What extraordinary journey: six billion kilometers all in one go, thanks to a first powerful impulse given by a rocket Atlas V and a providential nudge collected along the way at the expense of Jupiter, but not really even notice. The New Horizons spacecraft NASA has centered perfectly his first tiny target, Pluto, an icy tenant of the solar system for a walk on the edge of the world governed by the gravitational force of our star.
Pluto does not belong to the group of planets historical note always been to mankind. It was discovered just 85 years ago by a young American novice, enlisted for this purpose by a rich and visionary compatriot, Percival Lowell. After a successful career in business, Lowell had broken into the world of science as an animator in a relentless hunt for Martians.
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