“Almost every task that we've done has turned out to be a little easier here on orbit than what we've trained for.”
Kenneth Cockrell
“There's almost no gravity at the surface. If you were standing on [the surface], you could jump into orbit.”
Donald Brownlee
“First we have to get it into orbit, which is not an easy task.”
Doug McCuistion
“Mars is essentially in the same orbit. Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If there is oxygen, then we can breathe.”
Dan Quayle
“Ask ten engineers for the best orbit for a particular spacecraft and you'll get ten different ideas.”
Dario Izzo
“But if we ever want to leave Earth orbit, we're going to have to figure out how people live and work safely and efficiently with ever-increasing productivity in space. We cannot do it on the ground.”
Dan Goldin
“We acquired this spectacular, one-of-a-kind set of images immediately after getting into orbit for the express purpose of seeing fine details in the rings that we had not seen previously.”
Carolyn Porco
