Some of Clyde's ashes are on their way to Pluto today.
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I ... was not comfortable with launching without backup power. I've been working on this for 17 years ... Two or three days doesn't mean a hill of beans.
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I will say that this has been our project mascot for a long time, this little ground-down pencil. And it represents perseverance to get this project under way, to get it built, to get it launched and now to get it to Pluto.
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Alan Stern
This is the capstone of the initial reconnaissance of the planets, the first mission to the last planet.
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