Outrage As NASA Set To Launch Nuke At Pluto

Well, it is actually a nucluer propulsion system, in a very great deal of ways not the same as a nuke.

This happens every time NASA tries to launch a craft with a nuclear propulsion system. The headline makes it sound like NASA wants to blow something up.

What the hell does 'outrange' mean? Outrage? And its just propulsion, not like they were going to fire a nuke at pluto from orbit or somthing. Im guessing the main reason people are OUTRAGED, lol, is because its flying over Africa and could explode, showering Africans with radioactive contamination. Have no fear though, "NASA has offered to help clean up whatever mess is created. NASA estimates the possiblity of such a fiasco at about one-in-250"

Would you really miss it?

The headline made me think they were going to nuke pluto...

Well, it is actually a nucluer propulsion system, in a very great deal of ways not the same as a nuke

I agree, it seems that protestors have misunderstood the why and how of it all.

Sigh...

"Over the weekend, about 30 protestors gathered outside of the gates of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US, where New Horizons will launch. In contrast, about 800 people protested the launch of the Saturn-bound Cassini probe in 1997. That mission actually swung past Earth once to use the planet's gravity as a slingshot, sparking fears that it would re-enter Earth's atmosphere and spread radioactive material around the planet."

I would hardly call 30 people "Outrage"

Source (from the posted article): http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8560

where are our teleportation stations?

I remember there being a great "outrage" dealing with Cassini using a nuclear core for power.

If we want to learn, we need to take risks. End of story.

Dumb title for a over-hyped news...
How did you fail to read that it was a nuclear PROPULSION and not a bomb???

Lame