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To: SunkenCiv

I can’t find it, but after New Horizons beamed back telemetry data post-flyby, to effectively indicate that it didn’t get destroyed by rocks etc during the flyby, Alan Stern came into the auditorium waving a small, hand-held American flag. It was very cool.

Here is a video of Alan Stern reviewing that moment - note at the 1:02 mark the American flags in the coffee cups. https://youtu.be/hi7Si4Ssos4

New Horizons may the the last, great moment of purely American pioneering space exploration.

I hope not.


56 posted on 09/02/2024 12:05:30 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

He’s got a good head on his shoulders.


57 posted on 09/02/2024 12:09:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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