以下是她為好奇號命名的短文:
“Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day. Curiosity is such a powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. When I was younger, I wondered, 'Why is the sky blue?', 'Why do the stars twinkle?', 'Why am I me?', and I still do. I had so many questions, and America is the place where I want to find my answers. Curiosity is the passion that drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to ask questions and to wonder. Sure, there are many risks and dangers, but despite that, we still continue to wonder and dream and create and hope. We have discovered so much about the world, but still so little. We will never know everything there is to know, but with our burning curiosity, we have learned so much.”
大意為:「好奇心是每個人心中永不熄滅的火焰,它讓我每天醒來也期盼著生命中驚奇的事。它是強大的力量,沒有它,就沒有今天的我們。我從小至今也在想很多問題:「為甚麼天空是藍色的?」、「為甚麼星星會閃?」、「為甚麼我是我?」而美國是我找尋眾多問題答案的地方。好奇心是推動我們活著的熱情,發問和好奇使我們成為開拓者和科學家。雖然會遇上險阻和危機, 我們仍會好奇、夢想、創作和盼望。我們已發現這個世界很多事,但還是十分有限,我們不可能得知所有事,但懷著一直燃燒的好奇心,我們已知道很多。」
好奇心是我們與生俱來的本能,從小我們就不斷探索未知的領域,人類也因此得以生存。何時開始,我們的好奇心漸漸熄滅,事事講求效果?不問「為甚麼?」,而問「有乜用?」。科學探索往往朝著人類未知的方向前進,那是甚麼,或者其應用也是現時無法想象的。
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