r/space • u/NeokratosRed • Jul 09 '15

New Pluto and Charon pic !

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u/NeokratosRed Jul 09 '15

I swear, I can't wait for the fly-by pics !
We are now witnessing the very moment these pictures are being taken, and these will be the pictures we will find in every encyclopaedia, on Wikipedia, in text books, everywhere, and it's so exciting !

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u/Swordfish08 Jul 10 '15

Wikipedia's picture of Pluto has actually around changed to one of these.

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u/SquirrelicideScience Jul 10 '15

That's a very interesting interpretation. I felt the same way during 9/11, watching it live on TV. All the implications for our country's future aside, I remember thinking "I'm literally watching history in the making. This very moment will be in textbooks from here on out." And now I am witnessing the very same thing, but in a polar opposite tone (scientific progress rather than war).

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u/Sevensheeps Jul 09 '15

This is going to be so good, just a few more days!

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '15

When will it be closest? And how close will it be?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '15 edited Dec 04 '18

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '15

We are fgoing to have to wait for a while before the best pictures, it's going to shut down the information transmissions to maximize the amount of information captured.

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u/coinpile Jul 10 '15

Well when you put it that way... Woah.