The Juno Mission November 3, 2011

[Sparky]

http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2011/11/03/3661/

Rendezvous with Jupiter should take place in July of 2016. Upon arrival, Juno will enter a north-south polar orbit.---

--All four of Jupiter’s largest moons were discovered to leave their marks in the aurora in the shape of “tails” flowing within the plasma column. Later, when NASA launched New Horizons on a mission to study Pluto and Charon, the “plumes” of Tvashtar, a gigantic volcano on Io, were found to be filamentary in structure, with indications that they are actually corona arc discharges from the electric “hot spots” linking the moon with Jupiter.

What do they do to protect Juno from the electrically activity environment? The polar orbit will take it over the most active parts of the planet, won't it?

[mharratsc]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that they must have something analogous to 'static wicks', that would keep the craft in equilibrium with the electrical environment it is orbiting in.

[The Great Dog]

Thanks for the lesson. The Great Dog was unaware of static wicks.

The Juno mission website has this to say:

To protect sensitive spacecraft electronics, Juno will carry the first radiation shielded electronics vault, a critical feature for enabling sustained exploration in such a heavy radiation environment. This feature of the mission is relevant to NASA's Vision for Space Exploration, which addresses the need for protection against harsh radiation in space environments beyond the safety of low-Earth orbit.

TGD

[Sparky]

Thanks for the info.... this mission may produce more "unexpected anomalies "...