“At this point, we're still very confident that we're in orbit in Mars and that we're going to see the spacecraft signal in a few hours.”
Richard Cook
“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
“It's going to be difficult to get it into orbit. Mars is hard, Mars can be unpredictable, but we've got a good team here.”
Doug McCuistion
“The first satellites go into orbit around Mars in 2008, as many as a half dozen of them,”
Vint Cerf
“We're going to be able to learn much more from orbit. And I'm confident that in the end we'll pick out the best MSL landing site. If you only have one to send, you send it to the best place you can on Mars.”
“Ask ten engineers for the best orbit for a particular spacecraft and you'll get ten different ideas.”
Dario Izzo
“the world is held in orbit by the bonds of love we share”
Joseph Annang Sowah
