Its been 13 years and a week since Pluto, once the ninth planet in our solar system, was officially downgraded. Now a dwarf planet, Pluto appears to have more fans than ever. Among them is the American space agency chief Jim Bridenstine, who weighed in on the decade-old debate during a press conference on 23 August, announcing that Pluto is a planet in his view, and the press can tell the world that the Administrator of NASA said so. "Just so you know, in my view, Pluto is a planet, and you can write that the NASA administrator declared Pluto a planet once again", Bridenstine said at a robotics event in Colorado. My favorite soundbyte of the day that probably won't make it to TV. It came from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. As a Pluto Supporter, I really appreciated this. #9wx #PlutoLoversRejoice @JimBridenstine pic.twitter.com/NdfQWW5PSZ — Cory Reppenhagen (@CReppWx) August 23, 2019 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaking at the Johnson Space Center
