"We had convinced ourselves that conditions wouldn't be……" — Carolyn Porco
"We had convinced ourselves that conditions wouldn't be right for seeing spokes on the lit side of the rings until about 2007, ... But this finding seems to be telling us that conditions on the dark side of the rings are almost as good right now for seeing spokes."
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14 Quotes by Carolyn Porco
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Cassini is different -- it's a mission of enormous scope and is being conducted in grand style. It is much…
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While I was there, Voyager flew by Saturn. I got involved with a person who was a member of the…
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Nothing will ever be what the Voyager mission was,
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For planetary explorers like us, there is little that can compare to the sighting of activity on another solar system…
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Remember, Voyager was just a flyby, Cassini is in orbit. We have the opportunity for monitoring them and their behavior,…
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We have at last glimpsed the surface of the fabled world, Titan, Saturn's largest moon and the greatest single expanse…
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We humans, though troubled and warlike, are also the dreams, thinkers, and explorers inhabiting one achingly beautiful planet, yearning for…
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All the atoms of our bodies will be blown into space in the disintegration of the solar system, to live…
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Spokes are one of those Saturn-system phenomena that we are keenly interested in understanding.
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The same spiritual fulfillment that people find in religion can be found in science by coming to know, if you…
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Let’s teach our children from a very young age about the story of the universe and its incredible richness and…
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Being a scientist and staring immensity and eternity in the face every day is as grand and inspiring as it…
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More Conditions Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
— Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally…
— Karen Armstrong
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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's…
— Margaret Atwood
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
— Jane Addams
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
— John Desmond Bernal
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
— Annie Besant
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