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janrinok
on Wednesday July 15 2015, @06:22AM
from the amazingly-assonant-aliteration dept.
from the amazingly-assonant-aliteration dept.
As of this morning, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has flown by Pluto. Early images (here and here) are the best glimpses we have had of the dwarf planet. More detailed pictures are expected to be released this afternoon and over the next 16 months.
Update: New Horizons is expected to call home at 8:53 PM EDT.
Update: Contact with New Horizons re-established! Telemetry download has begun.
Update: New Horizons team unveils its first findings from the Pluto flypast – that briefing is on Wednesday at 3pm ET [sic] (8pm BST/Thursday 5am AEST) [updated at 14:59 UTC 15 July]
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(Score: 5, Funny) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday July 14 2015, @01:39PM
Alliterative Acronyms Are Always Awful, Avoid And Abstain As Appropriate.
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(Score: 5, Funny) by wonkey_monkey on Tuesday July 14 2015, @03:45PM
Slashdot story submitter sounds sufficiently supercilious, spewing smug sentences.
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(Score: 2) by istartedi on Wednesday July 15 2015, @03:04AM
They should attend Alliterative Acronyms Anonymous, which also offers free towing.
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