Joe Thompson, PhD.
Faculty Lecturer, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, President and Social Media Director, SABR Houston Chapter International Business and Sports Management Professor Sports and Pop Culture Historian, Author. History PhD specializing in sports and pop culture. Hometown: Splendora, TX. Born in 1970s, but I am an 1980s kid. Co-Author and contributor of several books. Twitter: @splendorajoe
The New Horizons spacecraft launched on January 19, 2006 – beginning its odyssey to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. New Horizons now continues on its unparalleled journey of exploration with the close flyby of a Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69 – nicknamed Ultima Thule – on January 1, 2019.
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Joe Thompson, PhD. 