This giant gas bag is built from the flimsiest materials in the universe. But for all its squishy bulk, its a great little mover. Jupiter spins at such a breakneck speed that it bulges at the equator, so fast in fact that a day here lasts less than t

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

If you are floating in a balloon, the center of the red spot might be rather calm. But you will be going fast, your balloon will be going faster than the hurricane winds, but it might be a smooth ride. This storm is a sigh to the halt, towering five

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Halfway there, you bump into the Asteroid Belt. It is not like in the movies where you are dodging asteroids at every second. It is a The space is very big and the asteroids are a long distance apart, so you could travel through it quite safely. The

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

One day we might develop the magnetic field technology necessary to keep a human alive within Jupiters radiation environment. But in the near future, our exploration will continue by machine. The robotic program isnt about robots. Its a profoundly hu

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As these robot submarines accomplish great missions, the possibility of one day melting our way into Europas deep ocean is moving from fiction toward fact. Lets just imagine, there were on a little spacecraft with the capability to melt to the ice, w

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Take a night flight, like Galileos, over the surface of Io and the view down to the churning lava lakes would be unforgettable. Imagine then a visit to the surface. The landscape might look quite a bit like a red and yellow sulfur-painted version of

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

Gas escaping into space from the plumes is energized by Jupiters magnetosphere, creating an intense band of ionizing radiation that bombards a surface already soaked in emissions. If you went out relatively unprotected with, like a normal spacesuit f

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I would like to visit Jupiter one day,I think it would be a good place to take a vacation, but not on July of 1994. That would have been a terrible time. In July, 1994, the fragmented comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 that David helped / discover began its fa

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In the four decades since our robots first arrived, the once fuzzy ball at the end of our telescopes has steadily focused into a red planet we can understand, and it is not a welcoming place. The problem is the atmosphere is so thin and cold that wat

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Therere some basic things you should know about Mars before leaving home. Most days will be clear, and sunny and cold. The average temperature on Mars is as bitter as midwinter in Antarctica. And about half the diameter of the earth, Mars is a handy

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Have you ever fantasized about going somewhere special? Somewhere far from crowds, off the beaten track. Somewhere out of this world? Is it time to catch a rocket to the Red Planet? Mars is filled with mysteries, Volcanoes 75,000 feet tall, huge cany

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If we have been wet, then we want to look for nutrients and food sources that could support microbes. The water ice is proof of a valuable resource for any life forms still clinging(附着) beneath the surface and for future travelers. We now know th

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If we are looking for Martian bugs, we should search for life forms at least as tough and alien as this. Im looking at Mars in a point of view of a microbe. And as a microbe, I really need very, very tiny amount of water. I could probably live my ent

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It is chemically impossible for methane to survive for long in the Martian atmosphere, so it must have been released recently. Now what makes methane? Cows make methane? Probably not cows. Oh, microbes, various sorts can release methane, there are a

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

So in some ways, a voyage to Mars could be a voyage home. Our ancestors have made such bold trips before when we walked out of Africa, when we sailed over the horizon. If it is technically possible, our ships will head out again. We always want to se

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Try the red planet for sight-seeing on an enormous scale. Thanks to our sharp-eyed spacecraft, Mars is opening up like never before. These are real landscapes that humans will one day marvel at in person. You know, if youre going to Mars, youre going

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A test run before attempting the fuel hungry and risky trip to the planet below. Dreaming about Mars and actually going there are two very different things. Mars may be our neighbour, but 35 million miles to the closest point is still a very long way

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Many aspects, like its geological past, are a mystery. But some things we do know, this lonely planet has a strange sense of keeping time. Once you arrive, you have to reset your watch for a time zone like no other. It has such an unusual orbit and r

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Reason/ you are going to go to Mercury as a travel destination would be this night sight view because it's going to be highly unique in the solar system. You have sodium thats atoms that are streaming off and giving enough to see yellow light, so you

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2012年

Everyone likes a vacation in a warm climate, but how about a trip to two planets that are as hot as hell? If you are walking on the surface of Mercury, you need one heck of a spacesuit. Mysterious Mercury appears lifeless and desolate, but hidden dee

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