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| An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by RobinHez(op): 10:06am On Jul 17, 2015 |
The mission is carrying the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered Pluto in 1930. Before dying in 1997, he requested that his ashes be sent to space. Nasa obliged, affixing a small container with his remains to the inside upper deck of the probe. It bears the inscription: “Interred herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system’s ‘third zone’, Adelle and Muron’s boy, Patricia’s husband, Annette and Alden’s father, astronomer, teacher, punster, and friend: Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906-1997).”http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jul/15/ten-facts-new-horizon-mission-pluto 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by Khd95(m): 10:31am On Jul 17, 2015 |
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| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by Nobody: 11:20am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Really? Was it on the probe that just passed Pluto? |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by RobinHez(op): 11:28am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Teempakguy:Yeah! |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by Nobody: 11:30am On Jul 17, 2015 |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by RobinHez(op): 11:33am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Teempakguy:Lucky?? Ashes?? U've gotta be kidding  |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by Nobody: 11:35am On Jul 17, 2015 |
RobinHez:still, it's better than having your ashes kept in a cupboard nah.  Or thrown into the sea |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by RobinHez(op): 11:38am On Jul 17, 2015 |
Teempakguy:Looool...ashes is ashes -->Dead! |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by Slimzjoe(m): 12:34pm On Jul 17, 2015 |
Whether my Ash is thrown in Water, Pluto, Sambisa, it doesn't Make any Difference! Cos am still Dead!!!  1 Like |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by Blakjewelry(m): 12:39am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Then it can be said that he is the first man on Pluto both dead or alive |
| Re: An Odd Fact From The Pluto Mission by Nobody: 1:03am On Jul 18, 2015 |
Slimzjoe:it does actually . . . maybe not to you . . . but to others. |
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