From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:29:53 -0500, Gary Wiltshire  wrote:

> 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.
>

Damn, damn, damn.  That should read "Kuiper Belt."

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Gary Wiltshire

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