This is great. Any form of public science should be celebrated by other scientists, even if it’s outside our discipline.
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Name: Carolyn Porco
Date: 1953-present
Why she rocks: She’s the head of the Cassini imaging team. (Cassini is a spacecraft mission to Saturn plus its satellites). She and her teams have always been adding to our knowledge of the outer planets and their moons even back to Voyager. She’s also a great public speaker, who did some TED talks.
Quote: “Get ready….Cassini flies close by Dione, and takes some pics of Enc(Enceladus) too. We’ll post the goods when they’re done on the ground”-@carolynporco
Because of this woman…we have more knowledge in planetary science and someone who is in science who is also active in the public.
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