'I’m much fonder of the Earth, having left it and looked back at it.' - Piers Sellers Get to know the late NASA astronaut, climate scientist, and namesake of the next NorthrupGrumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft:
Piers Sellers receives the Distinguished Service Award from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in 2016. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Bill HrybykWhere are you from?
Seeing the Earth from space was revealing and beautiful. It’s beautiful just as it would be for anybody to see the planet from above – the curve of the Earth, to be moving around this great big blue ball where we all live. It’s just incredibly beautiful. Looking at the Earth from orbit, particularly looking at the horizon, did bring to mind how thin the atmosphere is – it’s like an onion skin around this great big ball of the Earth – it’s very, very thin. That really brought home to me what a thin volume of air we’re all sharing and breathing and polluting and how easily it’s affected by what we do. That brought it right home.
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