Damn, let me tell you something... that gave me full body goosebumps and choked me up.
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Planetary status asside, Pluto's exploration is so important to unlocking the mysteries of the origins of our solar system, that we built the fastest damned thing that humans have ever built.
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The third stage boosters launched it on a direct escape velocity and trajectory at a staggering 58,536 km/h (36,373 mph). The boost it received from Mars cranked that up to 76,000 km/h (47,000 mph). The boost from Jupiter cranked it up even further, to 83,000 km/h (51,000 mph). That alone shaved three whole years of the travel time.
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Planetary status asside, Pluto's exploration is so important to unlocking the mysteries of the origins of our solar system, that we built the fastest damned thing that humans have ever built.
.
The third stage boosters launched it on a direct escape velocity and trajectory at a staggering 58,536 km/h (36,373 mph). The boost it received from Mars cranked that up to 76,000 km/h (47,000 mph). The boost from Jupiter cranked it up even further, to 83,000 km/h (51,000 mph). That alone shaved three whole years of the travel time.
I don't know why.
this is gonna be so COOL!