New Horizons (グランドピアノほどの大きさ) launched on the 19th at 1400hours from Florida. This baby's fast... maybe not quite Steve Job's "screamer" fast, but New Horizons will pass the moon in 9 hours (vs 2.5 days required by Apollo missions), reaching Jupiter in only 13 months. Nine years later? Pluto, "hello." The nuclear electric generator powered craft utilizes highly radioactive plutonium to power its instruments during its sojourn to the frozen outreaches of our solar system. Antinuclear activists picketed the launch, citing concerns of an accident. The launch planned for the 17th was delayed two days due to weather concerns.
It was interesting to compare the prominence the event received in Japan's Asahi Shimbun when compared with leading US News sources such as The New York Times.
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