Alan Stern quote: "This is, in a very real sense, the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets that the United States has led for the world since the 1960s."

Even in our deep ocean, there are ecosystems at work with no light whatsoever down in the deepest po...
ALAN STERN

We'll be like kids in a candy shop.
ALAN STERN

I ... was not comfortable with launching without backup power. I've been working on this for 17 year...
ALAN STERN

We really expect the mission to be transformational. This is the capstone of the original visits to ...
ALAN STERN

This is the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets, the first mission to the last pla...
ALAN STERN

This is the capstone of the missions to the planets that NASA has led since the 1960s.
ALAN STERN

It used to be said that Pluto is a misfit. But now we know Earth is the misfit. This is the most pop...
ALAN STERN

It used to be that Pluto was a misfit. Now it turns out that Earth is the misfit. Most planets in th...
ALAN STERN

It'll be the fastest spacecraft ever to JupiterÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦13 months after launch....
ALAN STERN

SWUIS operated flawlessly. We think we've got some great data in our pocket including some spectacul...
ALAN STERN

This is in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the planets. Pluto, its moon...
ALAN STERN

One thing scientists do is to find order among a large number of facts, and one way to do that acros...
ALAN STERN

Science is really about individual experts reaching a consensus.
ALAN STERN

I tend to think of Pluto and its moons as presents sitting under a Christmas tree. They're wrapp...
ALAN STERN

I just think it's patently absurd for scientists to categorize objects on the basis of the numbe...
ALAN STERN

We really just didn't realize the diversity of planetary types in our solar system. Pluto looked...
ALAN STERN

Pluto has strong atmospheric cycles: it snows on the surface; the snows sublimate and go back into t...
ALAN STERN

I tell public audiences, don't go to a podiatrist for brain surgery; don't go to an astronom...
ALAN STERN

Why would you listen to an astronomer about a planet?
ALAN STERN

No one working as an astronomer is shackled in chains. This is a tremendous profession. There are lo...
ALAN STERN

A river is a river, independent of whether there are other rivers nearby. In science, we call things...
ALAN STERN

Going to the Kuiper Belt is like an archaeological dig into the history of the solar system.
ALAN STERN

During one of the Apollo missions, I saw Walter Cronkite showing off the flight plan. It just mesmer...
ALAN STERN

I like the planets because they are real places that you can go to and send machines to. Faraway ast...
ALAN STERN

The basic story for Golden Spike is that we discovered a way to create do-it-yourself Apollo program...
ALAN STERN

In science, we take large numbers of disparate facts and reduce them to see patterns. We use the pat...
ALAN STERN

The costs of badly-run NASA projects are paid for with cutbacks or delays in NASA projects that didn...
ALAN STERN

Just because Pluto orbits with many other dwarf planets doesn't change what it is, just as wheth...
ALAN STERN

Pluto is still active four and a half billion years into its history. It was expected that small pla...
ALAN STERN

It's interesting - Pluto's almost a brand unto itself. It's the farthest. It's the m...
ALAN STERN

It's now our job to be good stewards of the spacecraft. and to learn to fly it in the real environme...
ALAN STERN

The air conditioning was off. The flight controllers were sitting there wiping sweat.
ALAN STERN

Two or three days doesn't mean a hill of beans.
ALAN STERN

It'll be the fastest spacecraft ever to Jupiter…13 months after launch. We pass the Moon in just n...
ALAN STERN

The big lesson of planetary science is when you do a first reconnaissance of a new kind of object, y...
ALAN STERN

Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies. The misfit becomes ...
ALAN STERN

The Kuiper Belt is the largest structure in the solar system. We used to think Pluto was a misfit.
ALAN STERN

I expect New Horizons will see more that Hubble cannot see.
ALAN STERN

To keep everyone invested in your vision, you have to back up a little bit and really analyze who th...
ALAN STERN

There was a time when Pluto - which NASA's New Horizons spacecraft at last explored in 2015, a m...
ALAN STERN

When we first sent missions to Jupiter, no one expected to find moons that would have active volcano...
ALAN STERN

The first mission to Mars did not expect to find craters and river valleys, and yet they did. The fi...
ALAN STERN

Just because Pluto or comets aren't as big as Jupiter doesn't mean they are not scientifical...
ALAN STERN

The air conditioning was off. The flight controllers were sitting there wiping sweat. If they were d...
ALAN STERN

It'll be the fastest spacecraft ever to Jupiter13 months after launch. We pass the Moon in just ni...
ALAN STERN

New Horizons is a very high-tech, small, roughly 1,000-pound spacecraft with the most powerful batte...
ALAN STERN

