Scientists Urge NASA to Explore Uranus

[Nithavela]

An influential panel of scientists says NASA should put exploration of Uranus at the top of its to-do list. The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) made the recommendation in its report on "the next decade of planetary science and astrobiology." The only visit thus far to the seventh planet in the solar system occurred in 1986 when the Voyager-2 probe made a brief fly-by, the BBC reports. Now that objects sized similarly to Uranus are being discovered around other stars, scientists are hoping for a better understanding of the ice giant.

Scientists Urge NASA to Explore Uranus

 

[public hermit]

Apparently, Uranus is is not the only one; others are very similar. They should explore Uranus so they will know what to expect from the others. Who knows what they might learn in the end?

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Guys. C'mon. April Fool's was almost 3 weeks ago.

 

[Nithavela]

Guys. C'mon. April Fool's was almost 3 weeks ago.

I think that exploring Uranus is hardly a joke.

 

[essentialsaltes]

My doctor's been after me about this, too.

 

[Chesterton]

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[Chesterton]

I hope this is a long-running thread! I never get tired of this kind of humor! I was studying to be a nutritionist, but got kicked out of school for laughing out loud every time someone said fatty acids.

 

[Nithavela]

I can tell that we don't have many people on here who are interested in uranus.

 

[Sparagmos]

I can tell that we don't have many people on here who are interested in uranus.

I came here for both Uranus and the jokes.

I am all for more space exploration. I know it’s not realistic at this time, but imagine if instead of a giant military budget that money was going into space exploration!

 

[Going_Nowhere]

 

[sjastro]

The IAU (International Astronomy Union) an evil organization according to one member here put a stop to Uranus jokes in 2620.

 

[St_Worm2]

In the future we will come to depend upon Uranus as one of our best alternative energy sources (after we finally get the methane farms up and running in Uranus' southern hemisphere, that is). It's predicted that this will happen towards the end of the 24th and a half century.

So, it seems to me that the scientists' urgings to explore Uranus is sound advice indeed.

 

[SkyWriting]

Scientists Urge NASA to Explore Uranus

There is unexplored life on the ocean floor. Perhaps some that is still edible.
But then the same "scientists" would have to do some real work on this planet and get their feet wet and hands dirty.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

There is unexplored life on the ocean floor. Perhaps some that is still edible.
But then the same "scientists" would have to do some real work on this planet and get their feet wet and hands dirty.

I'd rather let them address the issues that interest them - and there are already scientists doing real work on this planet and getting their feet wet and hands dirty.

 

[SkyWriting]

I'd rather let them address the issues that interest them - and there are already scientists doing real work on this planet and getting their feet wet and hands dirty.

Sure. They can read up on anything they want.