The biggest surprise from the new horizons flyby of pluto was learning that pluto

The biggest surprise from the New Horizon’s flyby of Pluto on July 2015 was learning that Pluto has frozen Methane that resembles a row of knives with the edges pointing up located around its equator. It is similar to Earth’s “penitente”, snow formations found at high altitudes, but the formations on Pluto can measure hundreds of feet tall.

if you are talking about current time the answer is no

if you are talking about when the colonies were developing the answer is yes

the answer is a) to be able to obey them.