Steve Squyres famous quotes
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The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there.
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I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like.
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What we initially conceived as a fairly simple geologic experiment on Mars ultimately turned into humanity's first real overland expedition across another planet. Spirit explored just as we would have, seeing a distant hill, climbing it, and showing us the vista from the summit. And she did it in a way that allowed everyone on Earth to be part of the adventure.
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My style of leadership is to lead with the lightest touch that I possibly can.
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That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.
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The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.
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We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater.
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Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.
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We have concluded that the rocks here were once soaked in liquid water. It changed their texture, and it changed their chemistry. We've been able to read the tell-tale clues the water left behind, giving us confidence in that conclusion.
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There's no way to actually turn the rover off.
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I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist.
-- Steve Squyres
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