James Graf
James Graf
encounter heading money toward
We're right on the money right now, heading toward our encounter with Mars.
breath center control holding information minutes sitting waiting white
So we're going to be sitting in the control center for about 15 minutes just holding our breath and squeezing - being white knuckled - and waiting to get the information back.
layer looking mars onion start time
It's time we start peeling back the onion layer and start looking at Mars from different vantage points.
greatly
I'm greatly relieved. We could not have scripted something better.
firing fly succeed
If we don't succeed in firing the thrusters, we will fly right by.
firing succeed
If we don't succeed in firing the thrusters, it will be a flyby spacecraft.
awful dangerous
We have accomplished an awful lot, but we are getting to the dangerous part of the mission.
rewrite science spacecraft textbooks
This spacecraft is going to rewrite the science textbooks on Mars.
dangerous portion
We're getting into the dangerous portion of the mission.
cruise dangerous enter last lost portion realm spacecraft starting
We are getting into the dangerous portion of the mission. The cruise has not been easy, but now we are starting to enter into the realm where we have lost two spacecraft in the last 15 years.
bringing coming data fire garden instead
We will have a fire hose of data coming back instead of bringing it back through a little garden hose.