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Too bad we didn't send an orbiter to map it all in detail. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #1
I read about that. Not easy. Wilms Sep 2015 #6
In order to not need a whole lot of energy (rocket fuel) to go into orbit mindwalker_i Sep 2015 #12
Let's see if all the Kerbal Space Program has helped... RexDart Sep 2015 #31
Yeah, they are different worlds mindwalker_i Sep 2015 #33
Nobody ever expected Pluto to be so interesting Kotya Sep 2015 #7
Most expected a big snowball. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #11
Alan Stern did! (nt) PosterChild Sep 2015 #19
Almost all initial reconiscance of planetary bodies .... PosterChild Sep 2015 #25
I know, this trip revealed a very high atmosphere that could cause drag on an orbiter. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #28
Good example (nt) PosterChild Sep 2015 #30
Or possibly be used for aerobraking daleo Sep 2015 #37
Are there no colors out there? Cayenne Sep 2015 #2
They ran out of the Polaroid fixing solution. They have to use the Brownie now. Elmer S. E. Dump Sep 2015 #8
I think these shots were made with the... PosterChild Sep 2015 #24
Not Lorri, Ralph Baclava Sep 2015 #32
Thanks! That is a very detailed, and accurate . ... PosterChild Sep 2015 #39
I know someone who was on the original launch team in 2006 hobbit709 Sep 2015 #3
SWRI? (nt) PosterChild Sep 2015 #27
No doubt this is impressive chapdrum Sep 2015 #4
Hardly a sliver of a sliver starroute Sep 2015 #9
NASA is not military . ... PosterChild Sep 2015 #21
NASA budget is non-military, the problem is Congress (and space pork). Statistical Sep 2015 #34
I agree; we should be taxing the trillions stashed offshore by corporations and wealthy individuals. byronius Sep 2015 #10
I agree with most chapdrum Sep 2015 #13
I guess you don't know much about NASA science projects, Peace Patriot Sep 2015 #23
Perhaps was being unfairly reductive chapdrum Sep 2015 #29
Holy fucking shit. True Blue Door Sep 2015 #5
a lesson in prejudice for all JI7 Sep 2015 #14
Yeppir, it looks like a planet to me. Prisoner_Number_Six Sep 2015 #15
It's a planetoid, get it right Cayenne Sep 2015 #20
A - frigging - right!! (nt) PosterChild Sep 2015 #26
Very cool! Thanks for posting, brooklynite. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #16
I like this one HomerRamone Sep 2015 #17
I'll be damned tabasco Sep 2015 #22
Who wants to grab their mountaineering gear and meet me there? FSogol Sep 2015 #18
If anyone ever tells you this is too expensive ... Statistical Sep 2015 #35
And think of the price per mile.....0.015 CENTS! brooklynite Sep 2015 #36
I saw this on another website and I think it sums it up "for aeons, Pluto ..." Statistical Sep 2015 #38
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