From Mars to Pluto - Exploring the Deep Solar System
If you're planning a mental trip from mars to pluto, you've got to wrap your head around some seriously staggering distances. We often see those classroom posters where the planets are lined up like marbles on a table, but that's a total lie. In reality, the space between the Red Planet and that icy little world at the edge of the system is a vast, cold, and mostly empty stretch that makes a trip to the moon look like a walk to the mailbox. ...