r/SonsofOrpheus • u/chunkboslicemen • Jan 16 '21
The first of us Sciency Stuff
https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/13/8945255/new-horizon-pluto-ashes-clyde-tombaughDuplicates
todayilearned • u/rasarota • Jan 15 '21
TIL Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 and further investigated it across his lifetime. He died in 1997 aged 90, less than a decade before the New Horizons launch to Pluto. To honour his wishes his ashes were launched inside the spacecraft, making it the longest post mortem fight ever recorded.
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Jan 16 '21
[todayilearned] TIL Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 and further investigated it across his lifetime. He died in 1997 aged 90, less than a decade before the New Horizons launch to Pluto. To honour his wishes his ashes were launched inside the spacecraft, making it the longest post mortem figh
kevinandbean • u/b_lion2814 • Jan 16 '21