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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Hermit » Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:59 pm

Not at all. Some internet "wit" was just being goofy.
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:09 pm

Hermit wrote:Not at all. Some internet "wit" was just being goofy.
Are you taking the Mickey?
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Hermit » Wed Jul 15, 2015 3:34 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Hermit wrote:Not at all. Some internet "wit" was just being goofy.
Are you taking the Mickey?
If you don't mind I'll just duck that question.
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:27 pm

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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by JimC » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:22 pm

Forty Two wrote:
JimC wrote:Our descendants will be telepathic mutants with huge brains and tiny pricks!
Women will stop sexually selecting for big penis?
The huge brain plus telepathy lets these mutant men directly affect women's brains, producing massive orgasms...
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Faithfree » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:43 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Some new pics here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33543383
That's more like it! :tup:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:47 pm

Faithfree wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Some new pics here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33543383
That's more like it! :tup:
There was a NASA press conference a few hours ago. Available on their site, I think. Not been to look yet though.
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by klr » Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:37 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Some new pics here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33543383
Science: It works, bitches! :smug:

Some of those features on Pluto and Charon are incredible. Enormous canyons, impact basins and ice mountains. The whole mission team must be a very smug bunch at the moment, and rightly so. :dance:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by klr » Wed Jul 15, 2015 10:40 pm

More photos from the New Horizon mission (not all of Pluto) here:

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/15/us/na ... index.html
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by JimC » Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:03 pm

I approve of the naming of the dark region on Charon as Mordor... :tup:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jul 15, 2015 11:06 pm

JimC wrote:I approve of the naming of the dark region on Charon as Mordor... :tup:
Yeah. That was pretty fucking cool! :biggrin:
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Re: Hello Pluto

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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by JimC » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:32 am

"The shop is strong in this one..." :levi:
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by Brian Peacock » Thu Jul 16, 2015 3:13 am

These are not the asteroids you're looking for...
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Re: Hello Pluto

Post by trdsf » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:19 am

Faithfree wrote:Still waiting for the photos. :toetap:
The most recent one is two days old - a day before closest approach and still 700,000 km to go.
They've released one close-up, from about 50,000 miles out.
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