Here's a link about the NASA probe that is headed to Pluto http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4617202.stm
While in general - I find the story interesting and appeals a bit to my inner geek, I also got a chuckle out of the paragraph below - you cannot write this stuff - reality does it for you Quote from BBC article For onboard electric power, the probe will convert heat from the decay of radioactive plutonium pellets into electricity for the spacecraft's systems and science instruments. Operating so far from the Sun means New Horizons cannot use solar panels. _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
