Love this one too. ^^

I really hope we find Aliens there.

If so, I really hope the Government of USA gives us the information about Aliens on Jupiter rather than keeping it a secret.

I wonder how religious people will feel when they find out we are not alone due to existence of other Alien species.

I... hoped this would be a more serious thread. My bad.

But still, see the AMA for some more answers if you're interested, on top of the mission sites at and [url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html]NASA.
Past this, patience and keep expectations in check. Science operations won't start for quite some months, till then it's testing and calibrating, and any data they will obtain and make public is a bonus. As for images, says there that at least in case of satellites don't expect anything better than from Galileo or even Voyager, as it'll be worse detail and not a good orbit for it anyway.

What I'm more down about is that, with Cassini set to deorbit into Saturn next year and Juno into Jupiter in early 2018, and New Horizons already beyond, as of that early 2018 date humanity will be left with nothing operational in the outer solar system for the first time in a very long time. And the only firm plan for the future that go beyond Mars is ESA's JUICE, with a launch in 2022 and arrival at Jupiter in 2030. NASA's planned mission to Europa is set for a launch in the 2020s and may arrive before JUICE even if it'll launch a fair bit later if it'll use the SLS, but that's not set in stone yet. And other than that, nothing.

Now carry on.

Right! When we get these new photos, it will be (at best, if hardware permits) just a closeup of Jupiter atmosphere anyway. And the truth is, even if we could see through the atmosphere, there's not much we could see since it's just hydrogen & helium (for the most part) and the deeper we go, the denser it gets where eventually turns to liquid and then who knows what (I don't think we can reproduce Jupiter's tremendous core pressures in a laboratory).

In any case, Juno should provide interesting data but to be honest, I'd be more interested to learn more about the Galilean moons, especially Europa. :)

All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landing there. Use them together. Use them in peace.

Not really. To find the real tinyE we just have to ask: Which one is the chill dude that does chill things?

Telika?

...I mean the OTHER chill dude that does chill things.

Point of note (sometimes it's hard to tell if tinyE is being serious or not): the probe is not entering the Jovian atmosphere while performing its mission. It will, eventually, end up falling into those swirling gases, but that will be after its 37th orbit when the mission is basically over and its orbit has decayed.

However, it should provide a lot of good solid data about Jupiter and may help to answer questions about Jupiter's origins, whether there is a solid core or not, what causes (and sustains) the storms such as the Great Red Spot, what causes the intense radiation associated with the giant planet, and many other mysteries (some not even suspected, I'd wager).

Sorry, geeking out here, but this is several orders of magnituse beyond cool.

*and yes, Cavalary, I agree it's sad that this is looking like the beginning of a huge gap in human exploration of the solar system.

Who actually looks at THOSE things?

Sidenote, when I first saw the title of this thread, I was almost sure that it would be snowkatt posting the news, yet somehow tinyE beat her to it?
You losin' your touch, katt?

Either Jupiter´s gravity is having an upward lift effect on Juno or it´s pretty cold in there :D

It´s like they are trying to photograph the face of Jupiter with a stereocam.

serious ?
on here ?

not really that interested in the whole thing
what makes you think i would be posting the news ?

I just hope the Jovians don't come here to conquer earth.

Not much outside of the fact that you have a tendency to post the news.

didnt think people here would be all that interested

considering its so far just 2 pages and most of said pages hardly serious it seems i was right ;p