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I will say to the OP about any controversy it is amazing the lack of racial diversity amoungst all the scientists. Not surprising just amazing in this day and age. You'll know what im talking about when you watch the NOVA special.
Not among the commentators, though.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Michio Kaku are everywhere!
I think everyone was surprised because they were expecting Pluto to just be a big rock, like an asteroid, not what it now seems to be; having a complex geography and an atmosphere.
Well, the late Jacques Cousteau predicted our planet would run out of fresh water a long time ago. Even if we cant settle there, or the planet has no life of its own there, we could benefit from space-trucking what would become a precious comodity for us should Mr Cousteau's predictions ever become reality.
I can hear it now,
"Honey, I'm going to Pluto for some water... I'll be back in 20 years... now where's my debit card?"
Pretty humbling what a small speck we are considering how pompous and self righteous we can be.
I dunno. Consider the universe is a simulation, a construct. Distant objects and tiny objects are rendered in low res unless we take a closer look. And as far as we know, there are no other semi-intelligent beings. It's quite possible that the universe isn't as vast as it appears, and we are quite alone here in the center of it.
I don't know why they expected that. It is in the kyper belt where comets are which are full of frozen water. It really just shows that scientists really don't know ****. They think they do but they don't.
Ahem. You asked why scientists would be surprised. I offered MY reasoning and opinion. I have no idea what they expected to find.
And you are judging all scientists based on a speculative post from a person you don't know?
Your last sentence happens to be the truth...THAT's why we are exploring our solar system...so we can find out!
My - Mercury
Very - Venus
Eager - Earth
Mother - Mars
Just - Jupiter
Shelled - Saturn
Us - Uranus
Nine - Neptune
Peanuts - Pluto
This is how I learned the planets of the solar system. We have to let Pluto back in, it has geography and an atmosphere. We need the peanut of the solar system!
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