Guests: John Batchelor, Emily Lakdawalla Dr. David Livingston. Topics: Pluto and New Horizons. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce. This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com. Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm). For those of you listening to archives on live365.com & rating the programs, please email me the reasons for your rating. This will definitely help improve Space Show programming. Thank you. Please note that audio and transition issues are a result of copying the John Batchelor broadcast & are not within my control as they originate in the Batchelor studio. John Batchelor and I welcomed Emily Lakdawalla to Hotel Mars to update us on the New Horizons spacecraft plus the new photos being received back here on earth. Some of the hi-resolution pictures are starting to come in now but there is much more to come over the coming months. Some of the issues we discussed included Pluto's atmosphere, nitrogen, Pluto's weather, and Pluto's orbit around the sun. John asked Emily about an energy or heat source on Pluto driving some of the changes we are seeing in the new photos. Emily mentioned several possibilities so don't miss the discussion. I asked her about the quality of our ground observations given all the surprises we are getting from the New Horizon photos. I also asked if Pluto's moons were as surprising as Pluto. Though Hotel Mars is a very short segment, we covered quite a bit with Emily about Pluto and the New Horizons spacecraft. Please post your comments/questions on TSS blog above. You can email Mr. Batchelor or Emily Lakdawalla through me at drspace@thespaceshow.com.