"New Horizons" spacecraft nears Pluto.

**Ausfree** · 11th July 2015, 04:27 PM

New Horizons is nearing the minor planet Pluto and will do a flyby on July 14. I'm looking forward to seeing the images. I believe the spacecraft will flyby at ten times the speed of a rifle bullet so the technicians involved will have to have their act together.

New Image of Pluto by New Horizons

**Ausfree** · 11th July 2015, 04:31 PM

For those who may be interested, here is the NASA mission page for updates.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/n...ain/index.html

**Discodance** · 12th July 2015, 04:32 PM

Very kool to think we can actually do this type of thing ...
The pics are very interesting to say the least .

I visit the Nasa site quite regularly to follow what they are up too ...

cheers
Steve

**incisor** · 12th July 2015, 04:59 PM

i think i heard somewhere some of the hi res pics will take 16 months to get here ....

**Ausfree** · 12th July 2015, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

i think i heard somewhere some of the hi res pics will take 16 months to get here ....

Goes to show how far away Pluto is!!

When will we have high resolution photos of Pluto from New Horizons Mission? - Quora

**Discodance** · 12th July 2015, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by incisor

i think i heard somewhere some of the hi res pics will take 16 months to get here ....

The distances out there are shattering for my mind to get around .

Should be worth the wait , just to see another glimpse of stuff we don't really know much about .

.

**Eevo** · 13th July 2015, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by incisor

i think i heard somewhere some of the hi res pics will take 16 months to get here ....

and it not even a planet!

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 13th July 2015, 06:57 AM

so, 16 months,, does that mean the spacecraft knows where we'll be in 16 months?
or is it just powered by AMD?

**Eevo** · 13th July 2015, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

or is it just powered by AMD?[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

i'm not getting the AMD joke

**Discodance** · 13th July 2015, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by Eevo

and it not even a planet!

Hmmm... tink it might just still be one ...

Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is the second-most massive known dwarf planet, after the scattered-disc object Eris. It is probably[14] the largest object in the Kuiper belt [h][i] and possibly the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume. It is the tenth-most-massive known body directly orbiting the Sun

Although

Pluto was discovered in 1930 and was originally considered the ninth planet from the Sun. After 1992, its status as a planet fell into question following the discovery of the Kuiper belt, a ring of objects beyond Neptune

so, 16 months,, does that mean the spacecraft knows where we'll be in 16 months?
or is it just powered by AMD?

Tried to look up the AMD thing ... ? Think its just the computer processor?
but...
If it is just a joke , that's ok

but if it is something else real , a short explanation would be appreciated for my over active inquiring mind .. lolol

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