Because exploration is not science driven, you’ve got to ask what is it driven by? And it’s driven by politics. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
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 having children, and I tell kids this all the time. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
Having high quality daycare is by far the most important thing you can do when your kids are little. When I relocated, I spent more time looking for daycare than I did looking for a house. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
My message is don’t be discouraged by anything anybody tells you. In my case of the science thing, and I just ignored people who said, ‘Oh, girls don’t do that.’ Heidi Hammel Read Quote
Neptune’s unusual behavior is showing us that though we can make great models of planetary atmospheric circulation, there may be key pieces missing. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
What we’re learning is that the sun and its warmth isn’t the only way to get warmth in the solar system, and we’ve been thinking that for some time. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
I feel like an old-fashioned mountain climber when I am making discoveries, seeing something for the first time, realizing that no human before me has ever seen what I am seeing. It takes your breath away – for just a moment, you feel a pause in time, as you know you are crossing a boundary into a new realm of knowledge. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
Because Hubble’s been up so many years now, it’s actually given us a window to things like… how planets’ atmospheres actually change, evolve… over time. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
If there were creatures on Uranus – and I don’t think there are – seasonal affective disorder would be a lifetime thing. Heidi Hammel Read Quote
