26 Quotes by Nancy Roman

My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.

I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.

The exciting results from the Hubble, other satellites and probes would not have been possible without innovative solutions to many technical problems.

Most kids at 10 or 11 love science, but I never outgrew it.

I started out, as most astronomers do, with a university job. But in my generation, women weren't very welcome at universities, and so I found a job in the government. And the government was appreciably more welcoming.

The first year I was at NASA, I was only responsible for optical and ultraviolet astronomy. Frankly, there wasn't much else.

I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.

Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.

A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.