Twenty-six years had elapsed between that first fateful meeting to discuss the idea of going to Pluto with NASA in May of 1989, and that summer in 2015 when the exploration of Pluto was accomplished. People who were not even born when it started were moved by it in ways that no one had imagined when the quest began. History was made. New knowledge was created. A nation was reminded it can achieve greatness. And a world was reminded that we humans, we Earthlings—really can accomplish amazing things.
