“Discovering new ways of knowing has always heralded new windows on the universe that tap into our growing list of nonbiological senses. Whenever this happens, a new level of majesty and complexity in the universe reveals itself to us, as though we were technologically evolving into supersentient beings, always coming to our senses.”
“The most powerful agency on the dreams of a nation [NASA] is currently underfunded to do what it needs to be doing- and that’s making dreams come true. At half a penny on a dollar…. how much would you pay for the universe?”
“When I reach for the edge of the universe, I do so knowing that along some paths of cosmic discovery there are times when – at least for now – one must be content to love the questions themselves.”
“I worry that decisions that congress makes doesn’t factor in the consequences of those decisions on tomorrow. Tomorrow’s gone. They’re playing for the quarterly report, they’re playing for the next election cycle, and that is mortgaging the actual future of this nation. The rest of the world is going to pass us by.”
