Steven Squyres quotes

The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there. (Steven Squyres)
I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like. View quote
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We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater. View quote
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It's not going to fill in the potholes. It's not going to put a roof over people's heads. What it does is it helps to address really fundamental questions of who we are, where we came from, by which I mean we can learn how life came about. View quote
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This whole mission has surpassed all of our expectations. View quote
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I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist. View quote
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These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day. View quote
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That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out. View quote
Steven Squyres
The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for. View quote
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Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public. View quote
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