Pluto, your bets?

Torplexed · 01-22-06, 12:27 PM

I remember reading that the The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space was planning to protest the launch as they did with Cassini. Apparently the probe will be carrying a cache of plutonium to power the onboard radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

C'mon people! I can't think of a more appropriate place to send PLUTOnium. Besides the more we send up there the less there is down here.

The craft will be doing a flyby of Jupiter enroute to Pluto so the nine-year voyage won't be completely dull.

01-22-06, 12:27 PM	#4
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I remember reading that the The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space was planning to protest the launch as they did with Cassini. Apparently the probe will be carrying a cache of plutonium to power the onboard radioisotope thermoelectric generator. C'mon people! I can't think of a more appropriate place to send PLUTOnium. Besides the more we send up there the less there is down here. The craft will be doing a flyby of Jupiter enroute to Pluto so the nine-year voyage won't be completely dull.