It's especially nice because I read somewhere that if they had had to wait until late in the launch window, they wouldn't have been able to use Jupiter, and the time-to-Pluto would have increased to 14 years.
I also think it's neat that a rocket headed to Pluto is powered by plutonium.
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Date: 2006-01-20 05:43 pm (UTC)I also think it's neat that a rocket headed to Pluto is powered by plutonium.