We saw many, many, many comet particles that were big enough to see with the naked eye. |
We were having a great time. We were really excited, and this did not go on for five minutes. It went on all day. |
We were totally overwhelmed by the ability to actually see this so quickly and so straightforwardly. |
We weren't sure we'd be able to see any of the impacts with the naked eye. |
We?re using this comet as a library that picked up records and stored them far from the sun at very low temperatures for 4.5 billion years. |
We're approaching the end of a fantastic voyage. This is the farthest anything from Earth has traveled and come back. Soon we'll be able to examine the building blocks that formed the solar system 4.6 billion years ago. |
We're in excellent shape. We've done almost everything we have to do in the entire mission...only thing left is to come into the Earth. |
We're seeing a variety of things that we know absolutely come from a comet. |
We've brought back an ancient cosmic treasure from the very edge of the solar system. |
What was the chance someone would put a g-switch in backward and not be discovered, ... It has got to be a low probability event. |
When they formed, they were either red-hot or white-hot and we found them in the Siberia of the solar system. |
When you have the samples in hand, it's a whole different universe. |