Don Brownlee
Don Brownlee
fantastic quite
We are approaching the end of a quite fantastic voyage.
angle appeared five half jumping lasted maybe minutes noticed ran red saw supposed tail yelling
Five minutes before it was supposed to come in, we ran outside. I saw this red thing that, at first, I thought was Mars. Then I noticed it was moving, from our angle it appeared to be climbing. Pretty soon, it had this glowing, reddish tail that lasted maybe half a minute. ... We were all yelling and jumping up and down.
includes science surprised
This is when the real science begins. And I wouldn't be surprised if what we find includes some surprises.
billion changed looked since
This is what we looked like 4.5 billion years ago. Comets haven't changed since then.
mystery
This is very exciting. It's a mystery story.
absolutely comet identified particle seeing
You're seeing the very first, absolutely identified comet particle that has ever been seen.
exciting mystery stay
This is a really exciting mystery story, so stay tuned.
easier entire parts
This is probably one of the easier parts of the entire mission.
almost scientific secrets
Some scientific secrets will come out almost immediately.
came comet edge formed inner lifetime pluto recently sample solar spent system until
This comet formed at very edge of the solar system ... out by pluto ... and spent all its lifetime out there until recently it came into the inner part of the solar system, where we could sample it.
comet delivered exciting opening seeing
The real exciting thing will be opening the canister and seeing what the comet delivered to us.
history written
Our history is written at the submicron level, in these interstellar grains.
almost contain electron identify microscope minerals questions
We'll be able to say some things almost instantly. One of the big questions is do comets contain minerals that contain water, called hydrated silicates and under an electron microscope you can identify those practically instantly.
analysis bringing collected comet home samples
We have successfully collected samples from the comet and we're bringing them home for analysis in laboratories all over the world.