https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=1532 2026-05-22T01:44:25Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1532&diff=94612&oldid=prev 2015-06-01T06:22:02Z

<p>Can&#039;t even get the template right.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr style="vertical-align: top;" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:22, 1 June 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">This comic refers to a {{w|Gravity_assist}} maneuver which allows spacecraft to travel faster with less propellant by &quot;slingshotting&quot; around a large mass.&#160; In this case, Steve was responsible for the calculations for the maneuver to intercept the dwarf planet {{w|Pluto}}, but has made a mistake which caused {{w|New_Horizons}} to return to Earth instead.&#160; The nature of planetary orbits is such that it is likely impossible to correct for this error with the fuel remaining in the spacecraft, dooming the $650m mission to failure.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#REDIRECT [[1532: New Horizons]]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Davidy22 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1532&diff=94610&oldid=prev 2015-06-01T05:41:30Z

<p>Created page with &quot;This comic refers to a {{w|Gravity_assist}} maneuver which allows spacecraft to travel faster with less propellant by &quot;slingshotting&quot; around a large mass. In this case, Steve...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This comic refers to a {{w|Gravity_assist}} maneuver which allows spacecraft to travel faster with less propellant by &quot;slingshotting&quot; around a large mass. In this case, Steve was responsible for the calculations for the maneuver to intercept the dwarf planet {{w|Pluto}}, but has made a mistake which caused {{w|New_Horizons}} to return to Earth instead. The nature of planetary orbits is such that it is likely impossible to correct for this error with the fuel remaining in the spacecraft, dooming the $650m mission to failure.</div>

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