>>> FROM THE JOHNS HOPKINS
LABORATORY THIS LAUREL,
MARYLAND, WELCOME TO NASA'S NEW
HORIZONS COUNTDOWN TO PLUTO.
I'M MIKE FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
WE ARE ON THE SET GETTING
READIER FOR THE HISTORIC FLY BY
ON JULY 14th.
ON JULY 8 WE ARE LESS THAN A
WEEK AWAY, 4 MILLION MILES FROM
PLUTO AND THE MISSION IS ALREADY
MAKING HISTORY.
WE'LL COME TO YOU EACH DAY WITH
QUICK MISSION UPDATES LIKE THIS
FOR NEWS BRIEFINGS OR PROGRAMS
COVERING THE LATEST FROM THE
PLAN TOIR FRONTIER.
WE WANT YOU TO COME ALONG ON THE
ADVENTURE.
\M\M
>>> A FAMILIAR FACE FROM OUR
UPDATES IS ALICE BOWMAN, THE
MISSIONS OPERATION MANAGER AT
APL.
WELCOME BACK.
>> THANKS.
NICE TO BE HERE .
>> LET'S START WITH A LOOK
INSIDE MISSION OPERATIONS.
SHOW US AROUND AND EXPLAIN
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> SURE.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IN
THE FOREGROUND IS THE COMMAND
PIT.
THIS IS WHERE INSTRUCTIONS ARE
SENT TO THE SPACECRAFT.
IT IS WHERE WE'LL GET DATA BACK
FROM THE SPACECRAFT.
ALONG THE BACKLE WALL IS WHERE I
ACTUALLY SIT NEAR THAT WHITE
BOARD.
THEN IN THE BACK ROOM TO THE
WINDOWS IS THE SITUATION ROOM.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE PEOPLE
OVER THERE NOW.
>> ANOTHER MEETING.
>> ANOTHER.
>> THE TEAM HAD AN EVENTFUL
WEEKEND, JULY 4th.
THE SPACECRAFT WENT INTO A HOLD.
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WE HAVE AN AUTONOMY SYSTEM
PROGRAMMED TO TAKE CARE OF IF I
FAULTS ON THE SPACE OF CRAFT IT
WILL DETECT.
THIS WEEKEND WE HAD TOO MANY
OPERATIONS GOING ON AT ONE TIME.
WE WERE ASKING THE MAIN COMPUTER
TO COMPRESS DATA.
AT THE SAME TIME WE UP LINKED
FROM GROUND INSTRUCTIONS THAT
NEEDED TO BE BURNED TO FLASH ON
THE PAIN COMPUTER.
WE OVERLOADEDED THE COMPUTER SO
THE SYSTEM SWITCHED US TO THE
BACKUP COMPUTER IN ORDER TO KEEP
FLYING THE SPACECRAFT ON ITS
NORMAL TRAJECTORY.
>> SO IT ESSENTIALLY CALLS HOME
AND SAYS IT NEEDS HELP.
>> IT POINTEDED TO EARTH, SENT
US WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE WENT INTO ACTION.
>> THE TEAM TRAINED FOR
SITUATIONS LIKE THAT?
>> IT'S ONE OF THE BASIC THINGS.
>> SO I GUESS THAT CONTRIBUTED
TO A QUICK RESPONSE.
HAD TO ACT QUICKLY
>> WE DID.
OF COURSE WE ARE COMING UP ON A
PRIMARY MISSION PHASE.
EVERYBODY WAS PRIMED FOR THIS.
WHEN WE GOT INDICATIONS THAT
SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT ON THE
SPACECRAFT, EVERYBODY WENT INTO
ACTION.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL A LITTLE
BIT AFFRAYED OF WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN.
WE PUT ON OUR ENGINEERING HATS
AND WENT DOWN OUR CHECKLIST.
WE DID WHAT FEEDED TO BE DONE TO
RECOVER THE SPACECRAFT TO
OPERATIONAL MODE.
>> I WILL SHOW A PICTURE WHICH
ANSWERS THE QUESTION, BUT I WANT
TO SHOW IT ANYWAY.
THIS IS THE SCIENCE TEAM
CELEBRATING NEWS THAT THE FLY BY
SEQUENCE KICKED IN ON THE
COMPUTERS.
