(28 quotes found)
“This spacecraft is a comet explorer. It has the tools to do a lot more.”
Tom Duxbury
“The Stardust project has delivered to the international science community material that has been unaltered since the formation of our solar system.”
“It can't take any more samples.”
“We've flown through the worst of it and we're still in contact with our spacecraft.”
“The science that's going to come out of this, that's going to tell us about the early formation of our solar system, the role that comets have played in the formation of Earth and ourselves, that will unfold over the next few years. The science that this project is returning will be unprecedented.”
“It?s only 30 inches long, but it?s a pretty mighty craft. Even with a hard landing, we believe we will recover most ? if not all ? of our science.”
“It is a competitive world and NASA has a lot of thinks on its plate. It will be interesting to see if it [Stardust spacecraft] does have a life.”
“These are showing us views of another world - a world we've never seen the likes of.”
“We took a spacecraft and flew it five years. But in these five years, we went back to the origin of time - to the origin of our solar system.”
“This thing went like clockwork. To see that thing in one piece on the floor of the desert is very moving.”
