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NASA Chooses Pluto Mission

Posted by michael on from the midnight-train-to-georgia dept.

CheshireCatCO writes: "NASA announced on Thursday that it has selected Alan Stern's Pluto mission proposal, named New Horizons, for phase B study and (hopefully) eventual launch in 2006. Alan is himself one of the top experts on Pluto, and his team consists of many other leaders in the field. It should be a good mission, if only they get the money for it." CNN has a story with some background on the mission. NASA is having a hard time deciding whether the Pluto-Kuiper Express is actually going to launch or not.

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  1. Re:Ice on Charon? by MaufTarkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's made of two of the commonest elements, after all.

    Water ice is made up of hydrogen and stupidity? You learn something new every day. Thanks, Slashdot! ;)

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  2. Obligatory flamebait... by freeweed · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm always Puzzled on how someone can be an 'expert' on something we've never really seen, poked and proded


    Ask any priest, rabbi, reverand, etc, etc, etc...


    :)

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