“Humankind hasn’t had an experience like this–an encounter with a new planet–in a long time,” said Alan Stern, New Horizons’ principal investigator. “Everything we see on Pluto will be a revelation.”
Countdown to New Horizons' rendezvous with the dwarf planet. Studying the Solar System through Research and Exploration . Alan Boyle hosts Alan Stern – SwRI-Boulder's Departments of Space Studies and Space Operations