Just as a Chihuahua is still a dog, these ice dwarfs are still planetary bodies.
ALAN STERN

It's very hard to motivate yourself and others with only one goal - particularly if it's com...
ALAN STERN

CASIS has to succeed because for it not to succeed would be a huge setback for the International Spa...
ALAN STERN

Pluto is just the brightest of the many objects in the Kuiper Belt. It's a fossil relic of the forma...
ALAN STERN

No one predicted Mercury would be a planetary core with the mantle stripped off. No one predicted vo...
ALAN STERN

Its surface is only 40 degrees above absolute zero, covered with exotic ice. We think it's going to ...
ALAN STERN

The Kuiper Belt is the largest mapped structure in our planetary system, three times as big as all t...
ALAN STERN

I don't believe we should classify planetary objects by location. We should use properties of the ob...
ALAN STERN

I have July 14, 2015, emblazoned on my calendar. That's our arrival date at Pluto. We are now quite ...
ALAN STERN

We call it seeing in the dark.
ALAN STERN

If you put Earth out beyond Neptune, you wouldn't be able to call it a planet because it couldn&...
ALAN STERN

Not even Tombaugh and his mentors could have forecast how fascinating their new planet would turn ou...
ALAN STERN

Pluto is as far across as Manhattan to Miami, but its atmosphere is bigger than the Earth's.
ALAN STERN

It says something very deep about humans and our society, something very good about us, that we'...
ALAN STERN

There are lots of really interesting little planets out there in the Kuiper Belt, but Pluto's th...
ALAN STERN

I think when people see Pluto revealed by New Horizons, its satellite system, its complex surface, i...
ALAN STERN

The New Horizons Pluto mission will be the first mission to a binary object and will help us underst...
ALAN STERN

We made more than just scientific discoveries... we rediscovered how much people love exploration.
ALAN STERN

As a planetary scientist, I don't know what else to call Pluto: It's big and round and thous...
ALAN STERN

The Kuiper belt region, which I call the third zone because it lies beyond the rocky terrestrial pla...
ALAN STERN

Just speaking for myself, I think the return of people to the Moon has a lot to offer for understand...
ALAN STERN

When I started working with NASA in 1989 as part of a mission to send spacecraft to Pluto, I knew it...
ALAN STERN

Typically in science, individual scientists make up their minds about scientific fact or theory one ...
ALAN STERN

It's really going spectacularly well. The whole approach to testing a spacecraft is to walk before y...
ALAN STERN

It's ... strictly coincidental that Pluto of course was named for the god of the underworld and we'r...
ALAN STERN

Every mission has life-or-death moments.
ALAN STERN

A miniature poodle is not not a dog just because it's miniature.
ALAN STERN

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

We're in the space exploration business, and the outer solar system is a wild, wooly place. We h...
ALAN STERN

At the time of Apollo 11, I was a grade-schooler, and I remember every time an Apollo mission would ...
ALAN STERN

Science doesn't work by voting. Did people vote on the theory of relativity? No! It's either...
ALAN STERN

The solar system is completely wide open. Almost anywhere we go, I'm sure we would learn a lot.
ALAN STERN

It's ... strictly coincidental that Pluto, of course, was named for the god of the underworld and we...
ALAN STERN

After 'The Wonder Years,' I ended up having a voiceover career, which was something I never ...
DANIEL STERN

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music...
ISAAC STERN

I was really trying to anchor down the band. We should explore this new song, but we've got to have ...
AARON STERN

A lot of his stuff was a lot slower, so there was a period of time where we were all worried. I was ...
AARON STERN

This record is a showcase of where we've been over the past two years. We've done a lot of touring. ...
AARON STERN

I think a lot of bands just, they sort of mark themselves as they can only go so far. They sort of s...
AARON STERN

Kids live vicariously through the lyrics. They identify with them, feel like these are their stories...
AARON STERN

What a huge game, just to play the USA, the powerhouse of baseball. We can play baseball, too. We're...
ADAM STERN

That was a huge game to win, playing the U.S.. We (Canadians) can play baseball too, we're not just ...
ADAM STERN

Any win in this tournament is huge and coming against the U.S., they have the most talent out there,...
ADAM STERN

We like to tell everyone we can play baseball, too. We're not just a hockey country.
ADAM STERN

It's just something that tightened up on me and hasn't let go. I'm hoping I can get someone to drop ...
ADAM STERN

The 3D goldfish was quite a challenge for us, as it was required to behave in a photo-realistic mann...
ADAM STERN

In the first half, we came out nervous. At half, I said 'come on guys, let's go.' We settled down an...
ADAM STERN

You take us over the course of a long schedule and obviously we couldn't stick with (the Americans)....
ADAM STERN

With these Olympics, I kind of miss it. Any kind of winter sport like that you wish you were good at...
ADAM STERN

He kind of brushed it off.
ADAM STERN

The true genius of a Woman is her subtle flair in creating the illusion that you are the smart one
JOSH STERN

Dr. Suess said: 'Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened..'

