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Hmm, I definitely remembered it being referred to as the fastest human made thing. Just missed the salient "launched" detail
by dylan604 7mo ago
Hmm, I definitely remembered it being referred to as the fastest human made thing. Just missed the salient "launched" detail
- karlgkk 7mo agoMaybe that was Parker? Parker and new horizons often get lumped together for some reason
- dylan604 7mo agoBy who? The Parker is doing everything it can to get closer to the sun by dipping into the sun's atmosphere while New Horizons went to Pluto and is getting further and further away from the sun. I don't think you could have a more opposite mission than these two.
- NooneAtAll3 7mo agoParker probe is fastest relative to Sun Horizons has been fastest when it left Earth
- karlgkk 7mo agoIDK a lot of media. I think they’re two surface level similar missions. It’s not so much about what they’re doing, but rather how they’re built and represented to the public IDK, my point is I can see how some people might get confused about the more Guinness book style factoid around these missions