Fastest ever space craft to launch, pass moon in just 9 hours

Ghoulish Delight · 01-19-2006, 03:23 PM

A successful launch, sans nuclear meltdown.

link, with video. Don't blink that thing's outta there, well, like a rocket. Maybe I'm just seeing what I want to see, but it seems to me that the speed difference between this launch and a shuttle launch is readily apparant (though I would presume the speed difference between this and other un-manned launches is lesser).

On an overall mission note, NASA's trying to decide whether they want to alter the flight plan slightly to include some observation of the 2 newly discovered moons around Pluto. They'd better hurry, they only have 10 years to decide.

01-19-2006, 03:23 PM	#16
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	A successful launch, sans nuclear meltdown. link, with video. Don't blink that thing's outta there, well, like a rocket. Maybe I'm just seeing what I want to see, but it seems to me that the speed difference between this launch and a shuttle launch is readily apparant (though I would presume the speed difference between this and other un-manned launches is lesser). On an overall mission note, NASA's trying to decide whether they want to alter the flight plan slightly to include some observation of the 2 newly discovered moons around Pluto. They'd better hurry, they only have 10 years to decide. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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