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[โ€“] captain_aggravated 112 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And it was able to take such good photographs because of a fairly rare planetary alignment that allowed for three gravitational slingshots.

The last time this happened, Thomas Jefferson was president, and he blew it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Yeah he really screwed up the Australian space agency and put us on the back foot.