New Horizon almost there - Page 2

Dowly · 07-14-15, 06:51 AM

Betonov · 07-14-15, 07:15 AM

Congrats to NASA

May not seem much but at least we are still at it.

Dowly · 07-14-15, 07:29 AM

Latest photo from yesterday:

Wolferz · 07-14-15, 09:03 AM

Pluto is just a solar system dingleberry.

Aktungbby · 07-14-15, 09:13 AM

WE are all just solar system dingleberries!

Betonov · 07-14-15, 09:21 AM

Jimbuna · 07-14-15, 09:55 AM

I knew Pluto had lost the label of being a planet but didn't realise it was now known as a 'Dwarf World'.

Aktungbby · 07-14-15, 11:32 AM

Rats! I don't even rate my own planet any more!

Dowly · 07-14-15, 03:11 PM

New Horizons' not the only probe that was eyeballing Pluto lately.
Rosetta took a photo of it too on Sunday.

Left: The unprocessed image is obscured by dust grains in comet 67P’s coma. Middle: Pluto’s background of stars as seen from Rosetta. Right: The processed image shows Pluto as a bright spot within the blue circle.

Torplexed · 07-14-15, 08:25 PM

My God, it's full of superlatives!

mapuc · 07-14-15, 08:33 PM

Did he really say "superlatives!"

I recall from the movie "My God it's..(this is what I can recall)

Markus

Torplexed · 07-14-15, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

Did he really say "superlatives!"

I recall from the movie "My God it's..(this is what I can recall)

Markus

Actually, the phrase, 'My God it's full of stars" is not from the 1968 movie 2001 A Space Odyssey itself, but from the novelization that screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke wrote at the same time as the screenplay. The book describes the scene in which astronaut Bowman is entering the monolith star gate, and he says the following phrase just before losing contact with Mission Control: “The thing’s hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it’s full of stars!”

And my attempt at humor was full of holes.

Wolferz · 07-15-15, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Actually, the phrase, 'My God it's full of stars" is not from the 1968 movie 2001 A Space Odyssey itself, but from the novelization that screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke wrote at the same time as the screenplay. The book describes the scene in which astronaut Bowman is entering the monolith star gate, and he says the following phrase just before losing contact with Mission Control: “The thing’s hollow -- it goes on forever -- and -- oh my God! -- it’s full of stars!”

And my attempt at humor was full of holes.

You've been downgraded from comedian to humorous fellow.

Wolferz · 07-15-15, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

WE are all just solar system dingleberries!

When it comes to dingleberries, the solar system got nuthin on Uranus.

Dowly · 07-15-15, 02:05 PM

Today's brief & image reveal live now:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I knew Pluto had lost the label of being a planet but didn't realise it was now known as a 'Dwarf World'. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,049 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Gone to the (threeheaded) dogs! Rats! I don't even rate my own planet any more! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	New Horizons' not the only probe that was eyeballing Pluto lately. Rosetta took a photo of it too on Sunday. Left: The unprocessed image is obscured by dust grains in comet 67P’s coma. Middle: Pluto’s background of stars as seen from Rosetta. Right: The processed image shows Pluto as a bright spot within the blue circle.

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