You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.
Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.
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.
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.
Mars is telling us something. I'm not sure what it is because It's speaking martian. But it's telling us something
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.
Is there water still on Mars? I don't have a view on that because we don't have good data to answer that question. One of the biggest mistakes you can make if you're a scientist is to think you know the answer, or wish for a certain answer, before you actually have it.
Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.
Man is not the lord of all the world's animals. He is the protector.
An artist. . . must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living.
Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.