Talk:Exploration of Pluto

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Should we merge Pluto Fast Flyby and Pluto-Kuiper Express with this article?

Seems tidier. Serendi ^pod ous 10:14, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. Maybe. Pluto Fast Flyby is very short and unproblematic to merge, but Pluto-Kuiper Express is larger. If we merge all content here, we risk having comparatively too much information on those cancelled probes and too little on the actual mission to Pluto. And deleting good information is not an option. --JorisvS (talk) 10:33, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Table of proposed missions

It'd be nice to have a summary (in the form of a table) of all proposed missions with status (cancelled, executed, pending...), date (of proposal/cancellation/launch/flyby... whatever is more appropriate), mission name and mission summary, with links to the sub-sections further down in the article about each mission. Each section for the most prominent missions (e.g. Pluto Kuiper Express and New Horizons) can link to the dedicated dedicated articles. AugustinMa (talk) 00:29, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please, go ahead and make it. --JorisvS (talk) 10:18, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

how did they contemplate exploring Pluto before the space program

It currently reads: Exploring Pluto was contemplated since its discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930,

How exactly did they complete exploring Pluto long before they even had a space program? Dream Focus 01:06, 29 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence is 'contemplated', not 'complete' (should you still be contemplating this :) ). The Yeti (talk) 13:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Fair use rationale for File:USPS Pluto Stamp - October 1991.jpg

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Persephone

There probably isn't enough info yet to create a new article for this, so this seems as good a place as any to mention it. There is a proposed follow-up mission to Pluto named Persephone. Here are a couple of links: <https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/19/1029680/nasa-pluto-mission-persephone> <https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/solar-system/videos-simulate-pluto-charon-flyby-follow-up-mission-proposed>

When anyone thinks there's enough, they can create a Persephone (spacecraft) page. :) The Yeti (talk) 13:19, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]