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Nature 436, 618-619 (4 August 2005) | doi:10.1038/436618a; Published online 3 August 2005
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Pluto voyage: A man with a mission
Amanda Haag1
- Amanda Haag is a freelance writer in Boulder, Colorado.
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In 2015, Pluto will welcome its first visitor, a robot named New Horizons. Amanda Haag meets the planetary scientist who nursed the mission through its darkest days.
In the spaceflight business, delayed gratification is often part of the deal. The time between a launch and the scientific pay-off may be a decade or more.
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