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Pretty decent resolution of a object 27000 km distant. Has anybody seen the specs on what type of lens NH uses for images like this?
That is amazing. It reminds me of a snowman or two snowballs frozen together, except it's red not white. As seen in the combined image. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/pics800wid...
Just one thing: it would be great if NASA dropped imperial units as main units in such articles.
That is amazing. It reminds me of a snowman or two snowballs frozen together, except it's red not white. As seen in the combined image. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/pics800wid...
Comet 67P has a similar shape. I have to wonder if there's something inherent in these flying rocks that causes them to take a dumbbell shape.
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I find it more impressive and awe inspiring that stuff in space is so predictable that we can actually program the fly by such a long time in advance and get such a high degree of accuracy.
have you ever done course corrections in KSP? A tiny nudge early on is enough to make a huge difference farther out!
I'm very much impressed by the control precision of real-life space probes.
That is amazing. It reminds me of a snowman or two snowballs frozen together, except it's red not white. As seen in the combined image. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Galleries/Featured-Images/pics800wid...
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have you ever done course corrections in KSP? A tiny nudge early on is enough to make a huge difference farther out!
Yup. And if you've ever done maneuvers manually in KSP, you know that a tiny error in your nudge early on - e.g. hamfisting the throttle, or being a little too late in mid-maneuver staging - leads to a huge difference farther out, which you then have to correct, wasting precious ∆v :). I'm very much impressed by the control precision of real-life space probes.
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I find it more impressive and awe inspiring that stuff in space is so predictable that we can actually program the fly by such a long time in advance and get such a high degree of accuracy.
have you ever done course corrections in KSP? A tiny nudge early on is enough to make a huge difference farther out!
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have you ever done course corrections in KSP? A tiny nudge early on is enough to make a huge difference farther out!
Yup. And if you've ever done maneuvers manually in KSP, you know that a tiny error in your nudge early on - e.g. hamfisting the throttle, or being a little too late in mid-maneuver staging - leads to a huge difference farther out, which you then have to correct, wasting precious ∆v :). I'm very much impressed by the control precision of real-life space probes.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Animation_of_Rosetta...
