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To: John W

35 years and we are just now on the verge of interstellar space.


6 posted on 12/03/2012 5:50:33 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

We’re capable of building considerably faster propulsion now. New Horizons could have catching up if the planets had been in the right positions for a gravitational slingshot. As it is its almost 25 AU from the sun now.


9 posted on 12/03/2012 6:01:45 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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Sitting up here watching all the lights blink down below... the earth is turning, why does it go so slow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-K5hQl834


10 posted on 12/03/2012 6:01:45 PM PST by Klemper
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To: Blood of Tyrants; cripplecreek

No, 40 years and we finally know the words to the song Rocket Man.

Traveling away from the Earth at the speed of light, the Aliens intercepted the signal and finally figured it out.

Then they sent a Tweet to Cripplecreek and we all know now!


32 posted on 12/03/2012 8:03:54 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (As they say in China, erections have consequences...)
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