From: Mike '/m' 

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:53:48 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:

>"Randy"  wrote in message news:43fe8311$1{at}w3....
>
>> And to think the Apollo missions were managed by two IBM 360/91s (with a
>> 360/67 as standby)....
>
>It took apollo 3-4 days to get to the moon, that probe going to Pluto passed
>by the moon 3 HOURS after launch..

That's a typical express vs. local scenario.   If you're only going
250,000 miles, you'll not need nor want to attain the speed that you'd
want/need to reach Pluto.

 /m

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