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What happened to Pluto
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15/09/2006 13:27:36
 
 
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>or we could use a warp drive powered by dilithium crystals ...

Too hard to come by. Maybe we could substitute Duluthians.

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>>you could also use an ion drive or solar sails
>>~M
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>>>The distance Sun-Pluto is around 40 AU (40 Astronomical Units, i.e., 40 times the distance Sun-Earth). That means that for any hypothetical inhabitant or visitor of Pluto, the Sun would seem 1/1600 as bright as for an inhabitant on Earth. For a start, that means it's really cold over there, apart from being dark. Also, spacecraft can most likely no longer use solar energy, and must instead use nuclear reactors.
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