When I started working with NASA in 1989 as part of a mission to send spacecraft to Pluto, I knew it would… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
Once solved, the severe handicaps imposed on space exploration by the weight and chemical limitations of rockets would no longer apply. The… — Donald A. Wollheim Copy Share Image
We're just learning that a lot of planets are small planets, and we didn't know that before, fact is, in planetary science,… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
I gotta say, Pluto is such a great character, and if I ever got to work with him, I'd be very happy.… — Bob Peterson Copy Share Image
If the Pluto mission was a cat, then it would've been dead long ago because they only get nine lives, and we've… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, we only knew about our nine planets. Since then, we've downgraded Pluto but have discovered that… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Pluto's warm-up is a reminder that no matter where you are climate happens. It always has, it always will - with or… — Chris Horner Copy Share Image
The laws of Pluto's kingdom know small difference between king and cobbler, manager and call-boy; and, if haply your dates of life… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“This success permits us to hope that after thirty or forty years of observation on the new Planet [Neptune], we may employ… — Urbain Le Verrier Copy Share Image
Just because Pluto orbits with many other dwarf planets doesn't change what it is, just as whether an object is a mountain… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
We were very surprised to find out that Pluto is still geologically alive. It has upended our ideas of how planetary geophysics… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
New Horizons isn't just visiting Pluto; it's visiting this entire region. Whatever it finds, this will be a signal moment for planetary… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
“A truth can exist for decades and in a moment vanish. Just ask Pluto.” — R.J. Intindola Copy Share Image
I knew Pluto was popular among elementary schoolkids, but I had no idea they would mobilize into a 'Save Pluto' campaign. I… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Pluto's orbit is so elongated that it crosses the orbit of another planet. Now that's... you've got no business doing that if… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'm pretty mutable as a human being, period - if you put me on Pluto, I can figure it out. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
It's interesting - Pluto's almost a brand unto itself. It's the farthest. It's the most diminutive of the classical planets. It's been… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
Pluto has a very interesting history, and there is a lot of work that we need to do to understand this very… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
As a planetary scientist, I don't know what else to call Pluto: It's big and round and thousands of miles wide. — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
