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NASA launches armoured storm probes to the Van Allen belts

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  • 31-08-2012 12:16am
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    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/30/radiation_belt_storm_probes_launched/

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    NASA has successfully launched two Radiation Belt Storm Probes into Earth's orbit to start a two-year mission to study the two giant donuts of plasma trapped in radiation surrounding the plane


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    TheChizler
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    I hate the word "boffins".


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    shedweller
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    Hopefully this will lead to a greater understanding of the radiation that surrounds us. We need to learn how to deal with this if we are to explore the universe. Loads more study on this please!!


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    shizz
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    NASA has successfully launched two Radiation Belt Storm Probes into Earth's orbit to start a two-year mission to study the two giant donuts of plasma trapped in radiation surrounding the plane

    Trapped in radiation? Is it not that they are trapped by the magnetic field at those positions, with the plasma causing the radiation?


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