Our Questions

 

Mrs. Carll's class:

1. How was the MESSENGER probe made?
2. What is it like on the surface of Mercury?
3. What are the bumps and holes on the surface of the planet?

  

Mrs. Dale & Mrs. Johnson's class:

1. Has anyone been to Mercury before?
   
2. Is the sun on fire?
   
3. How did that rock and dust come together to make Mercury?
   
4. What is the gold stuff inside the probe?
   
5. Where is the probe going next? 

 

Mr. Lyons' class:

1. What does it feel like up in space? --Jenny
2. What tools are you sending to Mercury? How old is Mercury?  Who made the tools that are on the Messenger? --Casey
3. What does it look like up in space? --Betsy
4. Why are you interested in space? --Madisyn
5. Has the Messenger Probe ever fallen down from space? Where will go after Mercury? How close does the probe get to Mercury?  --Adam
6. How old is the probe? How did they launch it into space? --Kimmy
7. Do they know if there is any life on Mercury? --John
8. How do they know when the probe is near Mercury? --Alex
9. How many people are needed to control the probe in space?  --Mikey
10. How does the probe take pictures? --Joel

 

Mrs. Piraino's class:

1. What is the material the probe is made of that keeps it from melting near the sun?
2. How close does the probe actually get to the surface of Mercury?
3. How do you fix equipment if it breaks when the probe is millions of miles away?

  

Mrs. Reitz's class:

1. How do they launch the space proble, because there is lots of gravity on Earth? --Cara
2. How many computers are on the probe? --Caleb
3. Does the space probe go to Mercury and on its way back does it melt if it gets close to the sun? --Cody
4. When the mission is over, where and how does the space probe land? --Maddie
5. How does the space probe move? --Mackenzie
6. How do they make the rocket that luanches the space probe? --Ethan
7. how close to the sun is Mercury? --Mikey
8. How close to the sun cand the probe get? --Alex
9. How much experience does someone need to build a space probe? --Cara
10. How long will the space probe be in space on this mission? --Caleb

 

Mrs. Smith's class:

1. How long would it take a space shuttle to get to Mercury?
2. Could a shuttle hover or land on Mercury?
3. Has anyone seen life on Mercury?
4. Could we use Mercury as a planet for energy sources like oil or natural gas?

 

Questions from the 2008 FlyBy

 

2009 Questions