(28 quotes found)
“We feel like parents awaiting the return of a child who left us young and innocent, who now returns holding answers to the most profound questions of our solar system.”
Tom Duxbury
“You'll see people wearing protective gear. Our concern is (contamination) from us to the particles, not the other way.”
“That's a culmination of over ten years worth of work. To see (the capsule) in one piece on the floor of the desert is just very moving.”
“It was like a hole just opened up in the middle of the sky.”
“When we saw that drop chute open, we knew we were home safe.”
“This is not the finish line. This is just the intermediate pit stop.”
“We know we can finish our science.”
“Ten years of planning and seven years of flight operations were realized early this morning when we successfully picked up our return capsule off of the desert floor in Utah.”
“In order to get to the comet we had to go three times around the sun.”
“We are totally prepared, both for if everything goes perfectly and if the spacecraft acts up a little bit.”
