• “It’s possible neutron star mergers are the dominant source of heavy, neutron-rich cosmic rays, but different theoretical models produce different
quantities of elements and their isotopes. The only way to choose between
them is to measure what’s really out there, and that’s what we’ll be doing
with SuperTIGER.”
Robert Binns, Principal Investigator, Washington University in St. Louis
• “In the very young universe, radiation was tied to matter; the two were
separated only when matter dispersed and cooled down. However, because
of their common past, the differences in radiation measured today still
accurately portray density differences in matter and energy way back in
time.”
Dr. Shaul Hanany, Professor of Physics, University of Minnesota
• “Astronomy may be revolutionized more than any other field of science by
observations from above the atmosphere. Study of the planets, the Sun, the
stars, and the rarified matter in space should all be profoundly influenced
by measurements from balloons, rockets, probes and satellites.”
Lyman Spitzer, Jr., an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and
mountaineer, after whom the Spitzer Space Telescope was named
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