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GK86 · Jun 17, 2015

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=171560942#post171560942

^ OT is up. Please post there.

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7/10 update:

rhfb said:

7/9 update:

jkanownik said:
I watched all 8 of the New Horizons one minute Pluto videos on Youtube today. Great way to catch up if you haven't been paying attential all along.

Pluto in a minute

7/8 update:

gutshot said:
New image released today:

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-a-heart-from-pluto-as-flyby-begins

7/6 update:

DrForester said:
NASA released some new images, must have been taken before the glitch.

GK86 said:
Another image:

The Sum of Zero said:
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-hor...faces-of-pluto-series-of-spots-that-fascinate

Melon Husk said:
Step up, thread, thought this would have been here

This is what we had before

July 14th is the magic date. National Space Society created this teaser video.

On July 14th, NASA’s New Horizons mission will make its closest approach to the Pluto system, completing the first reconnaissance of the solar system’s major planets, begun over 50 years ago by NASA. With the completion of the Pluto flyby by New Horizons next month, NASA will have completed successful missions to every planet from Mercury to Pluto.

The NSS recognizes the historic culmination of this era of first planetary reconnaissance, for which the United States will be forever inscribed in history.

To celebrate, the NSS commissioned a short video film, called “New Horizons,” which is being released today. “New Horizons” was directed and produced by Erik Wernquist, whose video “Wanderers,” looking to the future of solar system exploration by humans, created a viral sensation last year. NSS member and New Horizons mission leader Alan Stern served as advisor the video. The video was funded for NSS by contributions to NSS made by New Horizons mission partners Aerojet Rockedyne, Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, and United Launch Alliance.

I love the message at the end of the video:

Dedicated to all those who carried out the first reconnaissance missions to explore the planets.

This era, from 1962 to 2015, is surely one of Humankind's most legendary achievements.

Hail to the teams who conceived, built, and flew these historic projects:

Mariner
Pioneer
Voyager
Dawn
New Horizons

Latest image of Pluto:

The Sum of Zero said:
There's two Pluto threads going, figured I'd post this here, too.

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-and-its-moon-charon-now-in-color

terrisus · Jun 17, 2015

That name keeps making me think of:

Wthermans · Jun 17, 2015

I am really excited for this. I remember streaming the launch live. I am also interested to know how long until it bypasses Voyager 2 distance and what trajectory out of our system it is heading. We still get signals from Voyager 2 so I can only imagine how long New Horizons will go.

Log4Girlz · Jun 17, 2015

According to the schedule which lists on what days we'll have what resolution level per pixel on the camera, we should start getting great shit in early July

Orbis · Jun 17, 2015

Log4Girlz said:
According to the schedule which lists on what days we'll have what resolution level per pixel on the camera, we should start getting great shit in early July

I'm more excited for this than I should be. Pluto is a fascinating object, it even has five moons. But so far we've had absolutely no idea what it looks like. Bear in mind that this:

Was taken recently by the approaching probe and is the most detail we've ever seen.

owlbeak · Jun 17, 2015

Can't wait! It's been a very long wait to get there. Those pictures are going to be amazing.

MrOogieBoogie · Jun 17, 2015

Unbelievable that such a massive landmark in human engineering isn't receiving much attention.

chimpychi · Jun 17, 2015

blows my mind at how they calculate a trajectory to a moving object that takes nearly 10 years to get there...

Volimar · Jun 17, 2015

How fast is it traveling right now?

Mecha · Jun 17, 2015

MrOogieBoogie said:
Unbelievable that such a massive landmark in human engineering isn't receiving much attention.

That seems to be a common theme for space related news. Scientists can discover and do amazing things, and they will still get less coverage than a white woman pretending to be black.

burntchomsky · Jun 17, 2015

chimpychi said:
blows my mind at how they calculate a trajectory to a moving object that takes nearly 10 years to get there...

For real, that is amazing.

Log4Girlz · Jun 17, 2015

chimpychi said:
blows my mind at how they calculate a trajectory to a moving object that takes nearly 10 years to get there...

They make frequent adjustments.

EdwardTivrusky · Jun 17, 2015

Volimar said:
How fast is it traveling right now?

According to New Horizons - Location it's travelling at 32,569 miles per hour.
Though the Helios probes are apparently the fastest at 153,000 mph. Flippin' 'eck!

Himynameischris · Jun 17, 2015

I can't wait, so much good stuff going on in space exploration right now.

Souldestroyer Reborn · Jun 17, 2015

Himynameischris said:
I can't wait, so much good stuff going on in space exploration right now.

Damn right although I'd extend that to science in general at the moment.

