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Alan Stern
Alan Stern
American Scientist
Born: Nov 22, 1957
People Science Solar Space Think You
Related authors: Ben Carson Carl Sagan E. O. Wilson George Washington Carver Isaac Asimov Margaret Mead Neil deGrasse Tyson W. Edwards Deming
To keep everyone invested in your vision, you have to back up a little bit and really analyze who the different stakeholders are and what they individually respond to. Alan Stern
You Vision Analyze Back Everyone Back Up Bit Respond Invested Individually Up Different Little Stakeholders Little Bit Really Your Who Keep
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. Alan Stern
History Long Half Active Numerous Scale Would Pluto Examples Small Fact Like Massive Geological Still Years Off Expected In Fact Planet Planets Across Billion Cool Showing Activity Four
If you put Earth out beyond Neptune, you wouldn't be able to call it a planet because it couldn't clear its zone. Alan Stern
You Earth Out Neptune Able Put Clear Beyond Call Because Planet Zone
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
World Will Think Kids Pluto Pictures Look Around How Scientist Up Want Many Grow Grow Up Imagine
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. Alan Stern
Out Pluto Only Attributes Got Lots Interesting Little Really Planets Cool Belt
Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark of planethood. Alan Stern
Strength Enough Pluto Rather Shape Massive Course Hallmark Material Than Controlled Which Planet Gravity
Pluto is as far across as Manhattan to Miami, but its atmosphere is bigger than the Earth's. Alan Stern
Earth Atmosphere Pluto Miami Than Manhattan Bigger Far Across
Human beings have long wondered whether they are alone in the universe. Alan Stern
Alone Long Universe Wondered Human Human Beings Whether Beings
Going to the Kuiper Belt is like an archaeological dig into the history of the solar system. Alan Stern
History Solar Dig Solar System System Archaeological Like Going The History Of Belt
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. Alan Stern
Christmas Light Think Christmas Tree Tree Earth Bit Intriguing Inside See Wrapped Seeing Pluto Something Tend Know Look Boxes Sitting Maybe Heavy Whether Really Things Presents
One thing scientists do is to find order among a large number of facts, and one way to do that across fields as diverse as biology, geology, physics and astronomy is through classification. Alan Stern
Physics Biology Way Astronomy One Thing Find One-Way Classification Diverse Through Facts Geology Scientists Order Fields Across Large Large Number Among Thing Number
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
Three Big Our Sun System Out Neptune Structure Territory Times Orbit Planetary Mapped Largest Belt
As a scientist in charge of space sensors and entire space missions before I was at NASA, I myself was involved in projects that overran. But that's no excuse for remaining silent about this growing problem or failing to champion reform. Alan Stern
Myself Champion Problem Space Before Projects Charge Silent No Excuse Entire About Remaining Failing Excuse Involved Missions NASA Scientist Reform Sensors Growing
Are governments the only entities that can build human spacecraft? No - actually, every human spacecraft ever built for NASA was built by private industry. Alan Stern
Build Every Entities Only Industry Built NASA Private Governments Human Spacecraft Ever Actually
That so many binary or quasi-binary KBOs exist came as a real surprise to the research community. Alan Stern
Binary Community Research Real Came Surprise Exist Many
We were very surprised to find out that Pluto is still geologically alive. It has upended our ideas of how planetary geophysics works. Alan Stern
Our Alive Out Find Pluto Ideas How Still Were Surprised Very Planetary Works
I think when people see Pluto revealed by New Horizons, its satellite system, its complex surface, its atmosphere, I think they'll have a hard time saying 'That's not a planet' because it obviously will be, and I think most people are already coming to that opinion anyway, but I think that's really going to drive it home viscerally. Alan Stern
Saying Time Home People Will Drive Think Complex System Horizons See Atmosphere Pluto New Most Obviously Because Opinion Revealed Surface Coming Going Anyway Planet Really Hard Hard Time Satellite
A miniature poodle is not not a dog just because it's miniature. Alan Stern
Dog Miniature Because Just Just Because Poodle
It says something very deep about humans and our society, something very good about us, that we've invested our time and treasure in building a machine that can fly across three billion miles of space to explore the Pluto system. Alan Stern
Time Good Space Fly Three Building Society Our Machine Says Our Time System Pluto About Something Invested Very Us Across Explore Miles Billion Deep Treasure Humans
Every mission has life-or-death moments. Alan Stern
Every Mission Moments
I've been on 26 space missions; they range from suborbital to orbital to shuttle experiments to planetary missions. Alan Stern
Space Range Missions Been Experiments Planetary Shuttle
It shouldn't be so difficult to determine what a planet is. When you're watching a science fiction show like 'Star Trek' and they show up at some object in space and turn on the viewfinder, the audience and the people in the show know immediately whether it's a planet or a star or a comet or an asteroid. Alan Stern
You Science People Space Difficult Trek Asteroid Immediately Some Object Determine Like Know Comet Science Fiction Audience Up Fiction Whether Turn Turn-On Planet Show Star Star Trek Watching
During one of the Apollo missions, I saw Walter Cronkite showing off the flight plan. It just mesmerized me. All this detail! That's what I wanted. Alan Stern
Me Saw Detail Cronkite Missions Mesmerized Off Just Wanted Plan Apollo Flight Showing
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Alan Stern
Evidence Absence
As a researcher, I look forward to being able to do space science in a space environment. Alan Stern
Science Space Able Environment Look Being Researcher Forward
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. Alan Stern
Time Remember Every Every Time TV Would Brother Take Like Mission Hours Hours And Hours Boy Lot Front Place Little Little Brother Apollo Gather
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