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2006-06-09 20:14:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The "New Horizons" spacecraft is currently on its way to Pluto. It launched in January 2006 and if I remember right is scheduled to reach Pluto in 2015.
2006-06-12 18:53:56 · answer #1 · answered by schlance2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neptune isn't a star, it is a planet. If we are talking manned missions, it must be far more likely we would head to Mars or the giant moons of Jupiter as they are so much nearer.
Sun to Earth = 1 Astronomical Unit
Sun to Mars = 1.4 AUs
Sun to Jupiter = 5 AUs
Sun to Neptune = 30 AUs.
2006-06-10 04:06:30 · answer #2 · answered by brucebirchall 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recall from somewhere that President Bush has some kind of initiative for sending some kind of exploratory mission to one of the outer planets.. might have been Neptune.. I am thinking that Pluto and Uranus are still too prohibitive for exploration given modern technichal abilities.. I remember there was some kind of write up on the subject in the magazine Popular Science sometime in the middle of last year. Check the NASA site.. there has to be something there somewhere on it.. look in the section for future plans ..
2006-06-10 03:31:46 · answer #3 · answered by lost_but_not_hopeless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neptune is not a star. The nearest star is too far away for a trip
2006-06-10 05:17:47 · answer #4 · answered by bwadsp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why go there when there is stiill much more to learn here?
2006-06-16 09:49:50 · answer #5 · answered by ang_kulit49 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