Don Brownlee Quotes

We weren't quite sure how bright it was going to be and some people didn't think we would see anything. - Don Brownlee

We were stunned when we got to the comet and saw incredible features - steep cliffs, overhanging cliffs, spires and many features which, oddly enough, we had never been seen on other Solar System bodies. - Don Brownlee

We were jumping up and down ? we were totally overwhelmed by the ability to see this so quickly and so straightforwardly. We were the first people in the history of the planet to see comet dust in hand. - Don Brownlee

We visited a comet, grabbed a piece of it, and landed here this morning. It was a real thrill. - Don Brownlee

We saw incredible features -- steep cliffs, overhanging cliffs, spires and many other things we had never seen on other solar system bodies. - Don Brownlee

We found the hottest samples in the coldest place. These are mineral grains that normally form under high temperature conditions. They were either red hot or white hot grains. Yet they were collected in the Siberia of the solar system. - Don Brownlee

We found mineral grains that are considered very high-temperature minerals -- they normally form under extremely high temperature conditions. And yet they were collected in a comet, the Siberia of the solar system. - Don Brownlee

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