aboutked to kenny stearns the spacecraft's successful entry.important to science because it is so massive and it is the first planet formed in our solar system. -- iss important interested in what is in it is made up of. so this will unravel a lot of the ministries on how the solar system was formed and maybe where we came from. cory: what are the problems this could face? : some of the biggest obstacles have to do with the massive amounts of radiation that surrounds the planet itself. radiation is very damaging to electronics as well as people. intensityuch higher at jupiter. spacecraft will be going in and out of these radiation belts at different levels and it will be observing these radiation, which will ultimately be its demise in the mission is over. cory: remind me when this patient took off. we launched it on august 5, 2011. of the technological advancements that have happened in the ensuing five years that you wish you could have taken advantage of. kenny: we haven't run into any of those things yet. buildtime we make a new for a space

we spoke with the project manager, kenny stearns. >> jupiter>> is important to science because it isssive, and it was one of the first or the first planet that was formed in our solar system. scientists are interested sowhat may jupiter, this will give a good indication and unravel a lot of the mysteries about how this solar system formed, and maybe even where we came from. cory: what are the biggest obstacles, biggest problems this could face? kenny: other than the sheer distance away, some of the biggest obstacles have to do with massive amounts of radiation that surrounds the planet itself. radiation is very damaging to electronic as well as people for that matter, but it is so much jupiter.tensity at our spacecraft will be going in and out of these radiation belts at different levels and absorbing this radiation, which will eventually be its demise when the mission is over. cory: remind me when this mission started or when the spaceship took off. kenny: we launched it august 6, 2011. cory: are there technological advances that happened in the ensuing five years that you wish you