I tell my dat...
JOSH STERN

Man is a complex being; he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die.
GIL STERN

I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that....
HOWARD STERN

Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.
JUDITH STERN

It's ok for a man to commit adultery if his wife is ugly
HOWARD STERN

A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.
ISAAC STERN

I would say the referees have the toughest game to call. I would say that there's a lot of offic...
DAVID STERN

I am fourth-generation deaf, which means everyone in my immediate family is deaf. So I grew up alway...
SHOSHANNAH STERN

How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny...
NICHOLAS STERN

I'd die for your sins, but I'd probably enjoy them first
JOSH STERN

Revenge is a dish best served in something microwaveable
JOSH STERN

You're only given as much as you can handle, before going back for seconds
JOSH STERN

Maturity is when you no longer get the urge to make snow angels in mud season
JOSH STERN

Anyone can spin a victory, it's a total loss that demands creativity
JOSH STERN

If the love is not madness, then the sex is not insane
JOSH STERN

the only drinking problem I've ever had, is figuring out why I'm still stuck in this salad spinner
JOSH STERN

What I lack in brilliance, I more than make up for in glitter
JOSH STERN

positivity is the father of reinvention
JOSH STERN

Don't ever mistake silence for ignorance, when it is obviously stupidity
JOSH STERN

The only way I’d ever die of a broken heart, is if I slammed into something really hard
JOSH STERN

It's not that I'm ahead of my time, it's more that the world is running late
JOSH STERN

If you're going to walk down the aisle together, best to go single file
JOSH STERN

Trying to balance chivalry with equality, I always open a door for a Lady...then stick my foot out
JOSH STERN

If you're stuck in the past, you go forward in reverse
JOSH STERN

A watched pot never boils.... but it does develop paranoia
JOSH STERN

When she says 'I've never done this before" she just means with you
JOSH STERN

If it's the thought that counts, then ignorance must use a calculator
JOSH STERN

Manners without sincerity, is called polite society
JOSH STERN

Some people are so positive, that when they slip in dog poop, they pirouette
JOSH STERN

I hate cutting my wrists while shaving
JOSH STERN

Sure I eat my feelings, but I save the emotional roller coaster for dessert
JOSH STERN

I've always been a poor sport and a sore loser...any other behavior might encourage a repeat perform...
JOSH STERN

Who enjoys life more? Well to start with, definitely the Living
JOSH STERN

It's not hard to fail...it's hard to accept you failed...but once that's out of the way, it's pretty...
JOSH STERN

If a picture paints a thousand words, then a naked picture paints a thousand words without any vowel...
JOSH STERN

Women need a reason to have sex, while men just need an angle
JOSH STERN

Friends might lose touch but never lose feelings
JOSH STERN

Wal-Mart provides a chilling example of the damage that low-wage, nonunion corporations can wreak, a...
ANDREW STERN

When you add physical requirements to jobs that don't need them, you begin to weed out a whole pool ...
ANDREW STERN

In Washington, D.C., we are still living in the last century in an industrial revolution, ... India ...
ANDREW STERN

I can't think of another entertainment sector that's systematically freezing out half the potential ...
ANDREW STERN

For the protection of the country, nurses are being asked to risk their health in the line of duty, ...
ANDREW STERN

I'm not a national security expert, I don't have access to that information, [but] I have to presume...
ANDREW STERN

When we started, we viewed ourselves as faster, better, cheaper ... But what we've come to understan...
ANDREW STERN

Today we begin to build a global union in very specific terms. In a global economy with global emplo...
ANDREW STERN

It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stron...
ANDREW STERN

And as it is set up today, I believe, sadly, it has no hope of uniting the 90 percent of workers who...
ANDREW STERN

Not every decision you make is going to be 100 percent perfect, ... Overall, Christi [Hogin] has don...
ANDY STERN

He comes with an enormous amount of good will. I mean, people have really seen him stand up in strik...
ANDY STERN

We're a healthcare union. He's a doctor. He's delivered healthcare at the bedside, delivered it as g...
ANDY STERN

In fact, he only registered as a Democrat four months ago, just weeks before entering the race.
ANDY STERN

