OT: Pluto Not A Planet!

Raging Deadstar · #1 August 25th, 2006, 04:46 AM

I can't remember who said it but yesterday was an "undiscovery" for the human race

At least now I can grow up to be a crotchety and ripe age and tell my grandchildren that "when I was a lad we had 9 planets!"

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 August 25th, 2006, 04:48 AM

...I didn't vote for them.

geoschmo · #3 August 25th, 2006, 10:46 AM

It's all ridiculous anyway. From a scientific perspective it really doesn't matter if you call something a planet or not. It's not as if what you call it affects the reality of what it is.

The most truly assinine thing I read was the article on CNN...

Quote:

It was unclear how Pluto's demotion might affect the mission of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which earlier this year began a 91/2-year journey to the oddball object to unearth more of its secrets.

I mean really, come on now. "Sorry guy's. Pluto is no longer a planet so let's turn that ship around and bring her back here."