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07/17/2015 6:01 PM

special cargo on Pluto probe in the aluminum canister

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07/17/2015 7:26 PM

Hey, he saw it first! It's his.

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07/17/2015 7:59 PM

I'll bet that when he discovered it through the telescope that he had no idea he'd get a chance to go there!

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Re: Clyde's ashes

07/17/2015 8:06 PM

Tombaugh.

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07/18/2015 11:52 PM

Let's hope any aliens that find this probe don't think we've made "ashes" out of ourselves.

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07/19/2015 3:53 AM

There is more detailed information here:-

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