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 Feb 8 2005, 02:09 PM
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Yes it's happening after all these years, the mission to the last planet!
And maybe to celebrate the confirmation of budget, NASA approval preparations and the fueling of the RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator), there is an updated web site at http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/ Launch will be January 2006 with arrival at the Pluto Charon system July 2015 (mark your calender!) and then on through the Kuiper belt during 2016-2020 and beyond. 20.8-centimeter telescope for 100m resolution at closest approach IR/UV spectrometers 2 x 8GB data recorders data rate: 768 bps (sic) to 70m DSN 465kg including fuel $650m 336 days to launch -------------------- |
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cIclops New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise Feb 8 2005, 02:09 PM
mike I've wondered how well-guarded probes (and sat... Dec 14 2005, 06:20 PM
chris QUOTE (mike @ Dec 14 2005, 06:20 PM)I've ... Dec 19 2005, 01:34 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (chris @ Dec 19 2005, 02:34 PM)A curren... Dec 19 2005, 06:00 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 19 2005, 10:00 AM)...th... Dec 19 2005, 08:08 PM djellison The various iterations of Pluto missions had lots ... Dec 14 2005, 08:29 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 14 2005, 08:29 PM)The ... Dec 14 2005, 09:32 PM helvick QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Dec 14 2005, 10:32 PM)... Dec 14 2005, 09:42 PM tanichols QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Dec 14 2005, 04:32 PM)... Dec 15 2005, 07:49 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (tanichols @ Dec 15 2005, 07:49 PM)Ahh,... Dec 15 2005, 08:08 PM djellison I suggested Romulus and Remus for the DS2 micropro... Dec 14 2005, 11:04 PM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 14 2005, 11:04 PM)I su... Dec 14 2005, 11:16 PM BPCooper QUOTE (djellison @ Dec 14 2005, 07:04 PM)I su... Dec 14 2005, 11:42 PM BruceMoomaw I remember Mariner 4 VERY well -- although I was a... Dec 15 2005, 03:22 AM dvandorn Of all the entries, I think I liked "Rosie an... Dec 15 2005, 08:11 AM ljk4-1 QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 15 2005, 03:11 AM)Of al... Dec 15 2005, 02:48 PM punkboi QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Dec 15 2005, 07:48 AM)Ne... Dec 15 2005, 06:03 PM Toma B I didn't know that NH has a rover?!?!?... Dec 15 2005, 09:02 AM lyford RE: New Horizons: Pre-launch, launch and main cruise Dec 15 2005, 09:26 AM edstrick LJK4-1: "And by the time New Horizon (couldn... Dec 15 2005, 11:09 AM edstrick Alex, DJ: Do you remember the names of the desco... Dec 15 2005, 11:17 AM AlexBlackwell QUOTE (edstrick @ Dec 15 2005, 11:17 AM)Alex,... Dec 15 2005, 05:26 PM BruceMoomaw The name change didn't come until 1977 -- ... Dec 15 2005, 11:29 AM ljk4-1 QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 15 2005, 06:29 AM)Th... Dec 15 2005, 02:39 PM BruceMoomaw Actually, Explorer 13 fizzled -- it was a micromet... Dec 15 2005, 06:05 PM BruceMoomaw "But Spirit and Opportunity? Oy. And that gir... Dec 15 2005, 06:08 PM dvandorn QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 15 2005, 12:08 PM)..... Dec 15 2005, 06:17 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 15 2005, 01:17 PM)Oh, c... Dec 15 2005, 07:49 PM mike It seems to me that eventually the ever-so-PR-cons... Dec 15 2005, 08:10 PM BruceMoomaw Yes, acronyms are getting strained to the point of... Dec 15 2005, 09:36 PM BPCooper Launch has been postponed to NET Jan 17:
http://w... Dec 16 2005, 10:57 PM mchan New hires photos posted of NH mated to 3rd stage, ... Dec 17 2005, 06:12 AM chris QUOTE (mchan @ Dec 17 2005, 06:12 AM)New hire... Dec 18 2005, 12:09 PM edstrick When I was a grad student at Washington University... Dec 17 2005, 06:15 AM punkboi New Horizons is now on its way to Launch Complex 4... Dec 17 2005, 06:53 AM Toma B Bad news!!! I hope everything will be ... Dec 17 2005, 07:57 AM mars loon QUOTE (Toma B @ Dec 17 2005, 07:57 AM)Pluto s... Dec 17 2005, 02:34 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Toma B @ Dec 17 2005, 02:57 AM)Launch ... Dec 18 2005, 03:59 PM dvandorn Yeah, kids love Pluto -- and somehow they never qu... Dec 17 2005, 03:39 PM mike QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 17 2005, 07:39 AM)Yeah,... Dec 18 2005, 04:36 AM DEChengst One question for Mr. Alan Stern:
I noticed there ... Dec 17 2005, 07:05 PM djellison They're there to absorb the acoustic shock of ... Dec 18 2005, 12:14 PM RNeuhaus Why is the NH spaceship covered of gold laminate?
