• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    And it was able to take such good photographs because of a fairly rare planetary alignment that allowed for three gravitational slingshots.

    The last time this happened, Thomas Jefferson was president, and he blew it.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah he really screwed up the Australian space agency and put us on the back foot.