Ahead of the game Quote by Heidi Hammel

“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

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Because exploration is not science driven, you've got to ask what is it driven by? And it's driven by politics.

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