Still eight million miles to go. Flyby is July 14.
To: LibWhacker
When I was a kid, Pluto was still a planet.
2 posted on
07/02/2015 9:31:52 PM PDT by
wastedyears
(Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls, out Sept 4th, 2015)
To: LibWhacker
A big snowball. Bigger than a comet, smaller than a planet.
3 posted on
07/02/2015 9:32:11 PM PDT by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: LibWhacker
It’s a thrill to watch that animation ... and more to come!
4 posted on
07/02/2015 9:39:02 PM PDT by
dr_lew
To: LibWhacker
Looks kind of goofy to me.
6 posted on
07/02/2015 10:14:26 PM PDT by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: LibWhacker
7 posted on
07/02/2015 11:00:03 PM PDT by
Prospero
(Omnis caro fenum)
To: LibWhacker
6 earth days make one Plutonian day. So the video presented shows a view of Pluto from the New Horizon which is closing at 30,000 mph. Or 660,000 MPD.... Or around 4 million miles approach to cover a full day on Pluto. Which means the clarity of the video is considerably sharper at the end of the day.
10 posted on
07/03/2015 3:15:59 AM PDT by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: LibWhacker
Shame it would has been a much bigger undertaking to supply the craft with enough fuel to allow New Horizons to slow itself into orbit....the craft may pick up speed as it slingshots around Pluto and out into Intersteller space.
11 posted on
07/03/2015 3:24:33 AM PDT by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: LibWhacker
13 posted on
07/03/2015 6:42:54 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: LibWhacker
Thank you Libwhacker for the wonderful updats
18 posted on
07/03/2015 12:11:15 PM PDT by
lbryce
(OBAMA:Misbegotten, GodForsaken, bastard offspring of Satan and Medusa)
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