[FPSPACE] Lost Computer Disks at Los Alamos Could Delay NASA Mission to Pluto

[LARRY KLAES]

THE DAY IN SPACE 
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In today's space news from SpaceRef:
    
 
-- Lost Computer Disks at Los Alamos Could Delay NASA Mission to Pluto 

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=970<http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=970> 

"Last month some computer disks containing classified were misplaced at Los Alamos National Laboratory 
(LANL). Employees have been suspended and work on all LANL projects has been halted. Among the projects 
affected: production by the Department of Energy of the nuclear fuel source for NASA's New Horizons mission 
to Pluto."
 

-- Image of the Earth-Moon system taken from Rosetta 
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14738<http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14738> 

"This image, taken by ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser spacecraft, shows the Earth-Moon system from a distance of 
70 million kilometres. This is close to the maximum distance reached by the spacecraft so far this year."
  

-- How special is the solar system? 
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14743<http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14743> 

"In our solar system, the orbits of all the major planets are quite  close to being circular (apart from Pluto's, 
which is a special case),  and the four giant planets are a considerable distance from the Sun. The extrasolar 
planets detected so far - all giants similar in nature to Jupiter - are by comparison much closer to their parent 
stars, and  their orbits are almost all highly elliptical and so very elongated." 

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