Comments on: NASA’s IBEX to Explore Termination Shock and Leave Solar System http://www.uberreview.com/2008/10/nasas-ibex-to-explore-termination-shock-and-leaving-solar-system.htm An Eclectic Mix Of Gadgets & Wired Madness Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:15:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Edward Sisson http://www.uberreview.com/2008/10/nasas-ibex-to-explore-termination-shock-and-leaving-solar-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14960 Edward Sisson Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:08:52 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/?p=8419#comment-14960 You should change the title of this post and re-write it, because the IBEX is not going to leave the solar system -- it is orbiting above Earth's magnetic field. It is working right now -- this is not a case in which it is correct to write that "when it eventually reaches its destination" it will generate data. It is already at its destination. You should change the title of this post and re-write it, because the IBEX is not going to leave the solar system — it is orbiting above Earth’s magnetic field. It is working right now — this is not a case in which it is correct to write that “when it eventually reaches its destination” it will generate data. It is already at its destination.

]]> By: Steve http://www.uberreview.com/2008/10/nasas-ibex-to-explore-termination-shock-and-leaving-solar-system.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14224 Steve Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:30:09 +0000 http://www.uberreview.com/?p=8419#comment-14224 "It is hoped that it will travel approximately 200,000 miles to reach the edge of our solar system..." You should rephrase that because it makes it sound like our solar system is significantly smaller than it is. The moon is close to 250,000 miles from the Earth. From PopSci: "The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, will be propelled from the Kwajalein Atoll into a high-altitude orbit that will eventually take it about 200,000 miles from Earth, where it will capture images of processes taking place in the termination shock and beyond." “It is hoped that it will travel approximately 200,000 miles to reach the edge of our solar system…”

You should rephrase that because it makes it sound like our solar system is significantly smaller than it is. The moon is close to 250,000 miles from the Earth.

From PopSci:

“The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, will be propelled from the Kwajalein Atoll into a high-altitude orbit that will eventually take it about 200,000 miles from Earth, where it will capture images of processes taking place in the termination shock and beyond.”

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