Comments on: More Mercury from MESSENGER http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:58:23 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Huygens http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-38159 Huygens Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:16:34 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=20296#comment-38159 While I agree there are certainly more interesting worlds to explore, Mercury has only had two probes sent to it in the last three and a half decades, so I don't think we can call this a waste. I await the day we have microtechnology that allows many small probes to be sent to every world like a cloud, each with its own specialized function. If a few get lost, the mission will not suffer. While I agree there are certainly more interesting worlds to explore, Mercury has only had two probes sent to it in the last three and a half decades, so I don't think we can call this a waste.

I await the day we have microtechnology that allows many small probes to be sent to every world like a cloud, each with its own specialized function. If a few get lost, the mission will not suffer.

]]> By: ceb1947 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-38148 ceb1947 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:43:57 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=20296#comment-38148 Maybe it isn't so much dead planets as it is dead minds viewing them. We can learn much from these dead orbs. Maybe it isn't so much dead planets as it is dead minds viewing them. We can learn much from these dead orbs.

]]> By: LLDIAZ http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-38147 LLDIAZ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:31:28 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=20296#comment-38147 Why are we waisting time on these dead planets. There should be missions to titan and europa or any other planetary body that doesn't just have rocks and craters... Why are we waisting time on these dead planets. There should be missions to titan and europa or any other planetary body that doesn't just have rocks and craters…

]]> By: neil http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-38140 neil Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:41:20 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=20296#comment-38140 i love these great images of unexplored solar system territory. it's a painfully long wait until the spacecraft finally reaches orbit! i love these great images of unexplored solar system territory. it's a painfully long wait until the spacecraft finally reaches orbit!

]]> By: Ignoramus http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-38136 Ignoramus Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:11:57 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=20296#comment-38136 A strange way for crater ejecta to make long white lines. Same as on the Moon but more so on Mercury. Is there any explanation? A strange way for crater ejecta to make long white lines. Same as on the Moon but more so on Mercury. Is there any explanation?

]]> By: marcellus http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-38130 marcellus Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:54:44 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=20296#comment-38130 Just from reading the article, I thinks they're doing a pretty good job of that. Just from reading the article, I thinks they're doing a pretty good job of that.

]]> By: Huygens http://www.universetoday.com/2008/10/29/more-mercury-from-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-38122 Huygens Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:25:49 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=20296#comment-38122 NASA has to do something to keep people from thinking Mercury is just the Moon in a different Solar System location. NASA has to do something to keep people from thinking Mercury is just the Moon in a different Solar System location.

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