http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/07/15/reality-check-trip-to-pluto-costs-less-than-vikings-stadium/NASA scientists and planet lovers everywhere are cheering the Pluto space probe, which is now sending images of the dwarf planet back to Earth. The cost of the 10-year voyage is raising eyebrows, but not for the reasons you might think. The 10-year voyage by the New Horizons satellite was never a sure thing. So when the little space probe phoned home from Pluto, it caused celebration and questions. Is the $720 million voyage worth the cost? “In the realm of your solar system dance card, it’s one that hasn’t been checked yet,” Ron Schmidt, the observatory coordinator at Jackson Middle School in Champlin, said. Schmit is also an official NASA ambassador, remembering skeptics 50 years ago.
