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Questions for a NASA Fellow

 

See our Mercury MESSENGER VoiceThread

 

Miss W's 1st Grade

Oliver: What are those circles or dots on the pictures of Mercury?  (Like in THIS picture.)

Mary: Do you think any asteroids ever hit Mercury?

Jacob: When did MESSENGER leave Earth?

 Eloise:  How big is Mercury?

Mackenzie: How long did it take MESSENGER to get to Mercury?

Allison: Why is it named MESSENGER?

Leah:  How did the holes on Mercury get there?

Kim: How do the pictues get back to Earth?

MAcKenzie:  How did MESSENGER get into outer space?

 

Mrs. M's First Grade

Caleb:  Why does it look so grey?

Kylie:  Why is it so rocky?

Stephen:  Why does the planet have circles on the surface? (Like in THIS picture.)

Jordan: Why were there holes on Mercury?

Taylor: How big is Mercury?  Why is it that size?

Lauren:  Why is Mercury not pretty not Earth?  Why isn't it different colors?

Amelia: Why is Mercury so hot?

Chase: Why is Mercury so cold at night?

Mackenna: Why is Mercury so small?  (Jupiter is MUCH bigger!)

Ryan: Is there anything like people on Mercury?   Any aliens?

Brian: Is there any air to breathe on Mercury?

Madison: Why does Earth look so blue?

Joie:  How do they make sure MESSENGER gets to the right planet?

Ashtin: Why is it so colorful here, but not on Mercury?

Mike: ; How does the MESSENGER probe know where it's going?

Madison: How did MESSENGER get there?

Kylie: Did MESSENGER take pictures of Earth too?

Caleb and Ashtin and Kyle:   Why is Mercury so bumpy and rocky?

Brian:  Is MESSENGER going to land on Mercury?  I'm afraid it will fall in a crater.

Caleb:  Does the Earth have any grey on it like Mercury when you see it from space?

Joie: Is there any water there?

 

Lots of kids want to know: In some of the pictures, there were blue lines in the picture.  What are they?

 

Mrs. S's class

 

Sara:  Why did the probe visit Mercury?

noah:  How did Mercury form?  How did it get where it is?

Jadelynne:  How do you control the probe?  Is there a steering wheel?

Ashley:  Does the size of a planet ever change?

Mike & Eli: How did Mercury get there?  How did it form?

Noah:  How long did it take to make the oprobe, and how long to make the rocket?

Sara:  How did the spaceship get off the earth?

Sydney:  How many years did it take to get to Mercury?

Ashley: Can the planet ever break?

Hunter: Does Messenger have special equipment on it besides a camera?

Mike and Noah:  Are there volcanoes and lava on Mercury?

Jadelynne: If people go to Mercury , would they have to wear space suits?

Mackenzie:  Did the earth turn different colors or did it always look like it does now?

Noah and Mike:  how many planets have we sent probes to so far?

Logan:  how hot does the sun get?