Heidi Hammel Quotes

Heidi Hammel

Profession : Scientist

Birth : March 14, 1960

Amid apocalyptic dystopia, 'Fahrenheit 451''s protagonist retains sparks of curiosity, creativity, and courage, and these human characteristics are the seeds of hope that can arise, phoenix-like, from civilization's ashes.

Heidi Hammel

No one planet can tell us everything about the universe, but Neptune seems to hold more than its share of information about the formation of our own solar system - as well as the solar systems beyond.

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We don't use Hubble to stare at Jupiter unless there's a special event or some special reason.

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We need people pushing the boundaries. Exploration is what we, as humans, do.

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As you go further from the sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus are each colder in their upper atmosphere. But when you get to Neptune, it's just as warm as Uranus.

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Most people have already seen a cosmic collision. If you've seen a shooting star ever, you've seen a cosmic collision, because a shooting star is not a star. It's a tiny dust or pea sized fragment of an asteroid or a comet hitting our atmosphere and burning up as it hits in, as it comes in.

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You make sure you broaden yourself and have a good solid background in many different things. That's what you need to be a good scientist.

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Weather forecast for Jupiter's South Equatorial Belt: cloudy with a chance of ammonia.

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Every field of astrophysics - whether it's our local neighborhood of planets, nearby stars and their attendant planets, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, out to the edge of the universe - every field has questions that are awaiting the power of Hubble.

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Being insignificant statistically doesn't mean it's right or wrong. It just means you don't have enough data to show yes or no.

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If there were creatures on Uranus - and I don't think there are - seasonal affective disorder would be a lifetime thing.

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The Hubble program has been so fantastically successful. It's more than what anyone expected.

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The Internet has made communication far more rapid. If there is a discovery, instantly around the world, anyone can confirm it.

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When Hubble was launched, it became clear very shortly thereafter that there was a problem with the optics.The mirror was not quite the right shape. And the one program that I had really been looking forward to doing with Hubble was studying outer planets in our solar system, the planets Uranus and Neptune.

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We really have only been observing Neptune with big telescopes since shortly before 1989.

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My message is don't be discouraged by anything anybody tells you. In my case of the science thing, and I just ignored people who said, 'Oh, girls don't do that.'

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I think all scientists are like detectives. We are most happy when we find something that doesn't fit our expectations.

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If I see something that seems out of sync with what's already known, the first thing I do is try to find out what's wrong with the data. Once you've done that, and it still seems wrong, that's when things get interesting. It means you've found something new to understand.

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We thought of Uranus's atmosphere as pretty much dead. And it's not.

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You have to budget time for the inevitable problems that come up with children. You have to always be ahead of the game. If your proposal is due at NASA on Friday, it has to be finished on Wednesday because, on Thursday, it could be fevers and head lice.

Heidi Hammel