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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 12 Jul 2015

    First rule of Science: Must Finish experiment before you die. @NewHorizons2015 was launched fast. Reached Pluto in 9 years.

    1:33 PM - 12 Jul 2015
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      1. Bnordhaug‏ @BnOrdhaug 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson But if your experiment is about time travel then you can finish the experiment before you were even born?!

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      1. LongHairNasaGuy‏ @LongHairNasaGuy 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 Sorry. That's a lame first rule. No wonder Earthlings never accomplish anything really big...

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      2. kevin russell‏ @kevinrns 12 Jul 2015
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        .@neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 When is the soonest Pluto can have an orbiting satellite? Speed/fuel - more than 20 minutes of clear imagining

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      3. sadderthinker‏ @oldscotcan 12 Jul 2015
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        @kevinrns @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 If you have an orbiting moon, shouldn't you be able to call yourself a planet?

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      4. kevin russell‏ @kevinrns 12 Jul 2015
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        .@oldscotcan @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 I like "big enough to have gravity make the body a sphere, and orbit a star" but thats me

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      1. Adam Singer‏Verified account @AdamSinger 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 esp true for scientists working on life extension :-)

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      1. Danimal/Armcannon‏Verified account @armcannon 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 unless you're doing the pitch drop

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      1. Shawn hornbuckle‏ @Ndtimgatiso 27 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson The first rule of medicine is first do no harm. How do we get back to that ideal?

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      1. Solomon V‏ @offervalid 21 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 In the Name of God the Beneficent the Merciful,Imam Mahdi,ALI God blessUSA, Thank God 4USA, InterfaithUNITY #ALI

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      1. Ryan‏ @ryrybeitz18 21 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 you know the more I think about this the less it seems like an experiment

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      1. Ed Clarke‏ @MrSpud36 18 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 exactly what I read. Could have done an orbiter mission but would have taken a LOT longer to get there.

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      1. Jordan Plaut‏ @therealplaut 14 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 unless you're Sir Edmund Halley amiright!?

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      2. Brandon Reis‏ @ReisBrandon 13 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 I'd be curious to know what the longest ongoing science experiment is. Humanity?

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      3. Charles Wildman‏ @standingoaks 26 Jul 2015
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        @ReisBrandon @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 creation? "In the beginning God created the heavens &the earth"

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      1. Jonathan Aguilar‏ @AggleDetector 12 Jul 2015
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        .@neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 So sad for Claudia Alexander! At least she got to see @ESA_Rosetta make it to the comet and @Philae2014 land.

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      1. Matthew Bugielski‏ @bugielski35 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson @NewHorizons2015 I thought the first rule of Science was "Always have a way to turn whatever you invent off" #ourfairecity

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      1. Shawn Kovalchick‏ @bamapookie 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson I am reminded of the quote "If your life's work can be completed in your lifetime, you aren't thinking big enough."

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      1. Bubble_Wrap  🍓 💋 🛰‏ @AHM_1969 12 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson It is my impression that they put Clyde Tombaugh's ashes on @NewHorizons2015 . #lastlaugh

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