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NASA ‏@NASA 6m6 minutes ago
Best @NASANewHorizons Pluto image yet will be released & discussed at our 8am ET briefing. SNEAK PEAK: https://instagram.com/p/5HTXKMoaFL #PlutoFlyby

https://instagram.com/p/5HTXKMoaFL/

 

[Amory]

I was hoping it'd be blue or something

 

[Kerned]

I want to steal Europa away and pull it into Earth orbit. The ice will melt and we'll have a habitable second moon.

 

[jchap]

sweet. Its prime time for the next few hours. Good luck little probe!

 

[DarkFlow]

Still think it's crazy we sent something on a 9 year trip just to fly by it. Why not put it into orbit?

 

[Kerned]

It's so remarkable seeing Pluto in such detail for the first time.

 

[CitizenCope]

Any live stream of from NASA mission control?

 

[jchap]

Still think it's crazy we sent something on a 9 year trip just to fly by it. Why not put it into orbit?

Because it would either require a ton more delta v or make the mission 100 years long. Its hard to slow down something going 25 miles a second.

 

[Seanspeed]

Still think it's crazy we sent something on a 9 year trip just to fly by it. Why not put it into orbit?

Its got other things to check out afterwards. They want to go check out some other Kuiper Belt objects.

NH is now 15,000 miles away, which is *really* close. Less than two Earth diameters.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

Beautiful. Not really seeing a " heart," though. Not to sound lewd, but it looks like a woman's buttocks/ waist.

 

[ParityBit]

No giant alien structures! Boooooo I say, boo!

 

[EdwardTivrusky]

I'm so, so, so, SO EXCITED!

I'm going to use about a thousand calories just from jiggling my feet under the desk. Sorry anyone who's sharing a table with me

Bought Universe Sandbox2 after playing with NASA's Eyes for the last few days. The next week or so as they release data is going to be amazing then a long 18 months and counting before the real good stuff is received and decoded.

Aside from the NASA feed any other links/discussions etc? Preferably of the sciencey kind rather than someone explaining why the Plutonians are hiding from NH

 

[Seanspeed]

Beautiful. Not really seeing a " heart," though. Not to sound lewd, but it looks like a woman's buttocks/ waist.

It is clearly an angel.

 

[Norfair]

Still think it's crazy we sent something on a 9 year trip just to fly by it. Why not put it into orbit?

Because it would take you another nine years to slow down. Plus you'd have to put all that fuel into orbit.

 

[Log4Girlz]

https://instagram.com/p/5HTXKMoaFL/

Beautiful

 

[DarkFlow]

Because it would either require a ton more delta v or make the mission 100 years long.

They figured out how to get Cassini–Huygens out to Saturn and into orbit. Granted Pluto is way farther, bit I think they could do it.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Awesome preview pic. Excited to see more!

 

[Chuckie]

Beautiful. Not really seeing a " heart," though. Not to sound lewd, but it looks like a woman's buttocks/ waist.

It is beautiful!

Also... one of the theories where the symbol of a heart comes from is a female buttock... so you are not wrong

 

[gutshot]

https://instagram.com/p/5HTXKMoaFL/

My jaw literally dropped at this photo.

 

[VaultBoy101]

No giant alien structures! Boooooo I say, boo!

Meanwhile, on Kerberos...

 

[jchap]

They figured out how to get Cassini–Huygens out to Saturn and into orbit. Granted Pluto is way farther, bit I think they could do it.

Saturn has a mass of 50000 Plutos. Also the probe wasn't going nearly as fast.

 

[Norfair]

They figured out how to get Cassini–Huygens out to Saturn and into orbit. Granted Pluto is way farther, bit I think they could do it.

Saturn has a bit more gravity to help you slow down.

 

[Jezbollah]

http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

Enjoy the show!

 

[Log4Girlz]

To think we went so very far in such a very long period of time, to finally know what Pluto looked like...and realize we've known since 1979.

 

[ReplacementPelican]

https://instagram.com/p/5HTXKMoaFL/

That is absolutely incredible.

 

[Branduil]

If that magical no-fuel engine NASA is testing turns out to actually work, how fast would we be able to get another probe to Pluto, and would it make it possible to orbit/land on the surface?

 

[Jezbollah]

OI! CLEANER!

Dont unplug anything!!

 

[Melon Husk]

Any live stream of from NASA mission control?

A press conference in 30 minutes alongside the high-res picture they teased enough for you?

There's this stream of New Horizon's passage visualized.

 

[GK86]

NASA TV live stream.

Still think it's crazy we sent something on a 9 year trip just to fly by it. Why not put it into orbit?

Its got other things to check out afterwards. They want to go check out some other Kuiper Belt objects.

NH is now 15,000 miles away, which is *really* close. Less than two Earth diameters.

It is going too fast to orbit.

 

[jmdajr]

Unreal...

 

[lazygecko]

thanks for the replies everyone



I'd be scared as fuck, I guess I'd get used to it over time, but damn, so near... majora's mask nightmares every night

 

[Jezbollah]

http://eyes.nasa.gov/

I forgot about this app. Loved it when Curiosity landed.

 

[GK86]

https://instagram.com/p/5HTXKMoaFL/

Wow. It is stunning.

 

[sono]

Ten minutes everyone!

 

[sono]

https://instagram.com/p/5HTXKMoaFL/

Wow feel the love people

 

[DarkFlow]

So are we waiting on the four hour delay to say it passed, or in real time and we find out four hours later.

 

[goombatommy]

8 minutes!! What a historic day. Super psyched!

 

[GK86]

So are we waiting on the four hour delay to say it passed, or in real time and we find out four hours later.

Delay. Nothing is being sent back at the moment. New Horizons is preparing for the flyby and will be too busy during the flyby to send anything. We should get something around 9pm tonight. The rest of the photos and data will start coming in tomorrow.

 

[Chichikov]

NASA's youtube channel for those who are interested -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX9I1KyNa8M

Works better for me.

 

[Seanspeed]

So are we waiting on the four hour delay to say it passed, or in real time and we find out four hours later.

The flyby is happening now, but yea, we wont get any information from it til later.

 

[Vyrance]

Yea their youtube is running great, also it's like 12-14 seconds faster than ustream

 

[xenist]

Seeing such things always makes me feel strange.

 

[DarkFlow]

Delay. Nothing is being sent back at the moment. New Horizons is preparing for the flyby and will be too busy during the flyby to send anything. We should get something around 9pm tonight. The rest of the photos and data will start coming in tomorrow.

I see so technically it already started zooming by.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

Seeing such things always makes me feel strange.

Like when you used to climb the rope in gym class?

 

[Seanspeed]

I see so technically it already started zooming by.

It is 5 minutes away from being the closest it will be.

At the moment, it is 8,000 miles away, which in space terms is incredibly close. Just one Earth diameter.

 

[OdysseusVA]

lol
This guy on the stream is unintentionally funny

 

[xenist]

Like when you used to climb the rope in gym class?

Better.

 

[Chichikov]

LOL a Pluto plushy.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

It is 5 minutes away from being the closest it will be.

At the moment, it is 8,000 miles away, which in space terms is incredibly close. Just one Earth diameter.

That seems crazy close, considering the number of times I've flown 5,000 miles in a day. I didn't realize it would be that close.

 

[GK86]

It is great to see their excitement.