WISE Launch
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NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) launched aboard a Delta II rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Dec.14, 2009 at 9:09 EST.
The WISE spacecraft will circle Earth over the poles, scanning the entire sky one-and-a-half times in nine months. The mission will uncover hidden cosmic objects, including the coolest stars, dark asteroids and the most luminous galaxies.
For more info: www.nasa.gov/wise
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I can’t wait to see what amazing things this spacecraft will uncover! 😀
Nicely done NASA. <3!
Congratulations NASA, nice to see everything went well.
What, is the escape velocity of an unladen swallow?
Don’t get me wrong, but wasting a lot of money to see what’s up in the sky? 😀 Do we really need this? Maybe that money would helped to rebuild what the USA destroied in Iraq or something 😀 (I will get a lot of thumbsdown for this but that’s the way I see it :P)
Thank god it’s not up to you then.
Just doesn’t give the same effect.
Congratulations NASA on the successful launch.
It’s not just about Iraq and all the other things. It’s about wasting money on things that are not really necessary, and not solving other problems that are more important. About the asteroids… I think there are a lot of stuff up there that can detect such things (like Hubble), so why sending another expensive “tool” to do what have been done before? But as I said, I’m not against this stuff, I was just wondering that all the americans let the government spend their money to whatever they like
P.S. : and don’t forget it’s an economic crisis right now…
you are totally right, a lot of the money is wasted on researches that aren’t important at the time. Problems like pollution and cancer must be made first priority. Spending money on space exploring is not a waste in my opinion.
I wish that we had never stopped going to the moon.
@Tenocticatl
I really shouldn’t be dong this (getting into an argument on youtube).
You are so wrong about asteroid detection. If we detect them early (which is the goal of the asteroid detection part of WISE) we can get years (even decades, or centuries) of warning about potential impactors. I am not just some guy commenting on youtube, I actually work in this field. You can believe me if you want, I am not going to stick around and argue about this on here.
so, u disagree with the WISE program, yet u seem very interested in it? i think u wasted ur time posting a comment.
It would be cool if you saw a large forsterite crystal that split the spectrum behind it making the spectrometer obsolete.
okay my mistake… But even then, how could they stop such a thing? I know there’s some ideas on the subject, like wrapping the rock in solar sail, or using something heavy to pull it off course, but nothing that’s actually been tested. Again, let me know if I’m wrong on this one.
My point is, space exploration is pretty fundamental science, for the most part. As such, it’s rather pointless to discuss its usefulness as a whole. I hope we can agree on that.
doesn’t matter. escape velocity is about mach 24, if I remember right.
And yes, I get the Python reference 🙂
BZZT!! WRONG answer!!There is no Nabiru. They are not looking for something that isn’t there.
Anyone who believes in that stupid 2012 crap and fantasy invisible planets do not know anything about astronomical science.
ALL (and I mean ALL) astronomical objects of any significant size can be detected by its gravitational effect without the need to launch ships to look for it, in infra-red or any other spectral frequency.
Once more for the dummies. There is NO Nabiru!!
I am shocked to see what looks like reasonable conversation on youtube.
If we only had a few months warning, then yeah, we are probably screwed, but if we had a few years, don’t you think the combined efforts of the entire world could do something? It isn’t like we would only have a few people working on this. Work on all other things could be put on the back burner (if we are all dead, they are unimportant).
It took us about 8 years to go from no manned space flight to the moon. Using 1960’s tech! And there are a lot of theories on how you would divert an asteroid. Don’t you think that it would be worth trying them if we thought that there was a strong chance of an impact?
I am confident that if we had 5 years to a decade (or more) warning, we could figure this one out…
Oh, I’m all for that. I’m not too keen on humanity “doing the dinosaur thing” so to speak. But there’s a lot of tech that would still need to be developed, which most people won’t consider necessary unless we’ve got a left-over Alp hurtling towards us. And I’d rather be prepared in advance. The problem with space, I think, is that many people think it’s a waist of resources, partly perhaps because its goals are too vague. Take the Mars-direct plan (youtube it) vs NASA’s constellation programme.
There is a brown dwarf though: that chauffeur guy from Me, Myself & Irene 🙂
A noble effort, but I think you’re wasting your time replying to folks like this, LordAfwa. He/she will just think you’re brainwashed by the government or something. Logic and evidence are no match for a conspiracy theorist (or ‘believer’ if you will).
BTW, I read in the paper the other day that that whole 2012 thing is due to a typo: the mayan calender doesn’t run out ’till 2120, when it enters the era 13.0.0.1 🙂
And other than that, I simply think space exploration is really cool and I’d like to see the various agencies and companies make the most of it.
Something that bothers me is the international competition, especially where the moon is concerned. These things should be used to strengthen international cooperation, and maybe provide a sense of unity between countries. This might actually deepen a feeling of purpose, and thus increase support for space flight. But that’s just me. 🙂
As beautiful and dramatic as this is, there must be a better launch mechanism, even in this gravity.
you cant be more right my friend. Im happy to know that people like you still excite. Wars expenses are huge. Governments can always finance more useful research but they spend their money on military ( opportunity cost) . what a shame, what a shame.
muito tenso !!
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