Two More Days to Pluto

primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
edited July 2015 in Science & Tech

I can't be the only one that is crazy excited to see Pluto for the first time.

http://phys.org/news/2015-07-image-pluto-houston-geology.html

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  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian

    No. this dude is pretty excited.

    My excitement level is not as high as his, but I look forward to seeing future images of our lovely 9th planet.

    -Digi

    oni_delsprimesuspectUPSLynx
  • oni_delsoni_dels Drunk French Canadian Montréal, Québec. Icrontian

    @BobbyDigi said:
    My excitement level is not as high as his, but I look forward to seeing future images of our lovely 9th dwarf star or something

    -Digi

    Fixed

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian

    Countdown to Pluto sounds like an amazingly cheesy 1950s SciFi film.

    Ryderoni_dels
  • aspieRommelaspieRommel Icrontic politico Indianapolis, IN Icrontian
    edited July 2015

    @oni_dels said:

    @BobbyDigi said:
    My excitement level is not as high as his, but I look forward to seeing future images of our lovely 9th dwarf star or something

    Fixed

    The designation is dwarf planet.

  • aspieRommelaspieRommel Icrontic politico Indianapolis, IN Icrontian
    edited July 2015

    Of course I would love to see Pluto again...

    image

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian

  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2015


    Would've preferred metric, but what can you do?

    Sonorousoni_delsErrorNullTurnip
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian

    @Thrax said:
    Countdown to Pluto sounds like an amazingly cheesy 1950s SciFi film.

    And I thought it was a new RPG from Disney. :'(

    RahnalH102
  • CrazyJoeCrazyJoe Winter Springs, FL Icrontian

    I am very excited!

  • d3k0yd3k0y Loveland, OH Icrontian

    My probe is ready

    ChoochRahnalH102
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian

    Approach!

  • CrazyJoeCrazyJoe Winter Springs, FL Icrontian

    I woke up early to watch. Now we just wait until this evening to see the new pictures.

  • ZanthianZanthian Mitey Worrier Icrontian

    GnomeQueenoni_dels
  • oni_delsoni_dels Drunk French Canadian Montréal, Québec. Icrontian

    GnomeQueenCantiChoochHero
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2015

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  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian

    It is simply amazing. Think about everything that goes into beaming a signal from that massive distance. NASA has the coolest toys. I mean sometimes I can't even get my Smart TV to stream in 1080p from 30 ft away over the wifi, but NASA, they shot a bunch of binary digits to form a picture from about two billion miles away. It just blows my mind thinking about it.

    RahnalH102
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian

    To be fair, the data coming in at like 1 Kbaud and we'll still be downloading the data from this week in September. Most people wouldn't put up with streaming that slow but it's not like you can get pictures from Pluto on BitTorrent.

    ChoochCliff_ForsterRahnalH102
  • oni_delsoni_dels Drunk French Canadian Montréal, Québec. Icrontian
    edited July 2015

    @Cliff_Forster said:
    they shot a bunch of binary digits to form a picture from about two billion miles away.

    not to be an ass but pluto is 4.67 billion miles away from earth

  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited July 2015

    At its furthe> @oni_dels said:

    not to be an ass but pluto is 4.67 billion miles away from earth

    At its furthest it is but I believe right now it is at about 2.6 billion and the telescope is actually about half a billion miles away getting these images. At least that's how I recall it from PBS the other night.

  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian

    As amazing as the new images of Pluto are, the images of the scientists seeing them for the first time is a close second place for entertainment.

    -Digi

    Cliff_Forster
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian

    @BobbyDigi said:
    As amazing as the new images of Pluto are, the images of the scientists seeing them for the first time is a close second place for entertainment.

    -Digi

    I'm 99% sure that @Winfrey is a time traveler who is an old man in the picture (second dude from top left)

    malia
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian

    Spess!

    photo SPESS_zpsk54svlxg.png

    aspieRommelUPSLynx
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian

    July 14th was a beautiful day on Pluto.

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