Скачать или смотреть Should you care about Pluto? We asked NASA's Alan Stern and astrobiologist David Grinspoon

In 2006, as NASA’s New Horizons probe zoomed toward Pluto, scientists famously demoted it to a dwarf planet.

Nine years later, upon arrival, the spacecraft discovered a world of wonders, with some features never before seen on other planets.

We asked New Horizons mission leader Alan Stern, and planetary scientist David Grinspoon, authors of the new book —“Chasing New Horizons”—why this dwarf planet remains so worthy of our attention.

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