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The Skeptics Guide #998 - Aug 24 2024

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

CHAPTER

JUICE Mission: A Journey Through Space

This chapter explores the groundbreaking JUICE mission launched by the European Space Agency, which successfully completed a lunar gravity assist en route to Venus. The speakers discuss the mission's objectives to study Jupiter and its moons, as well as the historical context of space travel mathematics and critical calculations by early NASA engineers. With an engaging narrative that includes future data releases and a humorous potential renaming of the spacecraft, this chapter sheds light on the complexities and excitement of interplanetary exploration.

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