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New Horizons flies by Pluto July 14th! \o/
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Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2015-06-11 22:27:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Alpheias
Nine years in space, an epic journey that is almost over for this little spacecraft.

Exciting stuff! Though I hope NASA extends the mission and look other Kuiper belt objects.

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Kelleth Kirk
Caldari State - Osprey Wing 7
#2 - 2015-06-11 22:47:02 UTC
Sorry, someone had to do it.

Looking forward to it =)

I miss having ISK.
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#3 - 2015-06-12 01:27:49 UTC
I don't know why someone would be interested in a place so alienated from our matters, what is so special with it? What would they hope to find there? Yuggoth? Mi-go? Cxaxukluth?

ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴀ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴀ sᴛᴏʀʏ 📕

ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀɴɢʀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴏʀᴅ ɢᴜʏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ

ᴏsᴘʀᴇʏ 🚀

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Commissar Kate
Kesukka
#4 - 2015-06-12 04:25:48 UTC
Kelleth Kirk wrote:
Sorry, someone had to do it.

Looking forward to it =)

Someone has to do this too.

-k8

My Fanclub
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#5 - 2015-06-12 15:11:13 UTC
Nana Skalski wrote:
I don't know why someone would be interested in a place so alienated from our matters, what is so special with it? What would they hope to find there? Yuggoth? Mi-go? Cxaxukluth?


The Charon mass effect relay, of course.
Kaaeliaa
Tyrannos Sunset
#6 - 2015-06-12 16:25:12 UTC
Nana Skalski wrote:
I don't know why someone would be interested in a place so alienated from our matters, what is so special with it? What would they hope to find there? Yuggoth? Mi-go? Cxaxukluth?


If you're being serious, you should really take a look at how much modern technology was either invented or improved for space exploration.

"Do not lift the veil. Do not show the door. Do not split the dream."
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#7 - 2015-06-12 19:01:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Nana Skalski
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#8 - 2015-06-12 22:58:12 UTC
Nana Skalski wrote:
I don't know why someone would be interested in a place so alienated from our matters, what is so special with it? What would they hope to find there? Yuggoth? Mi-go? Cxaxukluth?


How can you not be interested in visiting Pluto? Its like completing a stamp collection or getting the shiny charizard card.
kyoukoku
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2015-06-13 07:16:44 UTC
Alpheias wrote:
Nine years in space, an epic journey that is almost over for this little spacecraft.

Exciting stuff! Though I hope NASA extends the mission and look other Kuiper belt objects.


Uhhh your "arrival" date is around a month premature:
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons#Pluto_flyby wrote:
New Horizons is intended to pass within 10,000 km (6,200 mi) of Pluto, with this closest approach date estimated to occur on July 14, 2015 at 11:50 UTC.


also see: http://i.imgur.com/UVuTbAb.png which is from the official New Horizons Mission page at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ and
from http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Mission/The-Path-to-Pluto/Mission-Timeline.php wrote:
In January 2015, New Horizons entered the first of several approach phases that will culminate with the first close-up flyby of the Pluto on July 14, 2015. At closest approach, the spacecraft comes about 7,750 miles (12,500 kilometers) from Pluto system and about 17,900 miles (28,800 kilometers) from Charon.

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Mission/The-Path-to-Pluto/images/NHPlutoTimeline-bak.jpg
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Mission/The-Path-to-Pluto/images/PlutoEncounterTrajectory_Guo20150115_sm.jpg
Alpheias
Tactical Farmers.
Pandemic Horde
#10 - 2015-06-13 11:59:16 UTC
kyoukoku wrote:
Alpheias wrote:
Nine years in space, an epic journey that is almost over for this little spacecraft.

Exciting stuff! Though I hope NASA extends the mission and look other Kuiper belt objects.


Uhhh your "arrival" date is about a month premature:


Whoops! One more reason why not to post exciting news late at night.

Thank you for pointing it out.

FYP too.

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Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#11 - 2015-06-13 14:40:16 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Nana Skalski wrote:
I don't know why someone would be interested in a place so alienated from our matters, what is so special with it? What would they hope to find there? Yuggoth? Mi-go? Cxaxukluth?


How can you not be interested in visiting Pluto? Its like completing a stamp collection or getting the shiny charizard card.

You can't just visit other planet or asteroid. That is a stuff of drones. Human civilization will not live long enough to land one of their members on other planet.

ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴀ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴀ sᴛᴏʀʏ 📕

ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀɴɢʀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴏʀᴅ ɢᴜʏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ

ᴏsᴘʀᴇʏ 🚀

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#12 - 2015-06-14 11:29:49 UTC
More good news everyone, Philae is back!
Azda Ja
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2015-06-14 11:32:00 UTC
Nana Skalski wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Nana Skalski wrote:
I don't know why someone would be interested in a place so alienated from our matters, what is so special with it? What would they hope to find there? Yuggoth? Mi-go? Cxaxukluth?


How can you not be interested in visiting Pluto? Its like completing a stamp collection or getting the shiny charizard card.

You can't just visit other planet or asteroid. That is a stuff of drones. Human civilization will not live long enough to land one of their members on other planet.

Not with that attitude we won't.

Grrr.
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#14 - 2015-06-14 17:56:49 UTC
Our mission should be, if any landing of sentient creatures would be likely to commence, to develop artificial life in a form of AI and send it in every direction into space. Humans as interim sentience bearing creatures are bound to live on planet earth, but machines can be resilient and efficient enough to colonize barren planets and moons.

ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴀ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴀ sᴛᴏʀʏ 📕

ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴀɴɢʀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴏʀᴅ ɢᴜʏ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ

ᴏsᴘʀᴇʏ 🚀

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Emiko P'eng
#15 - 2015-06-14 22:35:17 UTC
What with Dawn around Ceres

NASA - Dawn

and Philae on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko waking up.

DLR Portal - News - Lander Philae is awake – 'Hello' from space

It has been a good month for Space Exploration!

Hehe!

Though it might be a bit to early to count your chickens for New HorizonsLol

XKCD - New Horizons
Zhula Guixgrixks
Increasing Success by Lowering Expectations
#16 - 2015-06-21 18:53:56 UTC
A really nice "New Horizons" trailer can be found here

Mankind definitely needs more space exploration and less wars. With all those overblown military budges cancelled and put into space exploration we could have a Mars outpost already, or at least a Moon base.

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Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#17 - 2015-06-23 19:42:06 UTC
It's been a good decade ...

When you include the Voyager 'has it/hasn't it' stuff
Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#18 - 2015-06-23 21:00:24 UTC
My only regret is that I will have a surgery the same day that will leave me near blind for a week.

❤️️💛💚💙💜
Azda Ja
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2015-06-23 22:14:30 UTC
Mizhir wrote:
My only regret is that I will have a surgery the same day that will leave me near blind for a week.

Sad

Good luck with that.

I'm extremely excited. I was 14 or 15 when New Horizons launched and i remember thinking "Man I'm gonna be OLD when that arrives! Hurry up damnit!"

Grrr.
Falken Falcon
#20 - 2015-07-14 08:54:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Falken Falcon
It's today \o/

Bump of glory!

Edit: It's gonna pass pluto today at 11.49 eve time
2.5h till live feed

Aye, Sea Turtles
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