For one thing the data is sent back very slowly. Estimates are that it will take New Horizons roughly 16 months to send it all back.
Then you have to sort through and analyze it and use it to verify predictions formulate new hypotheses and so on. The data will still be impacting scientific progress for years after we get it all and sort through it.
Then you have to sort through and analyze it and use it to verify predictions formulate new hypotheses and so on. The data will still be impacting scientific progress for years after we get it all and sort through it.