Comments on: Sleek, Sexy Spacecraft to Launch Next Week

By: Starbuck

Starbuck — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:35:21 +0000

cool…yes
sexy…for a sat? Yes
Looks like the Space:1999 Eagle…not even close!
But still a cool looking bird!

By: dipankar

dipankar — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:40:56 +0000

Best of luck to you,sexy.

By: Matthias

Matthias — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:11:38 +0000

Actually, them launching it the same day means there's nothing wrong. no such satellite will work reliably from day one. See Fermi/GLAST, tokk them weeks to get it running and calibrate it.

By: Silver Thread

Silver Thread — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:40:19 +0000

That is arguably one of the coolest looking space craft human kind has launched.

I'm afraid it might get carjacked by space hoodlums.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:26:48 +0000

I still think ESA is checking to see if there's anything funky happening to the gravitational field around C.E.R.N once L.H.C. is turned on. I am self admittedly an neophyte when it comes to this stuff, but my intuition is telling me something is up.

Love this website

Scott

By: Aodhhan

Aodhhan — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:59:21 +0000

Dave,

Sun sync orbit doesn't mean it will always be in sunlight (it will be in it about half the time). It means it will be in the same location, each day at a specific time; ie. it will be over Dallas, TX every day at 15:00 hours.
Think of the orbit where an object travels through one time zone an orbit, and gets through all of them in 24 hours or 24 orbits.

By: Rich Faulkner

Rich Faulkner — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:42:00 +0000

OK, if you think this is sexy, you have to get out more!

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:33:58 +0000

"GOCE will be in a sun-synchronous orbit, meaning it will be almost always be in sunlight, providing a stable thermal environment for the spacecraft."

just out of curiousity, does anyone know what sort of temperature we are talking about?

By: Aodhhan

Aodhhan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:37:33 +0000

Perhaps Europe is compensating for a small… errr… sorry, just realized this was out loud.

By: Nancy Atkinson

Nancy Atkinson — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:47:19 +0000

@ Jorge -
I'm sure that's it!
Nancy

By: Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:33:57 +0000

Oooo. It's enough to make a girl purr.

LOL!

That'd be our European charm at work, Nancy

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:16:24 +0000

Well it is phallic shaped

Since it has an engine, I wonder if it could gain enough velocity to escape earth's orbit? If so, then could it be considered a "probe" instead of a mere satellite?

Besides, the idea that a "probe" could be sexy makes me LOL

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:03:59 +0000

Is it not kinda odd that the ESA is launching GOCE to study Earth's Gravity field exactly the same day C.E.R.N. is turning on the L.H.C.? "Beware the 10th of september when Particales and Gravity Will be Bender"

By: ed

ed — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:51:39 +0000

that's hot…lol

By: Sili

Sili — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:17:59 +0000

Well, awesome, yes, but "sexy"? …