History being made

[Kermit]

I almost posted this in "Destinations." NASA's New Horizons spacecraft just flew by Pluto this morning and will be sending back more images tonight. We'll get to see them tomorrow. Check out the NASA website for more details. www.nasa.gov

Sorry for posting a non-sailing topic here. But dang. This is exciting stuff!

 

[justsomeguy]

All these worlds are yours—except Europa / Attempt no landing there.

 

[py26129]

While its' not sailing, it's cruising on a planetary scale.

I've been following this and it's fascinating.

Matt

 

[31seahorse]

Thanks Kermit, We are interested in the new information too.

Inquiring Minds want to know how Pluto will compare with the oft-visited Koozebane.

 

[Kermit]

Inquiring Minds want to know how Pluto will compare with the oft-visited Koozebane.

Forgive the teenagerish response, but OMG LOL ROFLMAO and any other teeny bopper response! Thanks for making my day! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y4SZmIeGGts

 

[arf145]

Definitely looking forward to hearing the results of the status update tonight at 9

 

[Bowedtoothdoc]

All these worlds are yours—except Europa / Attempt no landing there.

I'm sorry Dave

 

[Benny17441]

Ok let's tune on to the NASA channel and leave the sailors alone.

 

[Gunni]

Thank you folks at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Another teamwork mission success on the space frontier! Well done.

 

[All U Get]

I had one of Pluto from years ago.


All U Get

 

[Kermit]

I had one of Pluto from years ago. All U Get

Pluto really was named for Pluto. You can look it up!

 

[Jamason]

I can't wait to see that also. Makes me think. I can't even get off the dock and they made it to Pluto. Man I have sum catching up to do...

 

[Sailm8]

It's a trick

 

[lehighsail]

This forum has always been very helpful so perhaps you can shed some light on a question I have been pondering for some time. Pluto is a dog, Goofy is a dog; why does Goofy wear clothes and Pluto is naked?

 

[Kermit]

This forum has always been very helpful so perhaps you can shed some light on a question I have been pondering for some time. Pluto is a dog, Goofy is a dog; why does Goofy wear clothes and Pluto is naked?

Actually, Pluto is not naked. He's wearing a collar. Here's what happened to Kermit when prairie dogs stole his collar.
https://youtu.be/BAfxv_CAIy4

 

[Kermit]

Here's the latest. Dang this is cool stuff.

 

[Justin_NSA]

Pluto isn't a planet anymore

 

[Kermit]

Pluto isn't a planet anymore

Yep. It was plutoed. I'm kinda hoping they'll unpluto it and restore it back to planet status.

Here's how we remembered the 9 planets: My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pancakes. Now it's: Many Very Educated Men Just Screwed Up Nature.

 

[All U Get]

Pluto really was named for Pluto. You can look it up!

Why did they name a planet after a dog? Nice pictures, hard to get used to the changes since I was in school.

All U Get

 

[Roadking Larry]

Probably being a jerk here but all the planets except Earth were named after the gods of Greek mythology. Pluto (AKA Hades) was the ruler of the underworld.