(54 quotes found)
“The mission is to understand what a comet is made of and how it's put together.”
Donald Yeomans
“It was assumed that, after the Late Heavy Bombardment let up, comet impacts ? which were then 1,000 times more numerous than today ? delivered Earth's water.”
“This comet formed at very edge of the solar system ... out by pluto ... and spent all its lifetime out there until recently it came into the inner part of the solar system, where we could sample it.”
Don Brownlee
“We were stunned when we got to the comet and saw incredible features - steep cliffs, overhanging cliffs, spires and many features which, oddly enough, we had never been seen on other Solar System bodies.”
“We're confident that the things coming out [of Comet Wild 2] are the same as those that went in. We believe that we collected the most pristine samples of a comet, those that have never been warmed.”
“We visited a comet, grabbed a piece of it, and landed here this morning. It was a real thrill.”
“I just can't believe this actually is a piece of a comet, but it is.”
Dr. Don Brownlee
“They were either red-hot or white-hot grains, and yet we collected them in a comet, the Siberia of the solar system.”
“This spacecraft is a comet explorer. It has the tools to do a lot more.”
Tom Duxbury
“The fact that the Comets have seven players on the list is awesome. That's also a testament to our franchise and the good things that we're doing here. I think it's definitely something to be excited about. But in my opinion, I would put everybody who's been in the league for 10 years on that team, because I think that is a feat in itself.”
Tina Thompson