... Dec 18 2005, 03:56 PM BPCooper QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Dec 18 2005, 11:56 AM)Why i... Dec 18 2005, 06:08 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (BPCooper @ Dec 18 2005, 10:08 AM)Gold ... Dec 18 2005, 07:07 PM BPCooper QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Dec 18 2005, 03:07 PM)Whi... Dec 18 2005, 07:50 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (BPCooper @ Dec 18 2005, 11:50 AM)The k... Dec 18 2005, 10:09 PM Analyst I don’t understand this: we have a narrow planetar... Dec 18 2005, 06:34 PM punkboi QUOTE (Analyst @ Dec 18 2005, 11:34 AM)I beli... Dec 18 2005, 10:21 PM BPCooper I did follow the link :-) There is kapton that doe... Dec 18 2005, 10:25 PM RNeuhaus Thanks to BPCooper and mcpalinger for the clarific... Dec 19 2005, 02:12 AM Marcel QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Dec 19 2005, 02:12 AM)When ... Dec 19 2005, 09:27 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (Marcel @ Dec 19 2005, 04:27 AM)Spacecr... Dec 19 2005, 04:21 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Dec 19 2005, 08:21 AM)Now I... Dec 19 2005, 05:37 PM ljk4-1 EXTRA ROCKET CHECKS POSTPONE PLUTO LAUNCH
--------... Dec 19 2005, 06:03 PM deglr6328 So does NH use Au or Al? Also I had this very s... Dec 19 2005, 02:24 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Dec 18 2005, 06:24 PM)So d... Dec 19 2005, 04:54 AM BPCooper Also note that the PHSF has orange sodium lights i... Dec 19 2005, 05:24 AM DEChengst Alan,
I watched the press conference on NASA TV ... Dec 19 2005, 07:09 PM Comga QUOTE (DEChengst @ Dec 19 2005, 01:09 PM)Alan... Dec 20 2005, 03:21 AM tasp I hope I phrase this well enough to get the idea a... Dec 20 2005, 05:54 AM Toma B Nice sticker...
Dec 20 2005, 07:53 AM ugordan Seeing how the launch is now rescheduled to 17 Jan... Dec 20 2005, 09:14 AM Toma B QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 20 2005, 12:14 PM)Seeing... Dec 20 2005, 10:23 AM ugordan Well, look on the bright side: if that wasn't ... Dec 20 2005, 10:32 AM Toma B QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 20 2005, 01:32 PM)Well, ... Dec 20 2005, 10:47 AM ugordan QUOTE (Toma B @ Dec 20 2005, 11:47 AM)It look... Dec 20 2005, 10:56 AM Toma B QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 20 2005, 01:56 PM)You sh... Dec 20 2005, 11:04 AM djellison QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 20 2005, 10:32 AM)Regard... Dec 20 2005, 11:13 AM tasp QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 20 2005, 04:32 AM)Well, ... Dec 20 2005, 02:40 PM ljk4-1 Perhaps just as actors say "Break a leg... Dec 20 2005, 03:05 PM edstrick That "Flagroom!" is similar to but n... Dec 20 2005, 11:01 AM BruceMoomaw According to Aviation Week, the failure board was ... Dec 20 2005, 11:29 AM Alan Stern You fellas really need to find a happier coinciden... Dec 20 2005, 12:02 PM ugordan QUOTE (Alan Stern @ Dec 20 2005, 01:02 PM)You... Dec 20 2005, 02:49 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 20 2005, 09:49 AM)Well, ... Dec 20 2005, 03:07 PM Toma B QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Dec 20 2005, 06:07 PM)Co... Dec 20 2005, 03:45 PM BPCooper I've never seen the AVweek story that said tha... Dec 20 2005, 06:57 PM dilo Beautiful and impressive images, Ben... where (if)... Dec 20 2005, 07:15 PM ljk4-1 Book Review: Space Systems Failures
Summary - (De... Dec 20 2005, 07:25 PM punkboi QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Dec 20 2005, 08:07 AM)An... Dec 21 2005, 05:27 AM nprev Does anyone know what the closest possible flyby i... Dec 21 2005, 01:49 PM SFJCody QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 21 2005, 01:49 PM)Does any... Dec 21 2005, 01:54 PM Toma B QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 20 2005, 02:29 PM)Ac... Dec 20 2005, 12:17 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 20 2005, 12:29 PM)Ac... Dec 20 2005, 08:59 PM edstrick the essentially complete Tom Lehrer is (or was abo... Dec 20 2005, 12:36 PM lyford Um, not to play topic cop, but I would hate to hav... Dec 20 2005, 07:47 PM Comga QUOTE (lyford @ Dec 20 2005, 01:47 PM)Um, not... Dec 21 2005, 04:14 AM lyford QUOTE (Comga @ Dec 20 2005, 08:14 PM)Downrigh... Dec 21 2005, 05:22 PM BruceMoomaw The theory set forth in Aviation Week is tht someb... Dec 20 2005, 10:08 PM ljk4-1 QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Dec 20 2005, 05:08 PM)Th... Dec 20 2005, 10:17 PM Bob Shaw QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Dec 20 2005, 11:17 PM)I ... Dec 20 2005, 11:14 PM mchan The launch press kit is on the NH website --
http... Dec 21 2005, 02:13 AM Bill Harris ...
--Bill Dec 21 2005, 02:31 AM BPCooper Don't know about hi-res shots, that's abou... Dec 21 2005, 03:56 AM  |
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