Asteroids are our oldest and most numerous cosmic neighbors. Carrie Nugent More Quotes by Carrie Nugent More Quotes From Carrie Nugent I think Dawn has done an amazing job showing that asteroids aren't just hunks of rock. They're worlds - they're places an astronaut can explore. I think the Rosetta mission also did an amazing job of that. Carrie Nugent amazing job think dawn People have discovered asteroids in the Main Belt that outgas like comets, and things on cometary orbits that no longer outgas - that don't have tails. We're finding all of these unique cases. Carrie Nugent finding things unique people I think every time we send a spacecraft to an asteroid or comet, we learn more. Carrie Nugent learn more think time When I tell people I'm a space scientist studying asteroids, they sometimes assume I'm a super-smart math whiz. The kind of person who skipped a bunch of grades and went to college when they were sixteen. Although I am good at math, school was difficult for me, and I didn't get straight A's. Carrie Nugent i-am good me people I love studying asteroids because they are relatively simple, just rocks in space. They can be understood with physics and described with elegant equations. For the most part, they are serene celestial bodies. Carrie Nugent physics space simple love