I GUESS THAT ANSWERS THE IDEA
THAT TINGES ARE BACK ON TRACK?
>> THINGS DEFINITELY ARE BACK ON
TRACK.
>> WHAT HAPPENS ON THE
SPACECRAFT OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS?
>> IT'S TAKING SCIENCE DATA AND
IT'S ALSO TAKING OPTICAL FAV
INVESTIGATION DATA.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
IT IS A MEASURE OF OWE WELL WE
ARE DOING ON THAT TRAJECTORY TO
HIT THAT SPECIFIC POINT AT THE
TIME THE SCIENCE TEAM WANTS US
TO HIT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE ARE
FOCUSED ON NOW IS TO GET THE
SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS AT THE
RIGHT TIME IN PERFECT
CONDITIONS.
>> NOW YOU'RE REALLY CLOSE.
>> HARD TO BELIEVE WE ARE HERE
NOW.
>> THANKS, ALICE.
>> THANK YOU, MIKE.
>> FOR NASA'S NEW HORIZONS
MISSION INFORMATION COMES IN ALL
SHAPES AND SIZES WHETHER YOU
LIKE A LOT OF DETAILER OR PREFER
A SUMMARY.
IF YOU ARE PRESSED FOR TIME
CHECK OUT THE PODCAST CALLS,
PLUTO THIS A MINUTE.
>> HOW DOES A PLA THET SO FAR
FROM THE SUN HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE?
THIS IS PLUTO IN A MINUTE.
PLUTO'S ORBIT CROSSES FEP TUNE
SO FOR TWO DECADES OF EVERY 248
EARTH YEAR ORBITS AROUND THE SUN
IT IS INSIDE THE ORBIT OF
NEPTUNE.
NEPTUNE HAS A HUGE EFFECT ON THE
ORBIT OF PLUTO AND THEY ARE IN
RESIDENCE WITH EACH OTHER.
FOR EVERY TWO ORBITS PLUTO MAKES
AROUND THE SUN NEPTUNE MAKES
THREE AND SCIENTISTS THINK
NEPTUNE IS THE REASON PLUTO IS
ARE WHERE IT IS.
ONE MODEL FROM THE 1990s
SUGGESTS THEY FORMED CLOSER TO
THE SUN THAN THEY ARE NOW.
IT IS POSSIBLE IN THE MID 2000s
ANOTHER MEMBER SUGGESTED PLUTO
COULD HAVE FORMED AS CLOSE TO 15
WITH THE HUGE GOING CLOSELY
TOGETHER.
THE GRAVITY THREW THE SYSTEM
INTO CHAOS.
THEY WERE FLUNG OUT AND THE
SMALL BODIES WERE ALSO FLUNG
FURTHER OUT.
PLUTO AND NEPTUNE BECAME LOCKED
TOGETHER.
SO THE QUESTION IS IF PLUTO
FORMER PRESIDENTED CLOSERER TO
THE SUN, HOW CLOSE WAS IT?
THE DATA WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE
QUESTION.
IN THE MEANTIME IF YOU WANT TO
KNOWER MORE CHECK OUT THE NEW
HORIZONS WEBSITE.
USE HASHTAG PLUTO FLY BY.
COME BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE
PLUTO THIS A MINUTE.
>> THE NEW HORIZONS PROJECT
SCIENTISTS FROM APL.
>> HEY, MIKE.
GLAD TO BE BACK.
>> PICTURES OF OH PLUTO ARE
GETTING BETTER AS NEW HORIZONS
GETS CLOSER.
BEFORE THAT, HOW ABOUT REMINDING
US WHAT THE MAIN SCIENCE GOALS
OF NEW HORIZONS ARE AND WHAT THE
MISSION IS GETTINGMENT.
>> SO WHAT PLUTO LOOKS LIKE.
NOT THE PIX LATED BLOBS BUT REAL
WORLDS IN HIGH DEFINITION AND
COLOR.
IN ADDITION WE'LL SEE WHAT PLUTO
IS PAED OF.
64 THOUSAND FOOTPRINTS MEASURING
THE COMPOSITION AND THE
ATMOSPHERE INVESTIGATING
PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE,
ATMOSPHERE AND HOW MUCH ESCAPES
INTO SPACE.
>> AND THERE IS A LOT MORE.
>> WE HAVE A MINI SOLAR SYSTEM.
