Carolyn Porco in the NYT

carolyn_buzz Speaking of Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft imaging team leader Carolyn Porco is featured in a nice New York Times article by Dennis Overbye. There’s some fun info on her past, as well as her opinions on the mission to Saturn. I’ve written about her many times on this blog, and if you’re a fan you should take a look at the article. And you can follow her on Twitter too!

Picture of Carolyn Porco and Buzz Aldrin from the first Spacefest 2007 meeting in Phoenix, taken by me.

September 22nd, 2009 10:21 AM by Phil Plait in Astronomy | 8 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

8 Responses to “Carolyn Porco in the NYT”

1. Plutonium being from Pluto Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:11 am

Cool news. Carolyn Porco is awesome & a real role model for female scientists everywhere. More power to her!

Oh & if she happens to read this my congratulations and thanks to her and the whole Cassini team for their superluminous work!

—

[On space exploration - specifically a fictional project of terrafroming Venus.]

“Earth will benefit in the end, and not just because there’s a new world to go to, but because of what we’ll learn.”
- Page 237, ‘Venus of Dreams’, Pamela Sargent, Bantam, 1986.
2. Cindy Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:46 am

I started reading the article this morning, but had to make lunch for the kids so couldn’t finish it. But immediately recognized her name from all of the times Phil has blogged about her.
3. Jack Hagerty Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:48 am

Buzz looks strange with the beard. I didn’t even recognize him!

- Jack
4. PsyberDave Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 11:53 am

Carolyn Porco and her team have done for Saturn what Ansel Adams did for Yosemite. They are the Ansel Adams of outer space.
5. Brian Schlosser Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm

Buzz Aldrin? Whos he? Hes not a SCIENTIST… /texas curriculum board
6. Jim Ortner Says:
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:37 pm

That picture was taken the same day as the picture I have hanging on my wall with Buzz and I. He’s wearing the same shirt and cap.

Carolyn Porco deserves all the attention. She’s one of my heroes.

Jim
7. Dude Says:
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 am

Aldrin looks like Nick from “Last Action Hero”, hahaha.

Oh, and thanks for the awesome images of Saturn, Carolyn!
8. Blizno Says:
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:47 pm

“Buzz…if that Is your real name…”
Quote from Homer Simpson when he was the “ordinary Joe” passenger aboard the Space Shuttle.

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