104 Quotes by Carolyn Porco

Cassini was so profoundly, scientifically successful. It's amazing to me, even, what we were able to do right up until the end.

There's nothing in this world like being the first to discover some fundamental fact of nature. It's profoundly satisfying.

I am uneasy about having scientific exploration depend on profit-making companies.

By the time I finished high school, I knew I wanted to become an astronomer. By the time I finished college, I knew I wanted to be part of the American space program. And that's exactly what I did.

It would be impossible in a few words to describe all that we've found with Cassini. No mission has ever gone as deep for as long on a planetary system as rich as Saturn's.