A nice tribute to Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto in 1903. A small container of his cremated remains is attached to the space craft. I suppose it will head on into interstellar space after the fly by.
Wow!
A fitting tribute.
Wow!
Tombaugh was an interesting guy. I was a member of the Astronomical Society of Las Cruses. When I joined in the early 90’s I had no clue he was a member. He gave several talks as I recall one was about the Laborious drawings of Mars he made using the Lowell Telescope, the one he used to find Pluto. He showed us all his drawings during his talk. It was amazing for its time back then. Sat next to him at some other events, It always brought a smile to my face to see him sporting his Walt Disney Pluto watch.
That should read "1930."
That should read "1930."