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Major geek out here, caught a live cast from NASA just as New Horizons made closest approach to Pluto. So can't wait to see the pics and data. *squeeeeeeeeee!*
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I'm inclined to agree, though I might argue that Pluto and Charon are a set of binary planets, orbiting each other as they orbit the sun.
Ooooooh, the probe is set to phone home and start sending back data from its closest approach at around 1 am my time. I am SO gonna be glued to NASA's website, the first pics should be just stunning. Hell, the pics we've already got are stunning, and they don't have anything like the detail the closest approach pics will.
And in just a few more weeks, we'll get another set of pics from Dawn as it orbits Ceres. Maybe we'll finally figure out what all those shiny spots are. I so want them to be something more boggling than just ice or salt.
As if that wasn't enough.... We'll probably hear more from Philae as it and Rosetta accompany comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko closer to the sun and things get more active there. Evidence of photosynthesis as the comet warms up will not surprise me overly much. And even if Philae remains incommunicado, Rosetta will still be busily gathering data and sending it home until the comet gets too close to the sun.You're only delaying the inevitable, you run at your own expense. The repo man gets paid to chase you. ~ArgabargaComment
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Can they please restore Pluto to full planetary status?Comment
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I have been blown away with the pictures we've seen so far. I am really looking forward to the days ahead for the close up pictures of Pluto."Life is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid" Redd Foxx as Al Royal - The Royal Family - Pilot Episode - 1991.Comment
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The good pictures will be released starting at 2pm CDT today. Yes, I am excited."Life is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid" Redd Foxx as Al Royal - The Royal Family - Pilot Episode - 1991.Comment
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How long were you waiting to use that joke?
I AM the evil bastard!
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And here is the NSFW version.Quoth mjr View Post"I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."Comment
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Randall M. of XKCD has his own take on it, because of course he does...
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I would ask what it's like there but from playing Minecraft's Galacticraft, and going to the asteroid area (the current farthest place you can go) I have an idea.
It is so dark, and so quiet, and there is so much SPACE. You look back at where you think earth is, and go, "Oh, sh*t."Comment
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I wonder where the Gamalus base is on that map?"Life is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid" Redd Foxx as Al Royal - The Royal Family - Pilot Episode - 1991.Comment
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