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New Horizons to Pluto
I was a little surprised to hear that we are sending a vehicle to the planet Pluto in a few days. I'm also surprised that it's supposed to reach Pluto in almost ten years - as early as 2015. Now, I know Pluto is way way way out there from the Earth. Doesn't it take like eight minutes for sunlight to reach Pluto? I thought sending something to Pluto would take hundreds of years, not one decade. So, what do you think? Pluto is supposed to be made of mostly ice isn't it? Some people don't even consider Pluto a real planet, right? You think it's worth sending something way out there to Pluto? Also, New Horizons will be traveling at super fast speeds. You think it would be possible to have a space craft with astronauts go as fast as New Horizons will go? I kind of find this interesting - first we have the new NASA space vehicle that's eventually supposed to go to Mars. Now we are sending a vehicle to the farthest away planet Pluto in only ten years. It sounds like real travel in our solar system is starting to take seed. When will we reach Mars? Fifty years? If we can reach Mars and back and also send something to Pluto in only ten years then doesn't that make travel to Jupiter and Saturn a real possibility? Say we go to Mars in fifty years. When would Jupiter and Saturn be possible? 150 to 200 years from now? Sounds like the second space age could be starting. What do you think? |
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"Von Fourche" wrote in message nk.net... What do you think? I think it's painfully obvious you just won't take the hint and do some homework before posting. |
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"Von Fourche" wrote in
nk.net: I was a little surprised to hear that we are sending a vehicle to the planet Pluto in a few days. I'm also surprised that it's supposed to reach Pluto in almost ten years - as early as 2015. Now, I know Pluto is way way way out there from the Earth. Doesn't it take like eight minutes for sunlight to reach Pluto? No, that's Earth. Sunlight takes 4-5 hours to reach Pluto. I thought sending something to Pluto would take hundreds of years, not one decade. Pluto is currently near perihelion, and about as close to the sun as Neptune. Voyager 2 reached Neptune in 12 years, using multiple gravity assists. New Horizons will only use one gravity assist, but it's a much lighter spacecraft than Voyager and so its launch vehicle can send it much faster. So, what do you think? Pluto is supposed to be made of mostly ice isn't it? Some people don't even consider Pluto a real planet, right? You think it's worth sending something way out there to Pluto? Regardless of whether Pluto remains a "planet" (an arbitrary term anyway), it's one of the largest of the Kuiper Belt objects and its surface has probably remained mostly unchanged since the birth of the solar system. It has a thin atmosphere that will freeze out soon as it moves further from the sun, so now is a good time to visit. Also, New Horizons will be traveling at super fast speeds. You think it would be possible to have a space craft with astronauts go as fast as New Horizons will go? New Horizons weighs less than 1,000 lb. It's a lot easier to launch a tiny spacecraft at high speeds than a big one. It sounds like real travel in our solar system is starting to take seed. When will we reach Mars? Fifty years? I assume you mean manned - we have robotic spacecraft on Mars now. Under the current program, more like thirty years, assuming the political will behind the program can be sustained that long (unlikely, unfortunately). -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM. |
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New Horizons to Pluto
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:01:13 -0500, Scott Hedrick wrote:
trolling snipped I think it's painfully obvious you just won't take the hint I think he already knows the answers... to yanking the groups' chains. -- Chuck Stewart "Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just studying algebra?" |
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:37:56 GMT, Chuck Stewart
wrote: I think he already knows the answers... to yanking the groups' chains. ....Which says to me that he - and probably most of the little trolling *******s we've had the past month or two - knows exactly how stupid his questions are, and has asked them knowing full well we'll get ****ed and hand him his head. OM -- ]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ |
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New Horizons to Pluto
New Horizons will arrive at Pluto in about five years, not ten.
RM |
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Chuck Stewart wrote: I think it's painfully obvious you just won't take the hint I think he already knows the answers... to yanking the groups' chains. That's the impression I got also. At first I thought he was a kid, but I think he is just playing dumb. Pat |
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New Horizons to Pluto
"Von Douche" wrote in message nk.net... What do you think? I think it's sad that you had to get a new email address in order to escape the killfiles everyone has been adding you to. plonk |
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New Horizons to Pluto
"Ron Miller" wrote in message oups.com... New Horizons will arrive at Pluto in about five years, not ten. Only five? Why haven't they launched something like this in the past? I thought Pluto was just too far out there for the space industry to study so they didn't bother sending anything out there. Guess not. |
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New Horizons to Pluto
"Jorge R. Frank" wrote in message ... Regardless of whether Pluto remains a "planet" It's a planet. However, any definition that includes Pluto also must include Sedna. So we now have ten known planets. |
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