Settling in for my evening session. 591 LY to go. Sagittarius A*, here I come!

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  1. James Dominguez28 September 2015 at 07:07

    ...AND I PLOTTED THE WHOLE WAY IN ONE GO! It barely even lagged! See you all in 28 jumps! SO EXCITED!

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  2. James Dominguez28 September 2015 at 07:27

    Found a system full of well-spaced-out HMC-TCs, which is slowing me down. ;)

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  3. Dennis Wronka28 September 2015 at 07:34

    I ran into a number of suspected ELWs along the way, and actually scanned an ELW just 5 jumps away.

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  4. James Dominguez28 September 2015 at 09:30

    Slowed way down while listening to the NASA Mars announcement, but I'm back on track now with 13 jumps to go.

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  5. Dennis Wronka28 September 2015 at 09:35

    James Dominguez I wanted to watch, but was still in the office.
    So, was it about water on Mars?

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  6. James Dominguez28 September 2015 at 09:36

    Yes, flowing liquid water. Pretty cool.

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