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Pluto-bound probe faces its toughest task: finding Pluto
New Horizons nears dwarf planet whose full orbit has never been mapped.
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Pluto's still a planet to me! Seriously, it will be awesome if it reaches the planet and sends back data and even fuzzy pictures, there is nothing I love more than seeing photos coming back from the probes, it's just really cool stuff.
I imagine this is something like hitting a hole in one on the moon from earth though the way it reads.
I am as giddy as a school girl, patiently waiting for insanely clear images of Pluto to arrive. Something so tantalizing as seeing a "planet" for the first time, and not seeing a faint blur is so great.