Juno's first pictures from Jupiter orbit

[PJMcK]

NASA has released the first photographs transmitted by Juno from orbit around Jupiter:

http://www.space.com/33406-juno-jupiter-orbit-first-photo.html

This is such an exciting science expedition! This spacecraft is going to provide so much information about Jupiter and the origins of our Solar System that I suspect scientists will be studying the data for years to come.

[Volaris]

1. We should triple NASAs budget..it would still be so small that it's not like we would miss it

(ON EDIT) I'm one of the people who thinks NASA is worth 10 times what we pay for it...If Goldman Sucks or Citi had taken those pictures, they would charge us an obscene amount of money to see those images.

[klook]

2. Damn right.

Fortunately, the universe is Too Big To Fail.

Well, for a while, anyway.

[byronius]

3. I'd be on board with several orders of magnitude.

If we were going to be smart about it, that is. NASA is the most profitable investment we could make other than perhaps science education.

A few less massive military investments, a reasonable tax schedule for the hoarding class -- and we could really change the game.

[Big_K]

4. Plus, you know, Tang

'nuff said

[SCantiGOP]

10. Exploration is in our DNA

Culture stagnates when it settles into comfort and complacency.

[PJMcK]

5. Agree with your edit

NASA should be a crown jewel of the USA.

I don't have time today but perhaps we can continue this thread another time, Volaris.

[CognizantImpiety]

6. If Wall St. had taken the pictures, they'd be out of focus.

Its not like they are taking photos of their houses, boats, airplanes or stacks of bonus money they got from the bailouts.

[Jim__]

7. A NASA video of the approach - set to music

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[left-of-center2012]

8. From the link: "the three big Jovian moons"

Why are the called "Jovian"?

[getting old in mke]

9. Jove is another name of Jupiter (the god)

by Jove...

and Jovian sounds better than Jupterese...

[47of74]

11. And hopefully some day in the future we will have this...