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Jul 15 2015, 12:58 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
GREEN BIRD ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 15 2015, 12:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 4-July 05 From: Huntington Beach, CA, USA Member No.: 429 |
The speed of light seemed so low today. The wait is over. Congratulations!
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Jul 15 2015, 12:58 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 30 Joined: 15-June 15 Member No.: 7506 |
What a relief
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Jul 15 2015, 12:59 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 890 Joined: 15-June 09 From: Lisbon, Portugal Member No.: 4824 |
Signal received. Carried LOCK. Everything looks good and the spacecraft is healthy, reports Dr. Alice Bowman.
HUGE congratulations to the team and thanks for having has along. Fernando |
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Jul 15 2015, 01:00 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 27-June 04 From: Queensland Australia Member No.: 90 |
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Jul 15 2015, 01:02 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I'm a bit overwhelmed. Cannot overstate congratulations to Alan and the entire New Horizons team. What an astonishing feat of technology and bold exploration!!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jul 15 2015, 01:04 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 16-October 12 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 6711 |
Congratulations to New Horizons!
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Jul 15 2015, 01:06 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 6-July 15 From: Russia, Saint Petersburg Member No.: 7559 |
Congratulations to the whole New Horizons team! This will go down in history, for sure. Unbelievable.
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Jul 15 2015, 01:07 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 24-May 15 Member No.: 7479 |
Very good job New horizons team. All systems nominal.
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Jul 15 2015, 01:07 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 27-June 04 From: Queensland Australia Member No.: 90 |
I'm a bit overwhelmed. Cannot overstate congratulations to Alan and the entire New Horizons team. What an astonishing feat of technology and bold exploration!!!! Absolutely, and they are going to be busy over the next 16 months. Can't wait to read the papers that come out of this epic project. |
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Jul 15 2015, 01:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 16-December 13 Member No.: 7067 |
Serious congratulations! So excited and happy
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Jul 15 2015, 01:08 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 12-August 12 Member No.: 6540 |
"Just like we planned it. Just like we practiced." - Alice Bowman, the "MOM" of the MOC.
Congratulations NH team. |
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Jul 15 2015, 01:09 AM
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IMG to PNG GOD Group: Moderator Posts: 2250 Joined: 19-February 04 From: Near fire and ice Member No.: 38 |
Big congratulations to the New Horizons team!
Now at last my attention can turn to looking forward to lots of hi-res images and other data in the coming days/months/year. |
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Jul 15 2015, 01:11 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 27-August 14 From: Private island on Titan Member No.: 7250 |
Congratulations and THANK YOU New Horizons team!!!!! You've made our dreams come true!
-------------------- aka the Vidiconvict
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Jul 15 2015, 01:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 16-June 15 Member No.: 7507 |
Interesting video of nitrogen freezing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0rK2bLTimQ Seems to have a somewhat violent behaviour at phase change - could be an agent in a weathering process. See attached phase diagram for reference (it would be nice to see how it extends down to microbar pressures) [attachment=36907:nitrogen.png] Wow, no kidding, that phase change is surprisingly energetic. The more I think about it, the more it seems unavoidable that at some points in time, liquids are going to be (present era) acting on Pluto. Not on the surface, but rather shallowly underneath it, shallow enough to have a visible impact on the surface. You stack enough ices of nitrogen, neon, or a number of other chemicals on Pluto, at Pluto temperatures, and they're going to melt on the bottom. Not kilometers deep - as little as a dozen meters worth for nitrogen at the right temperature (which at Pluto's low gravity isn't a lot of compressive weight). Unless there's not enough gases to freeze out that thick at locations where it tends to concentrate the most, it seems pretty much a given that it would happen. And even if it didn't freeze out that thick? You'd still get ground-liquids where it gets trapped in the ground's pore space, like we get groundwater on Earth. Even liquid water on Pluto is not unlikely - although not near the surface: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.6377v1.pdf? |
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