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NASA spaceship set for New Year flyby of Ultima Thule, farthest world to be photographed
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Posted on 12/31/2018 1:32:54 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
Ping!........................
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posted on
12/31/2018 1:33:13 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Until tomorrow, then, here's a GIF of Uranus.
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posted on
12/31/2018 1:46:47 PM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/31/2018 1:53:56 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: fishtank
December 30 2018 - 4 million klicks and closing
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:05:31 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
( WWG1WGA)
To: fishtank
December 31 2018 - 1.9 million klicks and closing
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:07:55 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
( WWG1WGA)
To: Red Badger
It’s the farthest to be visited by a spacecraft, not photographed.
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:15:09 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Moonman62
“visit” being a euphemism for a 30,000 mile per hour
flyby, culminating in a later long, slow return of the
images and data over two years;
the first to arrive tomorrow night.
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:19:29 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
( WWG1WGA)
To: Moonman62
Wouldn’t be both?.....................
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:20:02 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Diogenesis
That’s a good one.
Where did you find it?
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:20:03 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Red Badger
Only if we don’t count photographs by telescopes.
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:44:19 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: fishtank
That’s definitely Neptune.
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:56:17 PM PST
by
Campion
((marine dad))
To: Red Badger
I’m guessing Voyager 1 and 2 are the furthest man made objects from Earth. But they did not “visit” any objects beyond a few planets in our Solar System.
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:57:56 PM PST
by
tennmountainman
("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right")
To: Red Badger
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posted on
12/31/2018 2:58:59 PM PST
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
To: Red Badger
Why was the name Ultima Thule chosen?
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posted on
12/31/2018 3:08:20 PM PST
by
frogjerk
(We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
To: Red Badger
Gotta love the engineering that goes into making something like this to happen.
To: frogjerk
Why was the name Ultima Thule chosen?Thule was a legendary city to the Romans far far to the north. Ultima Thule means the furthest away. Thulium, element #69 , was also named after that legendary city.
Another bit of trivia, The Far Horizons prob was made to visit Pluto and did so. Plutonium, element #94 , was named after Pluto which was considered a planet at the time. (#92=Uranium , #93=Neptunium, #94=Plutonium). By the way it was Plutonium which powered the probe and still does.
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posted on
12/31/2018 3:18:50 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong)
To: Campion
Oops.
I didn’t make that GIF, but thanks.
I guess you know how not to identify Uranus?
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posted on
12/31/2018 3:25:25 PM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: frogjerk
"Why was the name Ultima Thule chosen?"
Cuz it's cold and out in the middle of nowhere.....
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posted on
12/31/2018 3:28:30 PM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: frogjerk
Why was the name Ultima Thule chosen?
****************************************
Because that’s where the Thule Society came from. Duh.
/s.
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posted on
12/31/2018 3:28:45 PM PST
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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