I love the names and acronyms of the experiments: Alice LORRI RALPH PEPSSI SWAP REX Sounds like the cast of a Disney cartoon. And my favorite, the "Student Dust Counter", knowing how dusty students can be... ;) I was surprised that closest approach will be whopping 6,000 miles. So much for fine surface details. I wonder if this reflects navigational concerns, allowances for better non-image-related experiments, or an attempt at getting better images of Charon? Thanks for that link, Patrick.
From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net>
FYI, here's the mission plan:
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