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08-26-2006, 03:49 PM
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A lot of things you learn in school are wrong but, that point aside, perhaps someone could explain to me any real effect this will ever have on anyone?
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In 8th grade I failed my science test by one point because I put down that pluto was not a planet. 
Who's laughing now teach, who's laughing now... 
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08-26-2006, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by wasahobo
In 8th grade I failed my science test by one point because I put down that pluto was not a planet.
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He is because you still failed :P.
But yer that sucks.
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08-27-2006, 12:04 AM
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He is because you still failed :P
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hahaha
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08-27-2006, 12:36 AM
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Can't they make their mind up  .
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08-27-2006, 01:29 AM
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It doesn't matter which are called planets... They are still there, and worthy of exploring.
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08-27-2006, 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue Ire
It doesn't matter which are called planets... They are still there, and worthy of exploring.
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Wouldn't it take about 80 years to reach pluto?
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08-27-2006, 02:45 AM
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Originally Posted by seen.to
Wouldn't it take about 80 years to reach pluto?
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Yes, correct, but look at this, say they had a rocket to get there and all that fancy stuff to do it in.
They want to explore the newest planet, calculate, 80 years, ok start flying in space, 80 Years later, Houstan we got a problem, what? Plutos not a planet no more. Abort Mission. lol
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08-27-2006, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by seen.to
Wouldn't it take about 80 years to reach pluto?
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Actually there is a mission to send an unmanned space craft on a flyby of Pluto and its' moons, the mission is named New Horizons and the space craft is on its' way to Pluto as we speak. It launched on the 19th of January 2006 and is expected to reach Pluto by 2015. So it will take ~10 years. They will also be using Jupiter's gravity to give them a bit of a boost on the path to Pluto and if they missed it, it would delay the arrival by 2-4 years.
Here's some info about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons
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08-27-2006, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Impluo
Actually there is a mission to send an unmanned space craft on a flyby of Pluto and its' moons, the mission is named New Horizons and the space craft is on it's way to Pluto as we speak. It launched on the 19th of January 2006 and is expected to reach Pluto by 2015. So it will take ~10 years. They will also be using Jupiter's gravity to give them a bit of a boost on the path to Pluto and if they missed it, it would delay the arrival by 2-4 years.
Here's some info about it
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I stand corrected 
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08-27-2006, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by seen.to
Wouldn't it take about 80 years to reach pluto?
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With the currectly pathetic state of NASA? Not quite, but your point is taken. Private space exploration will absolutely boom in the next 10 years and with it the technology to reach destinations previously unimaginable.
People used to think your body would disintegrate if you reached speeds of over 50MPH.
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