wasn't designed to stop, slow down, and orbit. It would probably take years to get there in any case.
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    That would be the challenge: Not only get the distance to the planet, but to be able to orbit it. Takes way more effort to study than it does to shoot past.

    Overall, studying another Jovian in more detail will be great. I think it's a great idea since we take some of those planets for granted.
     
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