New Horizons off to Pluto … and beyond
Monday, January 23rd, 2006 | 4:24 pm @ SK
The New Horizons mission has been launched to Pluto. It is the first time a spacecraft has been sent to an unexplored planet since the Voyager craft left for Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s.
New Horizons’ trip to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Objects will mean that all the Solar System’s planets have been visited.
According to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the billions of kilometres New Horizons must cross to reach Pluto means it will not arrive until July 2015.
As Nasa scientists put it, Pluto is an Everest in the solar system and exploring it is like conquering the highest peak in the world. If the New Horizons succeeds in its mission, it will open new frontiers in space research.
Click here for the launching video coverage.
January 24th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
sometimes I just dun understand why human rather spend money on space travel than saving those in pain and hunger?