We need to be very thoughtful about how we propose to spend the money that NASA does have for space exploration. And we need to be clear that there's the human spaceflight part of NASA, and there's the science space… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
Even after years of observing, a new picture of Uranus from Keck Observatory can stop me in my tracks and make me say, 'Wow!' — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
When I first heard that a comet was going to hit Jupiter, my reaction was, 'Eh. So what? Jupiter's huge. Comets are small. And… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
There are amateurs who have seen that one of Uranus' poles is brighter than the other, or who have seen cloud formations on the… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
I would say the biggest challenge I had as a woman in science is be a mom. It's really hard. It's very hard work… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
No one planet can tell us everything about the universe, but Neptune seems to hold more than its share of information about the formation… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
The thing about telescopes is that the mirror is the main component. Once that's built, you don't need to build new ones; you just… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
I don't think I could advocate for increasing NASA's budget by a factor of two or ten, because I want us to have good… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
Whatever I was going into, whether it was going to be chorus or history or astronomy or whatever, do it right. Be a professional.… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
By monitoring auroral activity on exoplanets, we may be able to infer the presence of water on or within an exoplanet. — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
Because exploration is not science driven, you've got to ask what is it driven by? And it's driven by politics. — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
I think the only way that the U.S. human spaceflight program is going to get really revitalized, really put sort of an Apollo level… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
It's clear that the only thing that is inhibiting us from doing further human exploration of space is money and the will to do… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
Climates always change. The question is, how are we going to adapt to climate change? Now, it may be true that we are accelerating… — Heidi Hammel Copy Share
