[lbryce]

I remember how I felt with the launch of the Cassini-Huygens probe. Seven years! Seven long years before we enter Saturn's majestic realm of rings and moons. Saturn, the crown jewels of the solar system. Well, it's ironic that Cassini first approached Saturn on the July 4 weekend. It was exciting times in deep space exploration.

I do not fancy Pluto in any way reminiscent of Saturn. Nor did I ever look in anticipation to New Horizons arrival at the frozen edges of the solar system with much thought about any encounter with Pluto after all these years. But now, the passage of time having come and gone, and we find ourselves on the precipice of viewing what has never been seen before, my curiosity is piqued but only to a nearly disinterested degree. The pictures of Pluto are only no beginning to show form, shape, planetary landmarks and other worldly visions, the best is yet to come. And two weeks in which the excitement will build up to finally be able to say, Ahh, so this is Pluto and its several moons. A big deal of nothing going on on the very outskirts of our little corner of the vast, inexplicable universe.

[lbryce]

Regards to you from Pluto (almost)

[Politicalkiddo]

I am so excited! This is what I’ve been waiting for.

[dr_lew]

The decision on whether to keep the spacecraft on its original course or adopt a Safe Haven by Other Trajectory, or "SHBOT" path, had to be made this week since the last opportunity to maneuver New Horizons onto an alternate trajectory is July 4.

I feel a song coming on.

[dr_lew]

Ahh, so this is Pluto and its several moons. A big deal of nothing going on on the very outskirts of our little corner of the vast, inexplicable universe.

I don't think you get it. In fact you contradict yourself.

[Organic Panic]

I am offended. All these Greeks gettin’ there names on the planets and moons. Where’s the Shitavious, Devonte, and Shaniqua moons??? Didn’t astronomers hear what Al Sharpton said about the Greeks?

[Flick Lives]

This site is a scale model of the Solar System. Very neat. Provides a good sense of just how much empty space their is in our own very average main sequence star system.

If the Moon were only 1 Pixel