NASA Scheduled News Briefing About Unusual Solar Object
Word is that it's farther than Pluto by at least the distance to Pluto. How's that for forcing the limits of gravitational theory.
...and they want to de-orbit Hubble. Sean O'Keefe (current NASA administrator) needs to take a hike. I love the shuttle program as much as anyone, but his current insistance that the shuttle only fly when it can orbit with the space station is laughable. For those that don't know, that means no flights to Hubble as they're in very different orbits and there's no way the shuttle could be launched with enough maneuvering fuel to go from Hubble's orbit to the orbit of ISS. Just because you don't have the right stuff anymore Mr. O'Keefe, doesn't mean the rest of the astronauts don't...why don't you ask them?
Posted by nose at March 14, 2004 09:28 PMThis kind of thing is just fascinating. It's amazing to me that for so many years we thought Pluto was the farthest planet out, and yet we continue to find more planets in our solar system. Crazy!
Here's a short news article about this...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114178,00.html
Posted by: Soda Bob at March 15, 2004 10:07 AM