Space Probe Launched to Pluto

[jimbeaux]

Nuclear powered and designed to visit Pluto, its moon, and the Kupier belt afterward. Nine plus year mission.
Edited to add: Scheduled to lift off....sorry! If all goes well, it will be the fastest manmade object to leave the Earth....36,000 plus MPH.

www.space.com/missionlaunches/051219_newhorizons_update.html

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=

>> Edited by jimbeaux on Tuesday 17th January 15:03

[jimbeaux]

srebbe64 said:

Apparently, it will travel the distance from the Earth to the Moon in just nine hours - now that's going quicker than I was in the Tunnel run Saturday night!

No shite...That can get to the Moon 3 hours quicker than I can drive to Orlando!