(15 quotes found)
“Galileo is one of the most successful outer worlds missions that the Earth has ever launched. This spacecraft has given us some unbelievable discoveries.”
Colleen Hartman
“Everything we know about Pluto could basically fit on a postcard. We are truly going to a new frontier.”
“It's going to be a very exciting year.”
“It's the fastest spacecraft ever launched. It will get to the Moon in nine hours?it will get to Jupiter in one year and nine months.”
“Right now, what we know about Pluto could be written on the back of a postage stamp. After this mission, we'll be able to fill textbooks.”
“It's clear we learned from our mistakes.”
“We've just lived through at least 27 minutes of high anxiety. The nail-biting is finally over but my nails are actually gone.”
“We had a very gut-wrenching decision and significant management and technical problems to overcome.”
“This is a great milestone to have accomplished, but it's just one of many milestones before we can open the champagne. Once we are in the prime science orbit, the spacecraft will perform observations of the atmosphere, surface, and subsurface of Mars in unprecedented detail.”
“What we know about Pluto today could fit on the back of a postage stamp. The textbooks will be rewritten after this mission is completed.”
