9 years ago
4
How Did We Get to Pluto So Fast?
On July 14th, the New Horizons spacecraft will make history when it sails past Pluto, formerly known as the ninth planet. Even more incredible is how fast we got there. The spacecraft traveled 3 billion miles in nine and a half years. That’s about a million miles a day for almost ten years. How the heck did we do it?
Continue Reading
http://gizmodo.com
Join the Discussion
I'm going to assume this is a negligent amount, although they make it sound as if a few more spaceships and Jupiter is gonna stand still
You just have to compare the mass of new horizons with the mass of Jupiter to get the order of magnitude of the effect. We do the same thing with the Earth and the Moon all the time.
EDIT: On an unrelated note, who and why the hell would someone downvote this snap?
This article is precisely the kind of article I would never have found on reddit. Thanks for posting :)
This was a great read. Thanks for sharing :)