r/technology • u/Peter55667 • 8h ago

Space Say Goodbye to Juno, NASA’s Groundbreaking Mission to Jupiter

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-nasas-juno-probe-changed-everything-we-know-about-jupiter/
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u/MotheroftheworldII 3h ago

Say goodbye to NASA and all the scientific missions we would have had before the orange person moved into the white house.

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u/_Moho_braccatus_ 2h ago

I know this was planned for a while, but why specifically shut Juno down now if it's still viable to use past it's mission date? Is it like with Cassini where they wanted to prevent contaminating the planet's moons?

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u/Skylion007 1h ago

In short, yes. Also the electronics are risk of damage from Jupiter's strong magnetic fields and its elliptical orbit through them so better to crash it while the electronics are still functioning.

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u/AlexandersWonder 5h ago

Goodbye, Juno.

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u/crackabottle500 3h ago

Goodbye, Juno.

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u/SnoopCat226 4h ago

Goodbye, Juno

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u/MxTide 11m ago

Goodbye, Juno. Also, goodbye NASA. Also, in fact, goodbye America!