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by profmonocle 1705 days ago
Reminds me of watching New Horizons launch as a High School junior, then excitedly watching the images come in when I was in my mid-20's.

Really drives home how unbelievably vast astronomical distances are, even just within our one solar system. One of the fastest objects humanity has ever built, and it took more than a third of my life to reach its destination.