Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Hello, Pluto

Beautiful pictures of dwarf planet Pluto:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/15/science/space/new-horizons-pluto-flyby-photos.html

Q: If it takes 9 years just to get to the edge of our solar system, what chance do we have of making it to the nearest star system (which is over 8,000 times farther away)?

A: We can't get there, and they can't get here. Not with any known technology.

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