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re: NASA releases first findings on Pluto mission. (Surface has some suprises)

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Posted by bamarep
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 10:28 am to
Why are we wasting money on this shite?
Posted by FT
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 10:39 am to
Because Obama is fricking awesome
Posted by jrodLSUke
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 10:51 am to
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Why are we wasting money on this shite?

For the same reason you love wrasslin'.
Posted by MSMHater
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 10:52 am to
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Why are we wasting money on this shite?


Posted by WITNESS23
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 10:54 am to
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These frickers better start calling Pluto a planet again.


shite got me heated
Posted by foshizzle
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 10:58 am to
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What's driving what seems to be tectonic activity on the surface


Cool story - I hike on the weekends with the mission manager for New Horizons. He says that pretty much everyone thinks it's because Pluto's moon Charon has outsized gravitational influence - it's half the size of Pluto itself.

They have identified two Kuiper Belt objects already for the next flybys and have the first of two burns set up later this month.

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Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 11:01 am to
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quote: These frickers better start calling Pluto a planet again




Pluto is not a planet. If it is then Quaoar, Makemake, Haumea, Ixion, and Varuna are all also planets.




And Florbus, Gwanano, Mopla-2 and Balumdra as well.


See, I can make planets up too.



Posted by BamaChemE
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 11:04 am to
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Cool story - I hike on the weekends with the mission manager for New Horizons. He says that pretty much everyone thinks it's because Pluto's moon Charon has outsized gravitational influence - it's half the size of Pluto itself.

They have identified two Kuiper Belt objects already for the next flybys and have the first of two burns set up later this month.

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That's a legitimately cool story. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 11:08 am to
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What's driving what seems to be tectonic activity on the surface


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He says that pretty much everyone thinks it's because Pluto's moon Charon has outsized gravitational influence


You must be my down voter.
Posted by eitek1
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:01 pm to
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Pluto is not a planet. If it is then Quaoar, Makemake, Haumea, Ixion, and Varuna are all also planets.


If you can figure out how to work Quaoar, Makemake, Haumea, Ixion, and Varuna into a clever little song, I'm ok with that.
Posted by foshizzle
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Posted on 10/16/15 at 12:07 pm to
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You must be my down voter.


Nope. But I'll give you an upvote now just because.
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