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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a researcher, I look forward to being able to do space science in a space environment.
- Little Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the time of Apollo 11, I was a grade-schooler, and I remember every time an Apollo mission would take place that, like a lot of little boys, I'd gather in front of the TV for hours and hours and hours with my little brother.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if you were between maybe 6 and 16, there was nothing like Apollo, and I wonder if there can be something like that again. We'll just have to see.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pluto is still active four and a half billion years into its history. It was expected that small planets like Pluto would cool off long ago and not still be showing geological activity. Pluto is, in fact, showing numerous examples of geological activity on a massive scale across the planet.
- Small
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the implications of the discovery of the Kuiper Belt and its many small planets is that many scientists now think of the solar system as having not two but three zones.
- Interesting
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are lots of really interesting little planets out there in the Kuiper Belt, but Pluto's the only one that's got all the cool attributes.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to think of Pluto and its moons as presents sitting under a Christmas tree. They're wrapped, and from Earth all we can do is look at the boxes to see whether they're light or heavy, to see if something maybe jiggles a bit inside. We're seeing intriguing things, but we really don't know what's in there.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Horizons isn't just visiting Pluto; it's visiting this entire region. Whatever it finds, this will be a signal moment for planetary exploration - the capstone to our first reconnaissance of the planets of our solar system.
- Master
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually started my career in planetary science with a master's thesis on Pluto.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're in the space exploration business, and the outer solar system is a wild, wooly place. We haven't explored it very well.
- Faraway
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the planets because they are real places that you can go to and send machines to. Faraway astronomy - galactic astronomy and extra-galactic astronomy - is really cool stuff, but to me, it's about destinations.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one working as an astronomer is shackled in chains. This is a tremendous profession. There are lots of neat people, and you get to do cool things. If I had to say something negative, it's that there's often a whole lot of travel that takes me away from my children. That can be a bummer a lot of times.
- Planet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why would you listen to an astronomer about a planet?
- Exploration
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- Nov 07, 2020