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Pretty cool story on how we got to Pluto in less than 10 years

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http://gizmodo.com/how-did-we-get-to-pluto-so-fast-1716533356

On July 14th, the New Horizons spacecraft will make history when it sails past Pluto, formerly known as the ninth planet. Even more incredible is how fast we got there. The spacecraft traveled 3 billion miles in nine and a half years. That’s about a million miles a day for almost ten years. How the heck did we do it?
 
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