HNGlance

Top Best New Show

NASA announces New Horizon's next destination

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/nasa-finally-picked-new-horizons-next-destination/

by qCOVET • 11 years ago

7 2 11 years ago

WI

Related Stories

Loading related stories...

Comments

2

JoeAltmaier• 11 years ago

NASA took the safe bet, because a 'multimillion dollar spacecraft' was on the line. But was it really?

They already satisfied all the original mission directives. The spacecraft is now essentially free. Anything from here on is gravy. Why play it safe? It can be a plain expected-value play.

wkcamp• 11 years ago

Well to play it safe would give them the chance to see another object in space that's millions of miles away (and one which we probably won't see up close for another 10-15 years). I don't know how much longer New Horizon's will be still functional though.

Source preview

wired.com

HNGlance

© 2024-2026 HN Glance. Story content belongs to its original sources.

Privacy
Terms