Launched on August 3rd 2004, NASA's MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging probe) is the first probe to visit Mercury in over 30 years. It has just beamed back images of the planet that can be viewed here. The probe will have two more flybys of Mercury before going into permanent orbit in 2011. Read more at Wikipedia.
Ooo, a big gray rock.
NASA is cool and all, but all it is good for is showing those Russians who commands the skies.
If the money was spent on terrestrial studies, we would all be driving flying cars by now!!!
Posted by: SomeGuy | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 12:07 AM
"If the money was spent on terrestrial studies, we would all be driving flying cars by now!!!" Give me the big grey rocks! After dealing with all the assholes driving in to work this morning, I don't think I'd want to deal with those same assholes in the air!!!
Posted by: worrymon | Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 02:02 PM