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		amethyst on Dec 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Voyager 1 spots new region at the edge of the Sola... "New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006" ... "with an estimated arrival date at the Pluto–Charon system of July 14, 2015"

losvedir on Dec 4, 2012 | [–]

Holy shit! Only 9 years to pluto? That's waaaaayyyy shorter than I would have imagined possible with our current technology.

abecedarius on Dec 4, 2012 | [–]

You say that like it's a long time! I think.

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