Lucy Launches on Atlas V to Hunt Trojan Asteroids 

@Aztec Eagle-American Eagle wut the actual fuk did I just read?

@Aztec Eagle-American Eagle Sir, this is a Wendy's

that's where I was and it was amazing..

Rotating to even out the solar heating probably.

What would you prefer? Another launch alongside with a film crew???

I thought it was an animation for the first 20 or 30 seconds. Incredible video.

Yeah, Right before they visit us

@@davidritchie2727 The Trojans don't get to the inner solar system.

i've got no idea what the 3 lights are but perhaps the light at 50:35 is a satelite, planet or star. because the one at 50:35 is clearly not moving much but the camera is.

Too high for a tower, unless there’s a hill or something in the background. Could be a plane with centre light and one of each wing. Impossible to say really. NOT aliens lol.

at the wide angle shot those 3 lights in the sky are the 3 stars of orion’s belt, though they look unusually bright, thats just because the camera exposure is turned up at night so they can see the rocket. the dot moving from bottom to top is also another star, remember the rocket isn’t stationary in the sky, they are tracking it with a camera, making other things look like they move when they aren’t

@@aldunlop4622 yeah its Florida lol, the highest hills we have here are the 30m tall trash dumps next to the highway intersections

@@TheSpaceEngineer I'll take that, Thank You ✌

Larger solar arrays should help...especially considering it's distance from the sun...

NASA has no impact on environment - one rocket launch is equal to two airliner flights - its negligible, if anything NASA satellites help to save environment.

Ok and?

er.....you realize this is an Atlas 5 and not a Falcon 9?

This was NASA/ULA...NOT SpaceX

That's usually how expendable vehicle designs go about their business..

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Not until humanity as a whole gets smarter, and is able to mentally disconnect bombs from propulsion systems. Meaning, not for a long time.

Most likely internal lens reflection of lights somewhere else in the scene.

The second thing was probably just a star or planet.

Ion engine needs electricity, at the Jupiters orbit solar cells will generate barely enough power to operate the probe itself, during transitions they will need all the power just to transfer all collected data back.

The Atlas V is an expendable vehicle design.

Jupiter lagrange point objects are believed to date to the early solar system. A survey of these objects will lead to further refinement of solar system formation models. That may lead to better prospecting for space resources.

Sounds like you don’t appreciate what this mission is for

We don't know, that is why we explore.

@@dongiovanni4331 "Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?" -Carl Sagan

It will benefit Mankind by helping us learn about our origins. Any civilisation that pretends to be worth anything Must know about it's beginnings Not everything we do should be viewed in terms of a financial return on investment --we seem to be Obsessed with that nowadays. The 'return' will be a vast increase in our knowledge - that most useful thing we have.

The pay for the accuracy of ULA this mission requires that accuracy.

*Indeed it's very profitable!*

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I'm so glad to see that You're All so interested in the LUCY mission.

*Wow, so surprised you mentioned and recommended Edward Martin's I thought people don'tknow him, he's good at what he does*