Re:Nasa's Juno probe captures dramatic first close-up images...
by rosbrith on Friday May 26, 2017 @04:20AM
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> So, is there an advanced hidden civilization underneath that gas and pressure?
A major plotline in "The Algebraist" by Iain M Banks (sci-fi, but not a Culture novel) centres around a species who live in gas giants.
> I wonder why they mention the price of the probe on there.
Some Guardian commenters like to express the opinion that space exploration is a waste of money which could be better spent on other projects closer to home, so I suspect there was an element of provocation to this.
A major plotline in "The Algebraist" by Iain M Banks (sci-fi, but not a Culture novel) centres around a species who live in gas giants.
> I wonder why they mention the price of the probe on there.
Some Guardian commenters like to express the opinion that space exploration is a waste of money which could be better spent on other projects closer to home, so I suspect there was an element of provocation to this.