Into the Stygian Depths
Jan. 19th, 2006 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beamjockeyA really small spacecraft on a really big rocket is now on its way to Pluto, really fast.
On board are some of Clyde Tombaugh's ashes.
On board are some of Clyde Tombaugh's ashes.
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Date: 2006-01-20 03:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-20 04:30 am (UTC)That is really nice. Thanks for posting this.
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Date: 2006-01-20 09:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-20 03:03 pm (UTC)What would it say about us as a culture that we got on-site data of a planet within the lifetime of its discoverer? What does it say about us as a culture that we had the chance, and didn't?
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Date: 2006-01-21 06:37 am (UTC)Thanks for the link I was trying to remember New Horizons' name and I couldn't.