NASA: Dwarf planet Pluto reveals it has Blue Skies and Ice

[NightHawkeye]

From the "karma bites," files: NASA Scientists Taken Off Guard by What They Notice While Looking at Pluto Photo: ‘Who Would Have Expected…?’ | The Blaze

Scientists at NASA were surprised when a photo transmitted by the New Horizons spacecraft last week revealed that Pluto has blue skies and frozen ice.

“Who would have expected a blue sky in the Kuiper Belt? It’s gorgeous,” said Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator from Southwest Research Institute.​

Pluto ... who knew it was kinda like earth.

 

[MehGuy]

I thought The Magic School Bus had the most accurate rendition of Pluto. When Arnold takes his space helmet off and his face instantly turns into a block of ice. Any '94 kidz remember this?

 

[mindlight]

Pluto will never be habitable - its too small and cold. But nice to know they have confirmed that scientific or tourist bases might be viable in the distant future given the presence of water ice. When i have saved up enough for my space yacht then I would definitely include Pluto in the solar system tour schedule.

 

[Gadarene]

they just need to find the mass effect relay inside charon and then we're good to go

 

[dgiharris]

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Pluto ... who knew it was kinda like earth.

that is a sexy pic, ohhh baby. I got a full nerd-on with that one...

Pluto will never be habitable - its too small and cold. But nice to know they have confirmed that scientific or tourist bases might be viable in the distant future given the presence of water ice. When i have saved up enough for my space yacht then I would definitely include Pluto in the solar system tour schedule.

Depends by what you mean by habitable. Obviously not by itself. But by the time we have the technology to send a manned mission to Pluto, we'd also have the technology to make Pluto habitable. Essentially, it would be like a space station but better.

All we need really is water and Pluto has been shown to have plenty , and since it's in the Kuiper belt odds are good we can mine for minerals and metals there and build up on Pluto. Heck, who knows, maybe there is a decent mineral/metal deposit somewhere on Pluto....

 

[nightflight]

Blue skies, smilin' at me.

 

[NightHawkeye]

For those who like videos ...

 

[brinny]

Yay for Pluto!!!!!