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Pluto

cabbles
cabbles Posts: 15,255
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Has anyone got any other images to share yet or is it too early. A fantastic achievement by NASA. A real feat of engineering that could've gone wrong given the amount of debris and shrapnel on its approach.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33524589

Also this. What a great day to be a scientist :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33517492
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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,620
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    image
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    3.11 billion miles its travelled. Unbelievable.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    I'm sure my mates MkIV Cortina has done more than that.
  • c4fcdenmark
    c4fcdenmark Posts: 2,041
    Good article with video clip

    http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/14/nasas-new-horizons-probe-makes-pluto-flyby-nine-years-after-leaving-earth
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    DamoNorthStand said:

    image

    In the Greenwich Observatory there's a picture of Pluto the Dog on the lens of a big telescope so you can tell people you can see Pluto through it. Great gag.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    That's mindboggling
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    edited July 2015
    c4fcdenmark said:

    Good article with video clip

    http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/14/nasas-new-horizons-probe-makes-pluto-flyby-nine-years-after-leaving-earth

    Good article - thanks c4fc

    PS - better than Damo's contribution :wink:
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,620
    DamoNorthStand said:

    image

    Thought it was only comets that have tails.
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  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    it is incredible and mind bogglingly exciting a fantastic achievement.

    I had the opportunity to look through a telescope at an astronomy group and was able to see detail on Jupiter, along with it's four moons. just that nearly made my head explode!
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Heard on the radio that transmitter that receives and sends messages (take 4 ½ hours) has no more power than a 60 (Tony) Watt bulb.

    Astounding.
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    First High Res pictures are causing a bit of a stir
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    That's no moon...
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

    They received their signal by the looks of things
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Richard Scudamore is already setting out plans to have a 39th game held on Pluto whilst Sepp Blatter reckons that Pluto would stand a good chance of hosting the new World Cup if they wanted it
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,243
    Incredible stuff
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    WSS said:

    Heard on the radio that transmitter that receives and sends messages (take 4 ½ hours) has no more power than a 60 (Tony) Watt bulb.

    Astounding.

    Amazing. Although if they'd got Glass Half Empty to fit it, it would have packed up before it reached Jupiter.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,352
    It is amazing what man can do when were not wanting to kick the shit out of each other.

    Looking forward to more pics.
  • NorthStandUltra
    NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,538
    ValleyGary said:

    3.11 billion miles its travelled. Unbelievable.

    Many Games has it seen, following Pluto it's favourite team.......
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    NorthStandUltra said:

    ValleyGary said:

    3.11 billion miles its travelled. Unbelievable.

    Many Games has it seen, following Pluto it's favourite team.......
    Regardless if Charlton played Pluto in an Away match I'm sure Newcastle fans will still feel aggrieved that they've got to travel further for their away matches against Southampton and Bournemouth!!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    I heard Sebs already done the journey when we drew Pluto Albion in the Auto Windscreens Trophy back in 96.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    ValleyGary said:

    I heard Sebs already done the journey when we drew Pluto Albion in the Auto Windscreens Trophy back in 96.

    Said he wouldn't go again as there was no atmosphere.
  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    Applying to join the Euro apparently. They heard some free dosh might be available to repair that big dent in their planet.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,740
    soapy_jones said:

    It is amazing what man can do when were not wanting to kick the shit out of each other.

    It was the implied threat of the ultimate kicking the shit out of each other that got us to the moon
  • c4fcdenmark
    c4fcdenmark Posts: 2,041
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Richard Scudamore is already setting out plans to have a 39th game held on Pluto whilst Sepp Blatter reckons that Pluto would stand a good chance of hosting the new World Cup if they wanted it

    I don't think that they have any employment law to speak of and the migrants would struggle to get home, even with their passports. Might have to hold in summer as winter temperatures can reach a slightly chilly -240C.

  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    c4fcdenmark said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    Richard Scudamore is already setting out plans to have a 39th game held on Pluto whilst Sepp Blatter reckons that Pluto would stand a good chance of hosting the new World Cup if they wanted it

    I don't think that they have any employment law to speak of and the migrants would struggle to get home, even with their passports. Might have to hold in summer as winter temperatures can reach a slightly chilly -240C.

    Sepp is handing out free overcoats to any migrant workers willing to help build the stadiums. Sepp doesn't care that the cost to get said migrant workers to Pluto and to actually build a spaceship would be in the billions, far outweighing the commercial returns from the sponsors. He also doesn't care that the migrant workers will likely be dead upon arrival from cancers after prolonged exposure to radiation. If they're not dead he doesn't care that their muscle mass and bone structure will be so weak that none of the stadiums will be built.

    Sepp is encouraged by the fact that a large number of teams in the Europa league actually come from Pluto. Spurs have just returned from a 7th preliminary qualifying round there from the 2003 competition
  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    Unbelievable to think it launched 9 years ago. Everything that's happened on earth whilst that small box has been travelling (just) to the outer reaches of our solar system and it's still effectively in our back garden. The emptiness of space boggles the mind.
  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    Addicted said:

    Unbelievable to think it launched 9 years ago. Everything that's happened on earth whilst that small box has been travelling (just) to the outer reaches of our solar system and it's still effectively in our back garden. The emptiness of space boggles the mind.

    This. What I'd like to know is what we will find when the very edge of space is reached. Any scientists want to hazard a guess at that one? In the same way that we now know the world aint flat, will we one day find out?

    I understand that the reason we may never know is considered to be that space is expanding faster than you could travel to catch up. But expanding into what?
  • c4fcdenmark
    c4fcdenmark Posts: 2,041
    Into nothing as no matter or even energy exists in this space.

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