There's so many things going on right now across different fields that it's hard to keep track of it all.

Actually, do we have a science and technology OT on GAF?

CitizenVectron · Jun 17, 2015

EdwardTivrusky said:
According to wikipedia it's travelling at 32,569 miles per hour.
Though the Helios probes are apparently the fastest at 153,000 mph. Flippin' 'eck!

And yet, still only .02% the speed of light.

Keby · Jun 17, 2015

Unbelievable that we are going to see Pluto up close for the first time.

EdwardTivrusky · Jun 17, 2015

TheGreatPotato said:
And yet, still only .02% the speed of light.

I noticed that too. Made my brain hurt just thinking about it.
New Horizons reached nearly 37,000 mph when we launched it, the fastest we've ever booted something off the planet apparently

xk0sm0sx · Jun 17, 2015

But Pluto is no longer a planet, they have completed traveling to every planet long ago!

BumRush · Jun 17, 2015

TheGreatPotato said:
And yet, still only .02% the speed of light.

That hurts my head.

PantherLotus · Jun 17, 2015

I am legitimately excited for this.

Version 3.0 · Jun 17, 2015

xk0sm0sx said:
But Pluto is no longer a planet, they have completed traveling to every planet long ago!

Pretty much what I was thinking. Shouldn't it say "planets and former planets"? Heh.

This still bugs me about that: Pluto is now a "dwarf planet". Since the people who decided whether it's a planet or not don't understand the most basic of grammar rules, it's still a planet. Adding an adjective doesn't change the definition of a noun. Dwarf galaxies are galaxies. Dwarf planets aren't planets?

This isn't a term that evolved out of popular misuse or something: this misnomer was deliberately applied by a group of scientists. Ridiculous.

Markster · Jun 17, 2015

Wthermans said:
I am also interested to know how long until it bypasses Voyager 2 distance and what trajectory out of our system it is heading.

Looks like Voyager 2 is still going faster than New Horizons. According to Wikipedia:

Pioneer 10: ~12.037 km/s
Pioneer 11: ~11.376 km/s
Voyager 1: ~17.043 km/s
Voyager 2: ~15.436 km/s
New Horizons: ~13.78 km/s

The Voyagers have a lock on being the furthest-travelled probes for the next several decades at least.
New Horizons will outpace the Pioneer probes eventually.

The Sum of Zero · Jun 17, 2015

We're almost there! Can't wait to see those pictures.

GK86 · Jun 17, 2015

MrOogieBoogie said:
Unbelievable that such a massive landmark in human engineering isn't receiving much attention.

It is sad really.

xk0sm0sx said:
But Pluto is no longer a planet, they have completed traveling to every planet long ago!

It is still a planet to me, dammit.

onken · Jun 17, 2015

Finally!

Himynameischris · Jun 17, 2015

Souldestroyer Reborn said:
Damn right although I'd extend that to science in general at the moment.

There's so many things going on right now across different fields that it's hard to keep track of it all.

Actually, do we have a science and technology OT on GAF?

True, but I'm going to major in astrophysics so I pay extra attention to the stars

Fenderputty · Jun 18, 2015

I'm looking forward to this so so so much.

Sky Interloper · Jun 18, 2015

The fact that we are going to get the first high resolution closeups of Pluto excites me to no end. This last couple of years have been great in space exploration.

EdwardTivrusky · Jun 18, 2015

Markster said:
Looks like Voyager 2 is still going faster than New Horizons. According to Wikipedia:

Pioneer 10: ~12.037 km/s
Pioneer 11: ~11.376 km/s
Voyager 1: ~17.043 km/s
Voyager 2: ~15.436 km/s
New Horizons: ~13.78 km/s

The Voyagers have a lock on being the furthest-travelled probes for the next several decades at least.
New Horizons will outpace the Pioneer probes eventually.

According to this news post as Voyager 1 had a couple of gravity boosts from planetary flybys and is travelling at 17 km/s whereas New Horizons will be travelling at 13 km/s when it leaves the Kuiper Belt. I know the thread is about New Horizons but Voyager really blows my mind when i think of it. Opportunity still operational on Mars, Philae waking up, the Voyagers, New Horizons all great stuff.

I'm really excited for the next few years and what New Horizons and Philae will show us and i'm only an interested member of the public. Folks in the various fields must be giddy with anticipation!

kinn · Jun 18, 2015

MrOogieBoogie said:
Unbelievable that such a massive landmark in human engineering isn't receiving much attention.

Agreed. Such a shame.

chimpychi said:
blows my mind at how they calculate a trajectory to a moving object that takes nearly 10 years to get there...

