July 6th, 2016: JUNO Probe

xoxoxoBruce · 07-05-2016, 10:10 PM

You have to have heard of the JUNO Probe, even under your rock.
This is where it's been for five years, getting to where we wanted it to be.

Looks like a typical kid going straight home.

Griff · 07-06-2016, 06:36 AM

That was another brilliant success for our species. Now if our politics don't lead to an extinction event, what's next?

Snakeadelic · 07-06-2016, 07:22 AM

The concept that we could figure out the math to do this just boggles my math-impaired little brain.

The graphic, however, reminds me of an online game I used to play called Spaced Penguin. For those unfamiliar, you had a little astronaut penguin and a "course" of little blips he had to pick up. The challenge was that the courses were stuffed with objects that generated gravity and you had to launch your penguin just right so that the gravity would change his flight path and take him over the little blips. The last few levels were hair-tearing, grownups-do-cry difficult.

For some reason I think the penguin was named Kevin, but I could be swapping mental wires again on that one.

glatt · 07-06-2016, 07:33 AM

Nice animation. Thanks Bruce!

footfootfoot · 07-06-2016, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snakeadelic

The concept that we could figure out the math to do this just boggles my math-impaired little brain.

I know, right? I round off the the nearest hundredth if I'm being super accurate. These guys must be 20 decimal places at least.

And don't forget the bastards did it with slide rules going to the moon, didn't they?

07-05-2016, 10:10 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	July 6th, 2016: JUNO Probe You have to have heard of the JUNO Probe, even under your rock. This is where it's been for five years, getting to where we wanted it to be. Looks like a typical kid going straight home. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-06-2016, 06:36 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That was another brilliant success for our species. Now if our politics don't lead to an extinction event, what's next? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-06-2016, 07:22 AM	#3
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	The concept that we could figure out the math to do this just boggles my math-impaired little brain. The graphic, however, reminds me of an online game I used to play called Spaced Penguin. For those unfamiliar, you had a little astronaut penguin and a "course" of little blips he had to pick up. The challenge was that the courses were stuffed with objects that generated gravity and you had to launch your penguin just right so that the gravity would change his flight path and take him over the little blips. The last few levels were hair-tearing, grownups-do-cry difficult. For some reason I think the penguin was named Kevin, but I could be swapping mental wires again on that one.

07-06-2016, 07:33 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Nice animation. Thanks Bruce!

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