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Jim Oberg
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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: NASA probe enters "Venus system" -- HUH??? |
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JimO: So what's with this "Venus system" baloney (see text below), as in
"Jupiter system"
(Jupiter and satellites). Isn't the "Venus system" just friggin' Venus?
Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson
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202-358-1726/3895
Paulette Campbell
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
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May 30, 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-60
NASA to Preview Mercury Mission's Flight Past Venus
WASHINGTON - NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Monday,
June 4, to preview the June 5 flyby of the MErcury Surface, Space
ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft through the
Venus system. The probe, the first space mission designed to orbit the
planet closest to the Sun, will use Venus's gravity once again to guide it
closer to Mercury's orbit.
During the flyby, the full suite of the spacecraft's instruments will be
directed at Venus, providing several unique science opportunities that may
offer insight never before revealed about the cloud-shrouded planet. The
encounter also presents the opportunity to conduct collaborative and
complimentary observations with the European Space Agency's Venus Express
mission.
Briefing participants are:
-- Marilyn Lindstrom, MESSENGER program scientist, NASA Headquarters,
Washington
-- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER principal investigator, Carnegie Institution of
Washington
-- Eric Finnegan, MESSENGER mission systems engineer, Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
-- Hakan Svedhem, Venus Express project scientist, European Space Agency,
Paris
To participate in the teleconference, reporters in the United States should
call 1-888-324-6998 and use the pass code "Venus." International reporters
should call 1-210-234-0009. |
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OM
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:45 pm Post subject: Re: NASA probe enters "Venus system" -- HUH??? |
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On Thu, 31 May 2007 07:24:48 -0500, "Jim Oberg"
<joberg@houston.rr.com> wrote:
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JimO: So what's with this "Venus system" baloney (see text below), as in
"Jupiter system"
(Jupiter and satellites). Isn't the "Venus system" just friggin' Venus?
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....Looks like Brad Guth must have hacked into the press release
computer and changed a few things :-)
OM
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Chris Jones
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: Re: NASA probe enters "Venus system" -- HUH??? |
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"Jim Oberg" <joberg@houston.rr.com> writes:
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JimO: So what's with this "Venus system" baloney (see text below), as in
"Jupiter system"
(Jupiter and satellites). Isn't the "Venus system" just friggin' Venus?
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I tend to agree, though I suppose they could be using it as a shorthand
for "the volume of space where Venusian gravity predominates". I don't
recall what they called the corresponding volume around the moon during
Apollo days; I do recall them talking about crossing an invisible line,
and how the position of the spacecraft appeared to "jump" a little bit
(it didn't actually jump; it was just an artifact of tracking it from an
earth-centric point-of-view or a moon-centric one). Anyway, I don't
remember them saying "moon system", but I may have forgotten. Anyone
with better memory or references? |
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Martin Dunne
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:28 am Post subject: Re: NASA probe enters "Venus system" -- HUH??? |
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Chris Jones wrote:
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I tend to agree, though I suppose they could be using it as a shorthand
for "the volume of space where Venusian gravity predominates". I don't
recall what they called the corresponding volume around the moon during
Apollo days; I do recall them talking about crossing an invisible line,
and how the position of the spacecraft appeared to "jump" a little bit
(it didn't actually jump; it was just an artifact of tracking it from an
earth-centric point-of-view or a moon-centric one). Anyway, I don't
remember them saying "moon system", but I may have forgotten. Anyone
with better memory or references?
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That'd be sphere of influence...unless Neith is back on the cards?
Martin?
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BradGuth
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| Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: NASA probe enters "Venus system" -- HUH??? |
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On May 31, 6:45 am, OM <om@all_trolls_must_DIE.com> wrote:
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On Thu, 31 May 2007 07:24:48 -0500, "Jim Oberg"
job...@houston.rr.com> wrote:
JimO: So what's with this "Venussystem" baloney (see text below), as in
"Jupiter system"
(Jupiter and satellites). Isn't the "Venussystem" just friggin'Venus?
...Looks like Brad Guth must have hacked into the press release
computer and changed a few things 
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Why are you folks and fellow rusemasters so deathly afraid of the
truth?
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Brad Guth
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