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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/28/juno_rocket/

>>Juno to ride the thrust of five mighty strap-ons

I loled. In any case, I think this is a good time to begin a discussion thread on the Galilean Moons. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are all quite interesting celestial bodies, Europa in particular. When will we finally see a probe tour this system of moons? Juno is supposedly only going for a survey of Jupiter's poles, and while this is cool in and of itself, nothing was mentioned about exploring the moons in this (un?)intentionally hilariously titled article.

>> No.3465641

>Juno has to slip the surly bonds of Earth

I'm sensing a pattern here...

>> No.3465657

NASA and a couple other space agencies had plans to do a joint mission to survey the moons of Jupiter launching in 2020, but I think NASA decided to pull out of the mission due to lack of funding. However, the Europeans plan on going ahead with their part of the mission, maybe with the Russians and the Japanese as well.

>> No.3466875

Bump for mighty strap-ons.

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>>3465564
so you're saying Juno is a pole dancer? who rides on five mighty strap-ons?

(all rockets are giant penises anyway. pic related)

>> No.3467531

The register is one of the best sci-tech news websites out there. Glad someone else on /sci/ reads it

>> No.3467535

>>3465641
The entire article is full of double entendres

>> No.3467563

>constant bitching and whining on /sci/ about lack of space program
>actual thread about space science
>6 posts

>> No.3467574

>>3465657
it wasn't budget cuts that killed it it was a change in priority's, in shot nasa doesn't do flagship missions any more.
the european mission to ganymeade is still in competition with two other projects, and without its nasa counter part its unlikely to be selected.
any anyways id rather have a gravitational wave observatory or a new x-ray observatory than a Ganymede orbiter.