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NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission

SteveS — 12/7/2005 1:47:52 PM (archived)

The New Horizons Mission is going to the Kuiper Belt and if everything goes right will visit a couple of KBO's in the 25-50 mile wide range.

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• Moonbats Oppose Pluto Mission - phil - 12/6/2005 7:54:17 PM
  • Wow, all of us agree? (n/t) - Moonbet - 12/7/2005 5:27:53 PM
    • No. I think sending fissionables to space is something that people will reasonably question. - alcaray - 12/7/2005 6:23:42 PM
      • Key word, as always, is "reasonable." - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 10:03:14 PM
        • You are lucky to be more technically knowledgeable than the average citizen - alcaray - 12/7/2005 10:07:04 PM
          • Doesn't take a lot of knowledge. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 10:16:13 PM
            • Don't forget the other reason RTGs are so tough - LJK - 12/8/2005 3:34:23 PM
  • what if he has some points - dd - 12/7/2005 5:04:29 PM
    • Worst case thinking - Adam - 12/7/2005 8:56:43 PM
  • Not enough plutonium - E.P., the heretic - 12/7/2005 4:37:09 AM
    • NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission - SteveS - 12/7/2005 1:47:52 PM
      • From what I've read... - Lee - 12/8/2005 6:32:49 AM
        • re:I heard of 9 hours... - SteveS - 12/8/2005 4:10:25 PM
      • Thanks - E.P., the heretic - 12/7/2005 8:09:00 PM
        • EP the humbled, maybe? (n/t) - Adam - 12/7/2005 10:36:28 PM
          • re: Civil discussion has its merits ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 12/7/2005 11:33:59 PM
    • Duh - Duh - 12/7/2005 4:46:32 AM
      • we'll see - E.P., the heretic - 12/8/2005 2:22:30 AM
      • **I suggest you pick a handle and stick with it** (n/t) - ModBob - 12/7/2005 7:31:37 AM
  • re: Karl Grossman is a long term anti-nuke... - Chris Vancil - 12/6/2005 11:08:09 PM
  • re: Moonbats Oppose Pluto Mission - R.L. - 12/6/2005 8:40:46 PM
    • should be moved to flame (n/t) - anonymous - 12/6/2005 8:58:43 PM
      • Anonymous posts are a problem too... - Robert - 12/6/2005 9:26:58 PM
        • A few of the RTGs that were in accidents... - Lee - 12/7/2005 6:51:09 AM
          • Apollo 13's RTG - LJK - 12/7/2005 3:43:04 PM
            • We all know what happens then... - Adam - 12/7/2005 10:33:50 PM
        • At some point... - R.L. - 12/6/2005 9:56:42 PM
          • Assumptions - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2005 12:02:21 AM
            • wonderful counter-example... - R.L. - 12/7/2005 1:08:25 AM
        • Agreed... - ModBob - 12/6/2005 9:37:49 PM
      • Feel free to take a complaint to community... - ModBob - 12/6/2005 9:07:26 PM
        • Not much point in it - Robert - 12/6/2005 9:33:06 PM
          • Lets make the hypothetical personal... - R.L. - 12/6/2005 10:14:51 PM
            • No, let's not - Robert - 12/7/2005 3:49:37 AM
              • Perhaps you want to repost this on community? (n/t) - ModBob - 12/7/2005 5:07:31 AM