so, how do you feel about pluto, dr. tyson? tyson: these are "the pluto files," next on nova. major funding for nova is provided by the following... joe weissman: i've been growing algae for 35 yea supporting nova and promoting public understanding of science. and the corporation for public broadcasting and by pbs viewers like you. major fundin tyson: for more than 75 years, the great stage of our solar system had a familiar cast of characters, nine players in all. we even memorized their names. mercury, venus, earth and mars... the rocky planets. jupiter, saturn, uranus and neptune... those gas giants. and all the way out to the very edge of our solar system perhaps the most popular player of all, a lonely little misfit planet pluto. but recently pluto lost its starring role, and some folks are blaming that on me. i, neil degrasse tyson, director of the hayden planetarium, in new york city, have been accused of being... a pluto hater. back in 2000, when my colleagues and i were designing this place, instead of exhibiting pluto

tyson somewhat. so all of the evidence is right there. it's not that hard to find. it's all in the library of congress available to any researcher. >> host: dr. leonard, thank you for your time today. this is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> good evening. how's everybody doing? so great to be here. i really appreciate the opportunity to come here and share some thoughts with you and tell our stories to you. i have had the pleasure of coming to events at the atlanta press club in the past. i've always enjoyed it. heard some great speakers and it's a true honor to have the podium here for a minute or two. suez you know and it's been noted by gene, my real job is that i'm a musician. as i could sell you a little story about that. however to play the piano comes to be a professional musician. i learn by listening to my mother appeared almost on a professional or a teacher or anything like that owego piano in the house and she played for family in china. and she was pretty good. so now i was the baby of the family and my brother and sister when i was young, five, six years old groton school. often it was just me and i'm in the house. so i love lis