It seems MINERVA was ready to do its part if only given the chance.
Donald Yeomans
chance part ready
The beauty of this mission is that we don't know what to expect. But whatever happens, we'll learn something.
beauty learn mission
If you wish to study what the solar system is made of you study comets.
system study made
The mission is to understand what a comet is made of and how it's put together.
understand made mission
Ten years ago, we would have been blissfully ignorant.
ignorant
The rocky and rough surface of the asteroid was surprising. The 16-minute light travel time [between Earth and the spacecraft] makes real-time communications very difficult.
travel time light earth difficult
The field of planetary science is currently enjoying an intense period of readjustment and discovery.
science discovery
There's a few nervous people, to be sure. There's a lot of things that could go wrong.
people wrong things
The beauty of comets is that they are important to us. We probably would not be here were it not for comets. Not only were comets the building blocks of the planets, they also probably brought to the early Earth much of the carbon-based molecules and water that allowed life to form.
life beauty earth water early important form
Comets are thought to be icy dirtballs made up of exotic ices, dust, and rock particles
thought rock dust made
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