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Horizon update (4/7/06)

For those that might have missed the news (like me).

Horizon went by the orbit of Mars in 78 days and will reach Jupiter in less than a year.
It took Galileo 6 years to reach Jupiter and Cassini took 3 years.

To bad we can't get humans to Mars in less than 90 days.

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/whereisnh/current/nhcp20060401_0261.jpg


Article at Spaceref or more trajectory info at NASA Horizon page.

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