Another one bites the dust (or nubula)..........NEXT!!

[Pluto the Snowman]

New that old New Horizons has been and gone, whats the next proper unmanned mission gonna be? A Cassini like orbiter of Netpune or Uranus? Flyby of Eris? Hopefully not another [removed world] on Mars tho. I reckon the first person on Mars should perhaps  be a female  . Man had the Moon, its only fair we let the women claim Mars.

So anyway.....whats the next big mission? I would like to see a Neptune Cassini thing before I kick my bucket.

[DaveS]

Probably either a comet or asteroid sample return.

[Starlight 1]

I think if they go any further than the moon  it be to late for me.

[Moon-Watcher]

New Horizons has not "been and gone".  There is far more data to analyse and reveal from its Pluto flyby and its study of the Kuiper belt.  But you know that don't you?

Mark

BTW, what is your latest view on favourite planet etc?

Mark

[LukeSkywatcher]

Lets get back to the Moon.

[Moon-Watcher]

Lets get back to the Moon.

In my neck of the woods, it is surrounded by a "smatter" of beautiful clouds.  The lighting of the clouds is superb (as always) .

Is beautiful...

Mark

[astro mick]

When you think that Mars has roughly the same land mass as Earth,there,s an awful lot of Mars still to explore,think of the giant Volcano,s that enomous canyon,that the grand canyon would get lost in.No where not finished with Mars by a long way.

Mick.

[Alien 13]

A probe to the earths core would be nice.

Alan

[John]

I believe it's going to take 16 months to beam all the data that New Horizon has captured back to Earth. So the discoveries from this mission are far from over I reckon. They have possibly barely begun

[Moon-Watcher]

A probe to the earths core would be nice.

Alan

Saw that film   .  Marvelous.

Mark

[LukeSkywatcher]

A probe to the earths core would be nice.

Alan

That would be AMAZING.

[Dave_D]

still waiting for someone to mention a probe to that 'comedy destination'...

[barkis]

Why the hell are some people so hard to Please?
The scientific research, and planetary exploration that has been achieved in such a short time, is nothing short of
miraculous, yet here we are getting impatient, and by definition, also ungrateful for treats we have been presented with to date.
I too remember making a wish that man would step out onto another world before my demise.
However, the Lunar exploration more than satisfied that criteria for me.
Not only that, but I have been absolutely enthralled by Hubble, Cassini, the Huygens Probe
Landing on Titan,
even the magnificent Deep Sky, and Lunar and Planetary imagery I have been privileged to see on on SGL's
boards, thrilled me no end.
So come on, be thankful for what has been given to us. These projects cost billions to Implement, they don't reside in Xmas Crackers.
Ron.