"There are a lot of things you can do in space, and space essentially is unlimited resources. We are climbing over ourselves here looking for the next ...
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
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"Science literacy is an important part of what it is to be an informed citizen of society.
"The Universe was opaque until 380.000 years after the Big Bang.
"There’s as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We are, each of us, a little universe.
"While the Copernican principle comes with no guarantees that it will forever guide us to cosmic truths, it's worked quite well so far: not only is Ear...
"I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind, body, and soul of ou...
"Science literacy is being plugged into the forces that power the universe. There is no excuse for thinking that the Sun, which is a million times the ...
"Some people think emotionally more often than they think politically. Some think politically more often than they think rationally. Others never think...
"Science, enabled by engineering, empowered by NASA, tells us not only that we are in the universe but that the universe is in us. And for me, that sen...
"In 2002, having spent more than three years in one residence for the first time in my life, I got called for jury duty. I show up on time, ready to se...
"If the whole world shared such experiences, we would then have common dreams and everybody could begin thinking about tomorrow. And if everybody think...
"Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at g...
"If the universe is anything, it should be fun.
"I'm perennially intrigued how people who lead largely evidence-based lives can, in a belief-based part of their mind, be certain that an invisible, di...
"Philosophically, the universe has really never made things in ones. The Earth is special and everything else is different? No, we've got seven other p...