Pluto may have lost its planet status in 2006, but it still has a home on Google Maps. 🪐 If you want to explore the dwarf planet’s icy surface, here’s how to access space view: 1. Open Google Maps on desktop 2. Go to Layers > More > turn on "Globe view" 3. Switch to Satellite view 4. Zoom out completely 5. Select Pluto from the space menu

*** PLUTO *** Twenty (!) years ago this month, Pluto was officially demoted. Here's the entire saga: science & pop culture. Though often blamed, I was just an accessory ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Pluto Files: The Rise & Fall of America’s Favorite Planet (2009)

Introducing PLUTO (Plain Language Understanding for Trajectory Optimization), our new research exploring how #agentic# #AI# can make sophisticated #aerospace# #engineering# tools more accessible. PLUTO combines an AI coding agent with established numerical optimization methods, using sequential convex programming as its backbone. The agent translates natural-language requirements into executable constraints, formulates the optimization problem, and helps visualize and verify the resulting trajectory. The key idea: let AI handle problem formulation while relying on rigorous numerical methods to solve it. 📄 Paper: 💻 Code: Coming soon. This is our first step toward accelerating aerospace mission design and operations through agentic AI workflows. Stay tuned for more soon! Work led by Eleanor Brosius, in collaboration with Yuji Takubo, @DanieleGammelli, and Simone D'Amico #AgenticAI# #Aerospace# #TrajectoryOptimization# #AutonomousSystems# @StanfordEng @StanfordAILab @StanfordASL