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dammage79 · 07-10-2015, 06:37 PM

Fascinating times we are in.

Landing a man made machine on a fast moving comet? Check.

Landing roving robots on Mars? Check.

Getting modern fly by images of planets in our solar system? Check. (Saturn, Jupiter and their moons and?) Check.

PLUTO! Whaaaaaat! Check (maybe).

Have we done any others? I want to say Mercury had a fly by but I might mistake that with the movie Sunshine.

Don't think we've done Neptune or Uranus yet. Why not those before Pluto? Wish it had more power after to send us some shots deeper into the Kuiper belt.

07-10-2015, 06:37 PM	#3
dammage79 Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Calgary Exp:	Fascinating times we are in. Landing a man made machine on a fast moving comet? Check. Landing roving robots on Mars? Check. Getting modern fly by images of planets in our solar system? Check. (Saturn, Jupiter and their moons and?) Check. PLUTO! Whaaaaaat! Check (maybe). Have we done any others? I want to say Mercury had a fly by but I might mistake that with the movie Sunshine. Don't think we've done Neptune or Uranus yet. Why not those before Pluto? Wish it had more power after to send us some shots deeper into the Kuiper belt. Last edited by dammage79; 07-10-2015 at 06:41 PM.