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Topic: Mission to the edge of the Solar system - PLUTO
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-24-2003 10:25 AM
   
Read more about the 2015 Pluto - Charon mission;
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0311/23newhorizons/
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mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 11-25-2003 05:42 PM
2015...It will be here before you know it! I can't wait to see what that ninth planet from the Sun looks like. Noah |
Rick Boos
Member Posts: 851
From: Celina, Ohio
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 11-25-2003 08:03 PM
That's the nice thing about having a unmanned program along with a manned program, you get to see other worlds WITHIN OUR LIFETIME!Sad thing is, manned wise I doubt if any of us will live long enough to see the United States back on the moon let alone Mars. Wish that wasn't the case, but we just can't seem to get our act together!That's not to say we won't see Japan or China there though,...in time. A balanced manned and unmanned space program is the best alternative we have. Let's just hope that President Bush does prove me wrong and sets a new long rage goal next month, and then FOLLOWS THROUGH with the money and backing. His dad had all the right words a few years ago, but DID NOTHING to back to back them up! If a new goal is proposed, I think all of us should hound our Congressmen and Senators and educate them as to the multipler effect, and remind them that not a cent has ever been spent "IN" space.Also they should be reminded that you just can't turn the space program's budget on and off again like a water faucet. You need guaranteed LOCKED-IN multi-year funding! It's sad when you think that NASA does all that it does with 7/10 of one percent! Think of what we could do with a full 2%. | |
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