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| photo by Kevin Gill |
Pluto is ready for it's closeup. After a 9 1/2 year and 3 billion miles travel, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is snapping pictures. Like, close up pictures! ". . . project scientist Hal Weaver said. 'It's just blowing my mind.' " news link
Principle in the text: "Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science." Edwin Powell Hubble
My kids must have heard this news somewhere because for a few days all they could talk about was Pluto. "Where's Pluto?" "Is Pluto not a planet?" "Why isn't it a planet anymore?" "Well, why did they used to think it WAS a planet?" The answer to all of these questions is, "I don't know," by the way.
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