SIX OBJECTS TOTAL.
WE'LL LOOK ARE AT THEM ALL.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE MAIN ONE,
PLUTO.
SOME OF THE IMAGES THAT HAVE
COME BACK.
THE DETAIL IS GETTING BETTER.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
>> JUICIER AND JUICIER.
THE SCIENCE TEAM IS DROOLING.
LOOK AT THE NEW PICTURES NOW.
IT'S FIVE OR SIX TIMES BETTER
RESOLUTION THAN WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
STRUCTURE.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING LEEK A DONUT
JUST ABOVE THE DARK REGION.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO GET IMAGES OF PLUTO
THAT ARE A HUNDRED TIMES HIGHER
RESOLUTION THAN THESE IMAGES.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING
BETTER RESOLUTION WILL BE
AMAZING.
>> SOME OF THE PICTURES COME
BACK AND WE ARE SEEING MORE.
SOME ARE IN COLOR AND SOME ARE
IN BLACK AND WHITE.
ER FOR REASONS TO SEE
STRUCTURES.
SOP ALLOW YOU TO SEE THINGS AND
MAYBE OTHERS DON'T.
>> WE HAVE THE HIGHEST
RESOLUTION CAMERA, WHAT'S CALLED
THE LONG RANGE RECONNAISANCE
IMAGEER WITHOUT COLOR FILTERERS
BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE AS
SENSITIVE AS POSSIBLE.
IT TAKES IN ALL THE WAVELENGTHS,
GIVES US THE HIGHEST SPATIAL
RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE A COLOR CAMERA THAT WILL
HAVE RED, GREEN AND BLUE THAT WE
CAN TAKE IMAGES AND PUT THEM
TOGETHER WITH THE LAURIE IMAGES,
PAINT THEM ON THE SAME AND SEE
WHAT PLUTO LOOKS LIKE IN LIVING
COLOR.
>> YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THIS AS
IT GETS CLOSERER.
WE SEE MORE PICTURES PEOPLE CAN
VIEW.
>> OH, YEAHMENT WE ARE MAKING
IMAGES AVAILABLE SHORTLY AFTER
THEY ARRIVE ON THE GROUND.
PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO PLAY WITH
THEM.
>> ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS WELL TO
DO THAT.
SCIENCE IS BACK ONLINE.
WHAT'S NEXT?
>> IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
COMING FROM SIX TO THREE DAYS.
YOU DOUBLE THE RESOLUTION.
FOUR TIMES AS MANY PIXELS.
WE'LL GET MORE COMPOSITION FALL
INFORMATION ON PLUTO AND SHARON
TRYING TO TEASE OUT.
WE ARE SEEING THINGS WE HAVE
SEEN IN THE PAST BUT TRYING TO
TEASE OUT NEW INFORMATION,
THINGS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
THAT'S WHAT THE MISSION IS
AFTER.
WE'LL REWRITE THE BOOK.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST VERIFYING
STUFF THAT WAS THERE.
YOU ARE GETTING INTO THE
DETAILS.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA
REALLY WHAT TO EXPECT.
HARDLY AT ALL.
THIS IS OUR ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT.
>> ENJOY THE RIDE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET
INVOLVED WITH THE NEW HORIZONS
MISSION.
ONE WAY IS THROUGH PLUTO TIME.
A MOMENT AT DAWN AND DUSK WHEN
THE ILLUMINATION ON EARTH
MATCHES NOON ON PLUTO.
GET READY FOR PLUTO TIME.
>>> JOIN THE CONVERSATION VIA
TWITTERER, FACEBOOK AND OTHER
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TALKING
ABOUT THE JULY 14 FLY-BY.
SEND QUESTIONS # PLUTO FLYBY AND
MISSION INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
AT NASA.GOV/NEW HORIZONS.
THAT'S THE LATEST FROM NASA'S
NEW HORIZONS.
WE ARE LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY.
ABOUT A PLUTO DAY AWAY FROM THE
FLYBY.
4 MILLION MILES TO GO AND THE
COUNTDOWN CONTINUES.
I'M MIKE BUCKLEY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
\M\M
>>> FROM THE JOHNS HOPKINS
APPLIED PHYSICS
LABORATORY IN LAUREL, MARYLAND,
WELCOME TO NASA'S NEW HORIZONS
COUNTDOWN TO PLUTO.
