From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:36:25 -0500, Mike '/m'  wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:20:23 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
>> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>> news:rgm302d1cdddg8ue61raap66a1alos7599{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> The voyager probes didn't go near as fast as the pluto probe either. ...
>
> That's no surprise.  When you've nowhere to go, there's no sense in
> hurrying.
>
>  /m
>

The downside of the enormous velocity is that it's impossible to kill
enough speed at the other end to enter Plutonian orbit or even a solar
orbit within the Kuiper built, i.e., it's flyby (of Pluto, and damned lucky
for anything else) and then into interstellar space.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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