Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for July 12, 2015

Pluto proves that size matters.

@ Rad-ish

Okay — that’s good. You get the prize for that one.

How is it getting there? By doing a dog paddle of course.

Great lesson, Dr.

I always love a science sunday !

Closest approach in less than 48 hours . . .

I don’t care what the “scientists” say. Pluto will always be a planet in my heart.

No, those are the actual names of the moons of Pluto. BTW here is a link to the NASA page for the New Horizons Pluto encounter coming this week: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html

Okay, poll:

How many of you realized that the name of Pluto came from a little girl who was related to an astronomer? Although he was not the discoverer, the first two letters of Pluto reminded the committee of a famour institute director. Who can name that gent? The institute? Big virtual points will invisibly buzz near your head if you can name the little girl. Free points: what character had his name become something different than was originally planned due to Pluto appearing in school lessons?

Agreed. If we say “small planet”, it’s still a planet. If we say, “ringed planet”, it’s still a planet. If we say, “blueberry yogurt planet”, it’s still a planet. So, I say let them call it a “dwarf planet”, it’s still a planet! We’ll know the truth, no matter what they tell us

And no mention here of Dr. Mel killing New Horizons for several hours back around July 6th. Bad, bad Dr. Mel.

Ozzie: “Did I mentioned that I was once considered a star?”Sharon: “Sheesh! Let it go already!”

oh no-is this a regular Sunday thing for Brewster Rocket? like Mark Trail’s boring Sunday nature strip??? bring back the revolt of the fruit