I'M MIKE BUCKLEY FROM PUBLIC
AFFAIRS.
WE ARE ON PLUTO'S DOORSTEP
GETTING READY FOR THE HISTORIC
FLYBY ON JULY 14th.
ON JULY 8 WE ARE LESS THAN A
WEEK AWAY, 4 MILLION MILES FROM
PLUTO AND THE MISSION IS ALREADY
MAKING HISTORY.
WE'LL COME TO YOU EACH DAY WITH
QUICK MISSION UPDATES LIKE THIS
FOR NEWS BRIEFINGS OR PROGRAMS
COVERING THE LATEST FROM THE
PLANETARY FRONTIER.
WE WANT YOU TO COME ALONG ON THE
ADVENTURE.
\M\M
>>> A FAMILIAR FACE FROM OUR
UPDATES IS ALICE BOWMAN, THE
NEW HORIZONS
MISSIONS OPERATION MANAGER AT
APL.
WELCOME BACK.
>> THANKS.
NICE TO BE HERE .
>> LET'S START WITH A LOOK
INSIDE MISSION OPERATIONS.
THE MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER
HERE AT APL.
SHOW US AROUND AND EXPLAIN
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> SURE.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IN
THE FOREGROUND IS THE COMMAND
PIT.
THIS IS WHERE INSTRUCTIONS ARE
SENT TO THE SPACECRAFT.
IT IS WHERE WE'LL GET DATA BACK
FROM THE SPACECRAFT.
ALONG THE BACK WALL IS WHERE I
ACTUALLY SIT NEAR THAT WHITE
BOARD.
THEN IN THE BACK ROOM TO THE
WINDOWS IS THE SITUATION ROOM.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE PEOPLE
OVER THERE NOW.
>> ANOTHER MEETING.
>> ANOTHER.
>> THE TEAM HAD AN EVENTFUL
WEEKEND, JULY 4th.
THE SPACECRAFT WENT INTO A HOLD.
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
>> WE HAVE AN AUTONOMY SYSTEM
ON BOARD THAT'S PROGRAMMED TO
TAKE CARE OF ANY FAULTS ON THE
SPACECRAFT THAT IT WILL DETECT.
WE HAD TWO PROBLEMS.
THIS WEEKEND WE HAD TOO MANY
OPERATIONS GOING ON AT ONE TIME.
WE WERE ASKING THE MAIN COMPUTER
TO COMPRESS DATA.
AT THE SAME TIME WE UP LINKED
FROM GROUND INSTRUCTIONS THAT
NEEDED TO BE BURNED TO FLASH ON
THE MAIN UH COMPUTER.
WE ACTUALLY OVERLOADED THE
COMPUTER.
THE SYSTEM SWITCHED US TO THE
BACKUP COMPUTER IN ORDER TO KEEP
FLYING THE SPACECRAFT ON ITS
NORMAL TRAJECTORY.
>> SO IT ESSENTIALLY CALLS HOME
AND SAYS IT NEEDS HELP.
>> IT POINTED TO EARTH, SENT US
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE WENT INTO ACTION.
>> THE TEAM TRAINED FOR
SITUATIONS LIKE THAT?
>> IT'S ONE OF THE BASIC THINGS
WE TRAIN SPACECRAFT OPERATORS.
>> SO I GUESS THAT CONTRIBUTED
TO A QUICK RESPONSE.
HAD TO ACT QUICKLY
>> WE DID.
OF COURSE WE ARE COMING UP ON A
PRIMARY MISSION PHASE.
EVERYBODY WAS PRIMED FOR THIS.
WHEN WE GOT INDICATIONS THAT
SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT ON THE
SPACECRAFT, EVERYBODY WENT INTO
ACTION.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL A LITTLE
BIT AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN.
WE PUT ON OUR ENGINEERING HATS
AND WENT DOWN OUR CHECKLIST.
WE DID WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO
RECOVER THE SPACECRAFT TO
OPERATIONAL MODE.
>> I WILL SHOW A PICTURE WHICH
ANSWERS THE QUESTION, BUT I WANT
TO SHOW IT ANYWAY.
THIS IS THE SCIENCE TEAM
CELEBRATING NEWS THAT THE FLY BY
SEQUENCE KICKED IN ON THE
COMPUTERS.
