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re: Hmmm.... Pioneer X

ljk — 1/20/2006 2:32:03 AM (archived)

Here's what Pioneer 10 looked like when it passed the Moon in March of 1972 in just 11 hours.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/EP-177/ch1-1.html

Just one artistic license - the Moon wasn't anywhere near the probe at the time.

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The whole thread (20 posts)

Gone for Pluto! - Raoul - 1/19/2006 7:11:02 PM
- Lunar orbit in 9 HOURS?! Jupiter in 13 MONTHS?! - Sam F. - 1/20/2006 2:27:22 AM
  - re: Lunar orbit in 9 HOURS?! Jupiter in 13 MONTHS?! - Doug Ellison - 1/20/2006 10:48:24 AM
  - It was launched on a Delta II - Lee - 1/20/2006 6:27:53 AM
    - re: It was launched on a Delta II - Doug Ellison - 1/20/2006 9:11:08 AM
- New Horizons is a bad name for the spacecraft. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/19/2006 11:26:13 PM
  - re: New Horizons is a bad name for the spacecraft. - ljk - 1/20/2006 12:42:59 PM
- How long to edge of Earth's 'sphere of influence'? - JimO - 1/19/2006 9:45:57 PM
  - Owww... tough one - Adam - 1/19/2006 10:10:29 PM
    - Hmmm.... Pioneer X - Adam - 1/19/2006 10:32:34 PM
      - re: Hmmm.... Pioneer X - ljk - 1/20/2006 2:32:03 AM
      - Nor New Horizons - Adam - 1/19/2006 10:39:09 PM
        
        so? - Doug Ellison - 1/19/2006 11:39:40 PM
        
        just a little tricky to keep straight (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2006 12:05:49 AM
- re: First picture - Raoul - 1/19/2006 9:11:23 PM
  - Cute equation - Adam - 1/19/2006 9:46:48 PM
- Rocket truly hauled butt! (n/t) - Sawyer - 1/19/2006 8:11:48 PM
- re: Gone for Pluto! Gone for Pluto and beyond! :) It's a good day.. - Marcia - 1/19/2006 7:14:08 PM
  - re: Gone for Pluto! Gone for Pluto and beyond! :) It's a good day.. - Delbert - 1/19/2006 7:30:20 PM
    - The 11 year old girl who named the planet - Raoul - 1/19/2006 9:47:51 PM

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