Yeah agreed again! Amazing.

xk0sm0sx said:
But Pluto is no longer a planet, they have completed traveling to every planet long ago!

I thought it was still classed as a planet? Dwarf Planet?

FrsDvl · Jun 18, 2015

I hope it has life forms. That'll teach them to take away Pluto's planet status.

The Last Wizard · Jun 18, 2015

GK86 said:
It is still a planet to me, dammit.

Man, if you wasn't my bro before you damn sure are now.

I can't wait for the pics! Just set a reminder in addition to the one that was pre-installed already in my calendar.

Phobophile · Jun 18, 2015

Leondexter said:
Pretty much what I was thinking. Shouldn't it say "planets and former planets"? Heh.

This still bugs me about that: Pluto is now a "dwarf planet". Since the people who decided whether it's a planet or not don't understand the most basic of grammar rules, it's still a planet. Adding an adjective doesn't change the definition of a noun. Dwarf galaxies are galaxies. Dwarf planets aren't planets?

This isn't a term that evolved out of popular misuse or something: this misnomer was deliberately applied by a group of scientists. Ridiculous.

It's common for technical definitions to differ slightly from dictionary denotations.

-Deadpool- · Jun 18, 2015

Such an incredible thing. Can't believe it's only a month away.

abstract alien · Jun 18, 2015

How clear are we expecting these images to be? I'm stoked!

foxuzamaki · Jun 18, 2015

EdwardTivrusky said:
According to New Horizons - Location it's travelling at 32,569 miles per hour.
Though the Helios probes are apparently the fastest at 153,000 mph. Flippin' 'eck!

Holy crap, that's almost lightspeed isnt it?

Chris R · Jun 18, 2015

foxuzamaki said:
Holy crap, that's almost lightspeed isnt it?

light travels at ~300,000,000 m/s

153,000 mph is ~68,000 m/s or .022% the speed of light

Ty4on · Jun 18, 2015

Leondexter said:
Pretty much what I was thinking. Shouldn't it say "planets and former planets"? Heh.

This still bugs me about that: Pluto is now a "dwarf planet". Since the people who decided whether it's a planet or not don't understand the most basic of grammar rules, it's still a planet. Adding an adjective doesn't change the definition of a noun. Dwarf galaxies are galaxies. Dwarf planets aren't planets?

This isn't a term that evolved out of popular misuse or something: this misnomer was deliberately applied by a group of scientists. Ridiculous.

If Pluto is a planet we have a lot more than 9.

Link · Jun 18, 2015

GK86 said:
It is still a planet to me, dammit.

Same. I also own this shirt:

Version 3.0 · Jun 18, 2015

Phobophile said:
It's common for technical definitions to differ slightly from dictionary denotations.

Yes, but they had the opportunity to avoid it, even mentioning potential confusion, and didn't. That's crazy.

kinn said:
I thought it was still classed as a planet? Dwarf Planet?

See?

And, Ty4on, I didn't mean to say Pluto is still literally a planet. I agree with the reasoning that it should be classified differently. It's the moronic name they chose that I take issue with.

CronoShot · Jun 18, 2015

foxuzamaki said:
Holy crap, that's almost lightspeed isnt it?

Not even remotely close.

Version 3.0 · Jun 18, 2015

foxuzamaki said:
Holy crap, that's almost lightspeed isnt it?

You're probably thinking of the commonly referenced 186,000 number for lightspeed, but that's per second.

Insane Metal · Jun 18, 2015

I can't even say how excited I am for this. This is history being written, folks. It's so close.

jmdajr · Jun 18, 2015

I'm pretty damn hype.

sixteen-bit · Jun 18, 2015

History in the making

cameron · Jun 18, 2015

abstract alien said:
How clear are we expecting these images to be? I'm stoked!

When New Horizons flies by Pluto on 14 July, Ralph will deliver colour images that show surface features as small as a few km across.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32311907

Freeza Under The Shower · Jun 19, 2015

What's going to weird is seeing that image we all have of Pluto's "atmosphere" and it's yellow-brown tints being disproven, most likely. Either that, or Pluto isn't a regular Kuiper Belt object, making it much more interesting than just another icy rock.

it took less than a hundred years from its (contemporary re-) discovery to actually getting a close-up (sort of), which is in itself amazing.

dekline · Jun 19, 2015

This is going to be so awesome. I can't wait to see the pictures.

owasog · Jun 19, 2015

abstract alien said:
How clear are we expecting these images to be? I'm stoked!

This is what you can expect when everything's going to plan. But beaming all this data back to Earth will take many months.

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