I GUESS THAT ANSWERS THE IDEA
THAT THINGS ARE BACK ON TRACK.
>> THINGS DEFINITELY ARE BACK ON
TRACK.
>> WHAT HAPPENS ON THE
SPACECRAFT OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS?
>> IT'S TAKING SCIENCE DATA AND
IT'S ALSO TAKING OPTICAL
NAVIGATION DATA.
THIS IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S A MEASURE OF HOW WELL WE
ARE DOING ON THAT TRAJECTORY TO
HIT THAT SPECIFIC POINT AT THE
TIME THE SCIENCE TEAM WANTS US
TO HIT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE ARE
FOCUSED ON NOW IS TO GET THE
SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS AT THE
RIGHT TIME IN PERFECT
CONDITIONS.
>> NOW YOU'RE REALLY CLOSE.
>> WE ARE AMAZINGLY CLOSE.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE
HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> THANKS, ALICE.
>> THANK YOU, MIKE.
>> FOR NASA'S NEW HORIZONS
MISSION INFORMATION COMES IN ALL
SHAPES AND SIZES WHETHER YOU
LIKE A LOT OF DETAILER OR PREFER
A SUMMARY.
IF YOU ARE PRESSED FOR TIME
CHECK OUT THE DAILY NEW HORIZONS
PODCAST CALLED "PLUTO IN A
MINUTE."
>> HOW DOES A PLANET SOER FAR
FROM THE SUN HAVE AN ATMOSPHERE?
THIS IS PLUTO IN A MINUTE.
PLUTO'S ORBIT CROSSES NEPTUNE SO
FOR TWO DECADES OF EVERY 248
EARTH YEAR ORBITS AROUND THE SUN
IT IS INSIDE THE ORBIT OF
NEPTUNE.
NEPTUNE HAS A HUGE EFFECT ON THE
ORBIT OF PLUTO AND THEY ARE IN
RESIDENCE WITH EACH OTHER.
FOR EVERY TWO ORBITS PLUTO MAKES
AROUND THE SUN NEPTUNE MAKES
THREE AND SCIENTISTS THINK
NEPTUNE IS THE REASON PLUTO IS
ARE WHERE IT IS.
ONE MODEL FROM THE 1990s
SUGGESTS THEY FORMED CLOSER TO
THE SUN THAN THEY ARE NOW.
IT IS POSSIBLE IN THE MID 2000s
ANOTHER MEMBER SUGGESTED PLUTO
COULD HAVE FORMED AS CLOSE TO 15
WITH THE HUGE GOING CLOSELY
TOGETHER.
THE GRAVITY THREW THE SYSTEM
INTO CHAOS.
THEY WERE FLUNG OUT AND THE
SMALL BODIES WERE ALSO FLUNG
FURTHER OUT.
PLUTO AND NEPTUNE BECAME LOCKED
TOGETHER.
SO THE QUESTION IS IF PLUTO
FLEW CLOSER TO THE SUN, OWE
CLOSE WAS IT?
THE DATA WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE
QUESTION.
IN THE MEANTIME IF YOU WANT TO
KNOWER MORE CHECK OUT THE NEW
HORIZONS WEBSITE.
USE HASHTAG PLUTO FLY BY.
COME BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE
PLUTO IN A MINUTE.
>> WE WELCOME BACK HAL WEAVER,ER
THE NEW HORIZONS PROJECT
SCIENTIST FROM APL.
>> HEY, MIKE.
GLAD TO BE BACK.
>> PICTURES OF OH PLUTO ARE
GETTING BETTER AS NEW HORIZONS
GETS CLOSER.
BEFORE THAT, HOW ABOUT REMINDING
US WHAT THE MAIN SCIENCE GOALS
OF NEW HORIZONS ARE AND WHAT THE
MISSION IS GETTING IN PLUTO.
>> THE BIG PICTURE GOALS, THREE
OF THEM, WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE.
NOT THE PIXELATED BLOBS BUT REAL
WORLDS IN HIGH DEFINITION AND IN
COLOR.
IN ADDITION WE'LL SEE WHAT PLUTO
IS MADE OF.
64 THOUSAND FOOTPRINTS MEASURING
THE COMPOSITION AND THE
ATMOSPHERE INVESTIGATING
PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE,
ATMOSPHERE AND HOW MUCH ESCAPES
INTO SPACE.
