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If I see something that seems out of sync with what's already known, the first thing I do is try to find out what's wrong with the data. Once you've done that, and it still seems wrong, that's when things get interesting. It means you've found something new to understand.

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Being insignificant statistically doesn't mean it's right or wrong. It just means you don't have enough data to show yes or no.

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Hubble wasn't designed to look at objects in our solar system, but after it was launched, astronomers realized that with just a little bit of modification to the software, it could look at solar system objects.

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C is a passing grade. You don't need straight A's to be a scientist, despite what you may have heard.

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I think all scientists are like detectives. We are most happy when we find something that doesn't fit our expectations.

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We need to be very thoughtful about how we propose to spend the money that NASA does have for space exploration. And we need to be clear that there's the human spaceflight part of NASA, and there's the science space part of NASA, and there's also aeronautics. Those are all very different things that NASA does.

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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.'

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Because exploration is not science driven, you've got to ask what is it driven by? And it's driven by politics.

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I would encourage anybody who's interested in any kind of science, engineering, math field, to go after that.

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We don't use Hubble to stare at Jupiter unless there's a special event or some special reason.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: March 14th, 1960

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