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New Horizons' New Target: Kuiper Belt Ice Chunk 2014 MU69 43

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 29, 2015 @07:43PM from the great-name-for-a-smoothie dept.

Vox reports on the next target destination for NASA's New Horizons probe, an ice chunk in the Kuiper Belt designated 2014 MU69. The plan is not yet final; like any space mission, complications are bound to come up. But if this selection sticks, New Horizons should reach 2014 MU69 in 2019. (Re/Code has the story, too.)

Comment How about a sensor or three to prevent this (Score 1) 102

by Brian Davidson on Saturday July 25, 2015 @04:44PM (#50182281) Attached to: Chinese Tourist's Drone Crashes Into Taipei 101 Skyscraper

These RC's have a ton of very sophisticated electronics to allow brain dead flying on the owners part, why not add some sensors to prevent collisions? If a Roomba can do it, I would think it should be possible for a drone to detect a building and stop forward movement.

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