...and we think our Busa's are the fastest

[BlueHaya]

NASA launched the $446 million Messenger on its nearly 5 billion-mile mission in 2004. It will fly by Mercury two more times, this October and September 2009, before settling into orbit around in 2011. Messenger will take pictures, measure the planet's tenuous atmosphere, hills and valleys and unusual magnetic field "â€￾ Mercury is the only solar system planet other than Earth to have a magnetosphere.



...for the mathmatically challenged that equals about 142,694 mph for 4 years or 2378 mpminute or about 40 mpsecond

 

[Mr Bogus]

wow nice slingshot huh? the guys that do the math to get it there, slow down and then enter orbit? (must have to carry their brains in a wheel barrel)...

If you give me 445M I will see what I can do for a speed challenge

 

[dadofthree]

 

[Rayabusa0818]

We're the fastest land missle

 

[Robot]

NASA launched the $446 million Messenger on its nearly 5 billion-mile mission in 2004. It will fly by Mercury two more times, this October and September 2009, before settling into orbit around in 2011. Messenger will take pictures, measure the planet's tenuous atmosphere, hills and valleys and unusual magnetic field "â€￾ Mercury is the only solar system planet other than Earth to have a magnetosphere.



...for the mathmatically challenged that equals about 142,694 mph for 4 years or 2378 mpminute or about 40 mpsecond

I read that same thing and saw some pics (from the unseen side). I was confused when the article said "only other magnetosphere", I thought Jupiter had an intense field?

Link to Jupiter Magnetosphere:

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/jupiter/upper_atmosphere.html

Those sometimes inaccurate journalists

OOP's then again, maybe they consider Jupiter a gas giant, not a "typical" planet. I know a few gas giants myself

 

[Robot]

Sorry if I deviated from the subject. Here is a link to CNN with a never before seen pic. Cool Stuff!

http://www.cnn.com/2008....ex.html

 

[BlueHaya]

 

[99'busa]

ill race it

 

[SD1300]

They lost me when they changed Uranis aka "your anus" to "yur an is"

What's next, naming a car Saturn?

And, what's bigger, a tree?

Where are my meds?

Better yet, it's 65 outside, sunny, I'm going for s scoot!

 

[99'busa]

They lost me when they changed Uranis aka "your anus" to "yur an is"

What's next, naming a car Saturn?

And, what's bigger, a tree?

Where are my meds?

Better yet, it's 65 outside, sunny, I'm going for s scoot!

its 29 here