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One of the great excitements about space exploration
is that it's a big public endeavor.

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Everybody's involved.

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There's some wonderful amateur astronomers who are very knowledgeable
about individual storms and clouds on Jupiter.

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I think the public involvement in these missions
are really what makes it important and exciting and fun.

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If it was just us scientists looking down our own microscope, it wouldn't be so much fun.

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The public will see how we make decisions
and what we care about.

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They'll continue interest in science, they'll ask questions, they'll be curious.

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I think this is an important part for society to think about.
What's out there and how it works and how it all fits together.

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Not only do our capabilities complement each other
but our enthusiasm infects each other

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and it's a very good collaboration with the amateurs.

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I as a fourteen-year-old stayed up until four in the morning
to watch the guys walk on the moon.

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and I expect there will be kids who will be
following everything that's happening with Juno.

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It's a great privilege to be involved with something
where the public are all actively interested.

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Yeah, it's fun.