12edDawn

12edDawn t1_ixfwyei wrote

Ok, this is off-topic, but...

>instruments that, together, provide a broad swath of the infrared spectrum and a panoply of chemical fingerprints inaccessible until [this mission],” said Natalie Batalha...

Does anyone know why is "this mission" in brackets? Don't they usually bracket/parenthesize parts of quotes when the person being quoted didn't actually say those words? What did Batalha actually say and what possible reason could they have for paraphrasing it? I see this a lot in NASA-related articles and I'm wondering if there's something I don't know.

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