Bradly Cooper
Pluto is just one of trillions chunks of ice being thrown about the universe and for some reason this former planet gets a lot of press coverage. Ever since some scientists demoted this natural satellite from a planet to just another space object many have come to the defense of Pluto. Neil Degrasse Tyson's book called the Pluto Files covers all this and is not really a interesting science book. The mass hysteria and debate about Pluto's planetary status is all about a bunch of bored astronomers and fans that wish there could be something more exciting to talk about. We are not ever going to mars on foot despite all the money an Elon Musk or Richard Branson will waste instead of helping the troubles of people on Earth. Mr Tyson has many better books I imagine on science and planetary bodies but this book is pretty much a waste. I always knew Pluto didn't deserve the status as the last planet in our solar system just from size alone. This book does a good job giving a history of the discovery of Pluto and early name choice of the planet by some daughter of an academic elitist. It is good to see many years later scientists finally proclaim Pluto what it is and a planet it never was to be. Bigger telescopes and more acute observations have put this planet back to the space junk status it was always reserved in the solar systems.
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