Well, in some sense we should have expected, if the recent models are correct, to see them on the dark side where the photoelectron abundance is low. So, I was surprised to see them. But once they showed up, I realized we should have expected them there all along. - Carolyn Porco Quotes
Well, in some sense we should have expected, if the recent models are correct, to see them on the dark side where the photoelectron abundance is low. So, I was surprised to see them. But once they showed up, I realized we should have expected them there all along. Carolyn Porco
 

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Enceladus is surprisingly warm, internally fractured and active ... - Carolyn Porco Quotes

Enceladus is surprisingly warm, internally fractured and active ...

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It felt like the old days, when we first saw the spokes. They are one weird phenomena and it was a joy to see them again…especially since we hadn't seen them yet and were eager to know why. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

It felt like the old days, when we first saw the spokes. They are one weird phenomena and it was a joy to see them again…especially since we hadn't seen them yet and were eager to know why.

Carolyn Porco

 
Since we hadn't ever seen the rings in this kind of detail, we were looking for phenomena we'd never seen before. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

Since we hadn't ever seen the rings in this kind of detail, we were looking for phenomena we'd never seen before.

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After what we've discovered with Cassini, if we don't get an extended mission, then there's no hope for anybody. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

After what we've discovered with Cassini, if we don't get an extended mission, then there's no hope for anybody.

Carolyn Porco

 
It's not clear that Cassini has the means to determine if the ice crystals themselves contain microbes. It may require a device with much greater compositional precision than we have, so that may have to be left for a future mission. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

It's not clear that Cassini has the means to determine if the ice crystals themselves contain microbes. It may require a device with much greater compositional precision than we have, so that may have to be left for a future mission.

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We acquired this spectacular, one-of-a-kind set of images immediately after getting into orbit for the express purpose of seeing fine details in the rings that we had not seen previously. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

We acquired this spectacular, one-of-a-kind set of images immediately after getting into orbit for the express purpose of seeing fine details in the rings that we had not seen previously.

Carolyn Porco

 
We've been on the lookout for them since February, 2004. Spokes are one of those Saturn-system phenomena that we are keenly interested in understanding. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

We've been on the lookout for them since February, 2004. Spokes are one of those Saturn-system phenomena that we are keenly interested in understanding.

Carolyn Porco

 
They flew through what turned out to be a plume. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

They flew through what turned out to be a plume.

Carolyn Porco

 
It's been an adventure just getting out to Saturn, ... Saturn is such an alluring photographic target. It's a joy, really, to be able to take our images and composite them in an artful way, which is one of my cardinal working goals. It's about poetry and beauty and science all mixed together. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

It's been an adventure just getting out to Saturn, ... Saturn is such an alluring photographic target. It's a joy, really, to be able to take our images and composite them in an artful way, which is one of my cardinal working goals. It's about poetry and beauty and science all mixed together.

Carolyn Porco

 Adventure
However, if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar system environments where we might possibly have conditions suitable for living organisms. - Carolyn Porco Quotes

However, if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar system environments where we might possibly have conditions suitable for living organisms.

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