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Semi regular Pluto thread: These will probably be the only pictures we see
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:21 pm
New Horizons will be close to Pluto next month. Considering the distance Pluto is moving away from us along with other priorities in space exploration this could very well be the only close pictures taken of the Plutonian system in our lifetimes.
Bonus hypothetical: NH will be racing by the planet with no way to slow down and study beyond its flyby. Fantasy question, but what if NH discovers evidence of alien artifacts or some other civilization on the surface during its visit? We would be left with a supreme mystery for years to come.
Bonus hypothetical: NH will be racing by the planet with no way to slow down and study beyond its flyby. Fantasy question, but what if NH discovers evidence of alien artifacts or some other civilization on the surface during its visit? We would be left with a supreme mystery for years to come.
This post was edited on 6/17/15 at 10:22 pm
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Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:25 pm to weagle99
Start a picture thread and don't post any pictures. 
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:27 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Close pictures don't exist until July.
Best image so far:
Best image so far:
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:32 pm to weagle99
There are TWO Plutos???
My mind is blown.
My mind is blown.
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:35 pm to weagle99
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:36 pm to weagle99
will NH get any pics of Uranus?
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:37 pm to Champagne
One is a death star.
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:47 pm to weagle99
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what if NH discovers evidence of alien artifacts or some other civilization on the surface during its visit? We would be left with a supreme mystery for years to come.
If that were to happen we'd be launching a steady chain of probes starting almost immediately, and they wouldn't be flybys. There would be so many landers within ten years that they'd be bumping into each other.
This post was edited on 6/17/15 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:56 pm to foshizzle
Posted on 6/17/15 at 10:58 pm to weagle99
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We would be left with a supreme mystery for years to come.
You can bet your arse in ten years New Horizon 2 would be pulling into orbit.
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:02 pm to asurob1
Yep, but that would still be 10+ years of speculation. Imagine the discussions over the course of a decade plus on such a mysterious subject.
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:14 pm to weagle99
It boggles my mind that technology exists from something that was launched ten years ago, and has travelled millions of miles into space, can transmit pictures back to us, but I can't listen to the radio in the Mobile Tunnel.
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:14 pm to weagle99
This post was edited on 6/17/15 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:18 pm to Cap Crunch
LINK
Incredible "trailer" of the Pluto flyby, well worth watching. I'm excited about this, hard to believe less than a month from now we will have our first real photos of what used to be considered our furthest planet and a taste of what lies beyond in the Kuiper Belt.
Incredible "trailer" of the Pluto flyby, well worth watching. I'm excited about this, hard to believe less than a month from now we will have our first real photos of what used to be considered our furthest planet and a taste of what lies beyond in the Kuiper Belt.
Posted on 6/17/15 at 11:56 pm to DavidTheGnome
What kind of quality should we expect from these images? How detailed are we talking?
Posted on 6/18/15 at 2:53 am to RidiculousHype
Whatever 5000x clearer than the picture by the poster above is. Or that much clearer than Hubble can give.
Hard to comprehend but that's what I've heard.
Hard to comprehend but that's what I've heard.
Posted on 6/18/15 at 8:57 am to Lsuchs
Article on what to expect from the pictures along with a WYHI pic of a space blogger.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 12:07 am to DavidTheGnome
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WYHI pic of a space blogger.
She's a legit WYHI but married.
Posted on 6/21/15 at 12:14 am to weagle99
Posted on 6/21/15 at 12:50 am to Five0
Her neck is a little long, but I've been drinking, so it's a definite yes. But I'm thinking that when I woke up in the morning, I'd want to go another round.
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