61 Quotes by Don Brownlee

We have successfully collected samples from the comet and we're bringing them home for analysis in laboratories all over the world.

Well, we'll see. But we do have some interesting stuff.

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.

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.

We didn't really know until now if we had captured them. For all we knew, they could have just exploded on impact.

We did this mission to collect the most primitive materials we could in the solar system. We went to a comet that formed at the edge of the solar system, far from the sun under very cold conditions. We're confident that it was made out of the initial building blocks of our solar system.

We're collecting things that are very ancient and even older than our solar system. We are literally reaching for the stars.

We are nearing the end of quite a fantastic voyage.

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