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NASA's Juno, Armored Tank Heading For Jupiter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gonna-be-a-bumpy-ride dept.

coondoggie writes "When it comes to ensuring that its upcoming Juno spacecraft can survive its mission, NASA is surrounding the spacecraft's electronic innards with titanium to ward off mission-threatening radiation. Juno's so-called radiation vault weighs about 200 kilograms (500 pounds), has walls that measure about a square meter (nearly 9 square feet) in area, about 1 centimeter (a third of an inch) in thickness, and 18 kilograms (40 pounds) in mass. About the size of an SUV's trunk — encloses Juno's command and data handling box, power and data distribution unit and about 20 other electronic assemblies, according to NASA."

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  1. Let the fat jokes commence by Widowwolf · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not fat, It's thick plated!

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  2. Re:Unit conversions by chill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Close enough for government work.

    aka

    "Mars Polar Lander"

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  3. Re:Unit conversions by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    So one square meter isn't a square with 1 meter sides?

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  4. Re:Unit conversions by PagosaSam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Jesus boys and girls! I had to go back reread the summary to remember what the topic was! Hint: it's not metric/english conversion.

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