“There's almost no gravity at the surface. If you were standing on [the surface], you could jump into orbit.”
Donald Brownlee
“If it were any larger, material from the surface would be flung into orbit around the star.”
Jason Hessels
“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
“Orbit insertion is 'make it or break it' time. You either do it or you don't, and if you don't, you're done. We're making sure that the spacecraft has the best shot of making it into orbit around Mars.”
Cindy Schulz
“All three objects are nearly Pluto-sized or larger, and all are in elliptical orbits tilted out of the plane of the solar system,”
Mike Brown
“The disk of dust orbiting a star, similar to the dust we feel formed our solar system.”
Michael Werner
