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Messenger spacecraft departs Mercury

Messenger's Narrow Angle Camera took 288 images of Mercury in the day or so after its closest pass by the planet on 14 January. At the start of the movie, the spacecraft is about 34,000 km from the...  
 
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nikeunltd1 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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that was the dumbest 15 seconds ever
kingnicoli (2 months ago) Show Hide
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what are you, retarded?
chazder5 (1 year ago) Show Hide
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:S its a pretty cool place i rekon well be on there in no time lol there will be a space port on the moon by 2050 should be a laugh
Debbie321lopez (8 months ago) Show Hide
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on mercury you will burn to death mate
ablestmage (5 months ago) Show Hide
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Not if you followed the horizon -- roving base, perhaps ^_^
Debbie321lopez (5 months ago) Show Hide
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then you will freeze to death?
ablestmage (5 months ago) Show Hide
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Not if you stay in the horizon. It's gotta go from hot to cold at some moving threshold as Mercury spins.
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themanyone (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Mercury would be an ideal location for solar energy collectors. You'd just have to beam back some of that energy, or use it to smelt metals and crack hydrogen.
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Wo Hey look i can see my house....noou wait...

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