Just a few days ago, the New Horizons probe made its flyby of Pluto after almost a decade in flight. Launched in January 2006 when Pluto was still a planet, New Horizons was halfway to Jupiter when the IAU declared that Pluto was now a “dwarf planet,” a decision that people still argue about to […]
Read more "Pluto-pia"The Apollo Space program of the 1960s and 1970s is one of the largest governmental programs in American history, even dwarfing the Manhattan project in costs and manpower. Over $20 billion dollars were spent to design, build, test, and fly a rocket to the Moon and back, which, adjusted for inflation, comes in at over […]
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