Let's be clear -- state employees and other voters in New Hampshire take a huge risk by supporting h...
ANDY STERN

It is unfair to send [SEIU] members into the voting booth on primary day without giving them the inf...
ANDY STERN

The world has changed. We can help shape the global economy, but ... the strength of unions is [not]...
ANDY STERN

When we strengthen our cooperation and help workers in the same industry unite, everybody wins,
ANDY STERN

[By pulling out of the AFL-CIO and proposing to start an organization, Stern and his Teamster ally J...
ANDY STERN

The Democratic Party silence on Iraq is another moment of a voice lost. Faced with votes in favor of...
ANDY STERN

I think it's important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they a...
NICHOLAS STERN

Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in real...
SHOSHANNAH STERN

The only other thing I can really remember wanting to do besides acting was a gas station attendant....
DANIEL STERN

I've actually apologized to some people I was a real jerk to, because I feel ashamed. I didn'...
HOWARD STERN

The question is always 'What is the role of a labor movement?' How much is about collective ...
ANDY STERN

We run enormous risks and we know what kind of reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to drast...
NICHOLAS STERN

Republicans have been very successful. There are three things Americans don't like: big unions, ...
ANDY STERN

Our elections are free - it's in the results where eventually we pay.
BILL STERN

The only threesome I've ever experienced is with Pantene 2 in 1
JOSH STERN

I’m no expert, no natural-born talent, definitely no guru. As you’ll soon learn, only through a ...
DANIEL STERN

You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and e...
DAVID STERN

The Ports Authority opposes this bill. It interferes with, and is inconsistent with, the Supreme Cou...
BILL STERN

I grew up in South Carolina. There are a lot of things about state government that we're not proud o...
BILL STERN

The only argument I keep hearing is you don't have the dollars to expand. Well, I'm addressing that....
BILL STERN

Daniel Island will be disposed of as the governor has asked us to do.
BILL STERN

Edith was at the forefront of the move to modernist design that influenced architecture and furnitur...
BILL STERN

Our elections are free--it's in the results where eventually we pay.
BILL STERN

The Supreme Court made it clear that the authority gets the first shot at the land. With their decis...
BILL STERN

The port business is capacity. You've got to be able to serve your customer base today and future cu...
BILL STERN

Now it's time to change the perception that we don't want to work with the town.
BILL STERN

The decision speaks for itself and we're moving forward with condemnation. The interpretation is tha...
BILL STERN

Our elections are free, it's in the results where eventually we pay.
BILL STERN

You really feel for them. The volunteers talk about their own personal experiences of being oppresse...
BOB STERN

free and democratic Iraq.
BOB STERN

It's not appropriate for City Hall to be used for private business. It seems the better part of valo...
BOB STERN

We need disclosure as to who is funding the Protocol Foundation,
BOB STERN

I would give odds that something would pass but it wouldn't shock me if they failed to agree. This i...
BOB STERN

He told us there were three N's of obesity. Nintendo. Netscape. And Nickelodeon.
BOB STERN

[The governor didn't pitch political reform] with his fingers crossed behind his back, ... But polit...
BOB STERN

It's much more important to raise money to defeat (Prop. 77) than it is to raise money for their own...
BOB STERN

When donors have wealthy relatives, that enhances the value of the donation. A candidate loves to kn...
BOB STERN

It always raises questions when someone goes from one side to the other. One of the questions that c...
BOB STERN

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and blac...
DAVID STERN

In order to butterfly kiss, does it require caterpillar lips?
JOSH STERN

If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics o...
NICHOLAS STERN

If coal is going to be used, the only response - because it is the dirtiest of all fuels - is that w...
NICHOLAS STERN

I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic...
ANDY STERN

I feel I should defer to the writers and the directors because they're the ones who have the com...
SHOSHANNAH STERN

There are more bad musicians than there is bad music.
ISAAC STERN

Our elections are free -- it's in the results where eventually we pay.
BILL STERN

Some people's lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That's what trauma ...
JESSICA STERN

Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on ...
NICHOLAS STERN

What we came up with is a dress code that even Mark Cuban could comply with - if he wanted to.
DAVID STERN

Okay, well, I guess I'm still a kid. Because when I get really angry and fired up and I feel lik...
HOWARD STERN

The basic scientific conclusions on climate change are very robust and for good reason. The greenhou...
NICHOLAS STERN

There are different uniforms for different occasions. There's the uniform you wear on the court, the...
DAVID STERN

This is, in a very real sense, the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets that the United States has led for the world since the 1960s.

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