elakdawalla

Thanks for doing this AMA! I've got two questions:

1. When do you think the LORRI pictures will come back that will turn Pluto and Charon from astronomical objects into geological objects?

2. Have you compared the expected data volume from New Horizons' Pluto encounter to other flyby missions? How does it compare to, say, Voyager 2 at Uranus or Deep Impact at Tempel 1?

I would just like to point out that Vincent is talking about clouds and weather on Pluto. Wow.

During the broadcast last night, you only had "tones," no detailed telemetry. What have you learned since last night about how the spacecraft performed? Fuel used? Orbit achieved? And do you have any devices to monitor the "radiation health" of the spacecraft or do you just depend on the science instruments for that?

Here is an article about the potential future flyby targets.

And they are here!