I am still excited about Pluto. It was tremendous to share the thrill yesterday. I tuned in at 8 am as well as later in the day to see the news. Around 9 pm on Tuesday, New Horizons communicated with scientists back on Earth and verified that all was well. The big show is yet to come, as it will be a few days until the data really starts to flow.
As someone who thinks that Pluto is a planet (and I will always consider it to be one) I found it particularly rewarding to see glimpses of a complicated world with varied terrain. Pluto, it turns out, is not such a dull place. Move over Mars, there is another Red Planet.
Good article from Smithsonian.com about the mission
I am just going to turn this into Pluto week. Come back tomorrow!
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