Improve and Help Advance The Space Program

[Kernel Kraken]

On 10/10/2020 at 7:18 PM, probe137 said:

It technically isn't, as a planet requires a clear path to be a planet. At least Pluto isn't recognized as an asteroid by some people like Ceres is.

Oh, I forgot about this thread. Yeah, I posted that when I was on my stupid trip of "Haha plUtO Is A ReAl PlAnEt". I've since realized that if the guys who literally made the definition of "planet" say something isn't a planet, it might not be a planet.

But Ceres? IMO, If it has enough gravity to be pulled into a sphere, it should be a planet, or at least a dwarf planet.

Edited October 12, 2020 by Kernel Kraken

[Entropian]

If Pluto was a planet, we would end up with way too many CBs that are "planets."  I can think of Ceres, Eris, Sedna, Makemake, and Haumea off the top of my head.  This is getting off topic though.  I add fewer boosters.

[Dat Kerbal Dude]

I'll add Moar Fuel tanks to the space program.

[kerbiloid]

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Public reception to the IAU decision was mixed. A resolution introduced in the California State Assembly facetiously called the IAU decision a "scientific heresy".^[64] The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a resolution in honor of Tombaugh, a longtime resident of that state, that declared that Pluto will always be considered a planet while in New Mexican skies and that March 13, 2007, was Pluto Planet Day.^[65][66] The Illinois Senate passed a similar resolution in 2009, on the basis that Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto, was born in Illinois. The resolution asserted that Pluto was "unfairly downgraded to a 'dwarf' planet" by the IAU."^[67] Some members of the public have also rejected the change, citing the disagreement within the scientific community on the issue, or for sentimental reasons, maintaining that they have always known Pluto as a planet and will continue to do so regardless of the IAU decision.^[68]

According to wiki, Pluto is probably still a planet when it's passing above IL or NM (better discuss this with your lawyer).

So, real patriots of Pluto should take an ephemeris calculator and make a calender of these moments.

[Entropian]

I made a thread to take the off topic conversation from here:

 

[Dat Kerbal Dude]

I'll add an Titan II GLV mockup.