I think all scientists are like detectives. We are most happy when we find something that doesn't fit our expectations. — Heidi Hammel Expectations Copy Share Image
We need people pushing the boundaries. Exploration is what we, as humans, do. — Heidi Hammel Boundaries Copy Share Image
The whole Hubble program has just been a fabulous testament to the NASA science community and the NASA astronaut community. — Heidi Hammel Astronaut Copy Share Image
Every field of astrophysics - whether it's our local neighborhood of planets, nearby stars and their attendant planets, galaxies, clusters of galaxies,… — Heidi Hammel Astronomy Copy Share Image
My message is don't be discouraged by anything anybody tells you. In my case of the science thing, and I just ignored… — Heidi Hammel Anything Copy Share Image
Hubble orbits high, outside Earth's atmosphere so it can see a wide spectrum of light our atmosphere blocks. — Heidi Hammel Earth Copy Share Image
What we're learning is that the sun and its warmth isn't the only way to get warmth in the solar system, and… — Heidi Hammel Learning Copy Share Image
If there were creatures on Uranus - and I don't think there are - seasonal affective disorder would be a lifetime thing. — Heidi Hammel Creatures Copy Share Image
Because Hubble's been up so many years now, it's actually given us a window to things like... how planets' atmospheres actually change,… — Heidi Hammel Change Copy Share Image
I'm happy here on the surface of the earth. If space travel ever got to be as simple as jet travel today,… — Heidi Hammel Moon Copy Share Image
We need to know math to be a good scientist, but math is a language, and we need to learn the language… — Heidi Hammel Education Copy Share Image
Planetary missions are great, but they're usually only brief snapshots of those planets and also really very close-up. — Heidi Hammel Close-up Copy Share Image
Technological prescience in science fiction usually requires an author with luck. Societal prescience requires a poet. — Heidi Hammel Books Copy Share Image
People have this idea that if you're not brilliant like Einstein, you can't be a scientist. And that's just a myth. He… — Heidi Hammel Brilliant Copy Share Image
We need to be very thoughtful about how we propose to spend the money that NASA does have for space exploration. And… — Heidi Hammel Money Copy Share Image
We've explored every type of environment in the solar system at least once. — Heidi Hammel Environment Copy Share Image
Neptune's unusual behavior is showing us that though we can make great models of planetary atmospheric circulation, there may be key pieces… — Heidi Hammel Behavior Copy Share Image
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. — Heidi Hammel Being Copy Share Image
I have a little piece of Hubble that someone brought back from one of the repair missions. It's on my desk, where… — Heidi Hammel Connection Copy Share Image
Hubble is absolutely unique; we must have a telescope in space to complement the very large telescopes on the ground. — Heidi Hammel Ground Copy Share Image
