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NASA Chooses Pluto Mission

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. in related news.. by slashkitty · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    devitry.com is reporting on a NYTIMES article about the faked Moon Landings. How can they publish those lies?

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    -- these are only opinions and they might not be mine.
  2. Hexadecimal relates to this... by Derek+Finch · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If they keep using decimal, they will miss pluto because of complication and round off. Decimal destroys happiness, elegance, and simplicity!

  3. 1st Piss! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Awww yeah....let it drain.......

  4. Penguin assisn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A good idea for the x box!



    As a member of the evil empire corporation, your mission (and you WILL ACCEPT IT) is to go to antartica and destroy every penguin who refuses to have a computer with winXP installed! A real insult to penguin based systems!

  5. Bleh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Howard Stern is overrated.

  6. Re:How can you be an expert on Pluto? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It would be more informative to poke and prod at Uranus. Or my anus. Please?

    -- IP-banned WIPO Troll

  7. Plenty of water? by fm6 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Somebody better tell the Kazon. Not to mention the Visitors!

  8. A probe to Pluto by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A tragic waste of time. NASA is leaderless and infested by the Ku Klux Klan and other religous fanatics.