>> AND THERE IS A LOT MORE.
>> WE HAVE A MINI SOLAR SYSTEM.
SIX OBJECTS TOTAL.
WE'LL LOOK ARE AT THEM ALL.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE MAIN ONE,
PLUTO.
SOME OF THE IMAGES THAT HAVE
COME BACK.
THE DETAIL IS GETTING BETTER.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
>> JUICIER AND JUICIER.
THE SCIENCE TEAM IS DROOLING.
LOOK AT THE NEW PICTURES NOW.
IT'S FIVE OR SIX TIMES BETTER
RESOLUTION THAN WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO GET.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
STRUCTURE.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING LEEK A DONUT
JUST ABOVE THE DARK REGION.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO GET IMAGES OF PLUTO
THAT ARE A HUNDRED TIMES HIGHER
RESOLUTION THAN THESE IMAGES.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING
BETTER RESOLUTION WILL BE
AMAZING.
>> SOME OF THE PICTURES COME
BACK AND WE ARE SEEING MORE.
SOME ARE IN COLOR AND SOME ARE
IN BLACK AND WHITE.
ER FOR REASONS TO SEE
STRUCTURES.
SOME ALLOW YOU TO SEE THINGS
MAYBE OTHERS DON'T.
>> WE HAVE THE HIGHEST
RESOLUTION CAMERA, WHAT'S CALLED
THE LONG RANGE RECONNAISANCE
IMAGER WITHOUT COLOR FILTERS
BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE AS
SENSITIVE AS POSSIBLE.
IT TAKES IN ALL THE WAVELENGTHS,
GIVES US THE HIGHEST SPATIAL
RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE A COLOR CAMERA THAT WILL
HAVE RED, GREEN AND BLUE THAT WE
CAN TAKE IMAGES AND PUT THEM
TOGETHER WITH THE LAURIE IMAGES,
PAINT THEM ON THE SAME AND SEE
WHAT PLUTO LOOKS LIKE IN LIVING
COLOR.
>> YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THIS AS
IT GETS CLOSER.
WE SEE MORE PICTURES PEOPLE CAN
VIEW.
>> OH, YEAH. WE ARE MAKING
IMAGES AVAILABLE SHORTLY AFTER
THEY ARRIVE ON THE GROUND.
PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO PLAY WITH
THEM.
>> ALONG FOR THE RIDE AS WELL TO
DO THAT.
SCIENCE IS BACK ONLINE.
WHAT'S NEXT?
WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS?
>> IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
COMING FROM SIX TO THREE DAYS.
YOU DOUBLE THE RESOLUTION.
FOUR TIMES AS MANY PIXELS.
WE'LL GET MORE COMPOSITIONAL
INFORMATION ON PLUTO AND SHARON
TRYING TO TEASE OUT.
WE ARE SEEING THINGS WE HAVE
SEEN IN THE PAST BUT TRYING TO
TEASE OUT NEW INFORMATION,
THINGS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
THAT'S WHAT THE MISSION IS
AFTER.
WE'LL REWRITE THE BOOK.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST VERIFYING
STUFF THAT WAS THERE.
YOU ARE GETTING INTO THE
DETAILS.
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA
REALLY WHAT TO EXPECT.
HARDLY AT ALL.
THIS IS OUR ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT.
>> ENJOY THE RIDE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO GET
INVOLVED WITH THE NEW HORIZONS
MISSION.
ONE WAY IS THROUGH PLUTO TIME.
A MOMENT AT DAWN AND DUSK WHEN
THE ILLUMINATION ON EARTH
MATCHES NOON ON PLUTO.
GET READY FOR PLUTO TIME.
\M\M
>>> JOIN THE CONVERSATION VIA
TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND OTHER
SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TALKING
ABOUT THE JULY 14 FLY-BY.
SEND QUESTIONS # PLUTO FLYBY AND
MISSION INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
AT NASA.GOV/NEW HORIZONS.
THAT'S THE LATEST FROM NASA'S
NEW HORIZONS.
WE ARE LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY.
ABOUT A PLUTO DAY AWAY FROM THE
FLYBY.
4 MILLION MILES TO GO AND THE
COUNTDOWN CONTINUES.
I'M MIKE BUCKLEY.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.