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Back before the Kuiper Belt was discovered, Pluto did look like a misfit that didn't belong with either the terrestrials or the giant planets.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Back Before Belong Belt Did Discovered Either Giant Like Look Planets Pluto

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It's very hard to motivate yourself and others with only one goal - particularly if it's complex and you might not get there until years down the road. That's why intermediate goals are so important.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Complex Down Down The Road Get Goal Goals Hard Important Might Motivate Only Others Particularly Road Until Very Why Years You Yourself

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When I started working with NASA in 1989 as part of a mission to send spacecraft to Pluto, I knew it would take at least 10-15 years to see results of my efforts.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Efforts Knew Least Mission Nasa Part Pluto Results See Send Started Take Working Would Years

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The Kuiper Belt is the largest mapped structure in our planetary system, three times as big as all the territory from the sun out to Neptune's orbit.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Belt Big Largest Neptune Orbit Our Out Planetary Structure Sun System Territory Three Times

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I can't imagine how many kids around the world will look at pictures of Pluto and think, 'I want to grow up to be a scientist.'

~Alan Stern

Topics: Around Grow Grow Up How Imagine Kids Look Many Pictures Pluto Scientist Think Up Want Will World

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Science doesn't work by voting. Did people vote on the theory of relativity? No! It's either right or it's wrong. Do we vote on whether genetics is a good theory or not? Of course not.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Course Did Either Genetics Good People Relativity Right Science Theory Vote Voting Whether Work Wrong

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Either data supports the observations or they don't. Voting doesn't work in science.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Data Either Observations Science Supports Voting Work

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Whether there's even an ocean on Pluto deep inside is a question I hope New Horizons can address in indirect ways.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Address Deep Deep Inside Even Hope Horizons Indirect Inside New Ocean Pluto Question Ways Whether

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In the mind of the public, the word 'planet' carries a significance lacking in other words used to describe planetary bodies... many members of the public assume that alleged 'non-planets' cease to be interesting enough to warrant scientific exploration.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Alleged Assume Bodies Carries Cease Describe Enough Exploration In Other Words Interesting Lacking Many Members Mind Other Planet Planetary Public Scientific Significance Used Warrant Word Words

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New Horizons is a very high-tech, small, roughly 1,000-pound spacecraft with the most powerful battery of scientific instrumentation ever brought to bear on a first reconnaissance mission.

~Alan Stern

Topics: Battery Bear Brought Ever First High-Tech Horizons Mission Most Most Powerful New Powerful Roughly Scientific Small Very

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: November 22nd, 1957

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