Jim Garvin
Jim Garvin
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Looking for life on Mars is such a big task that we really had to start by building a knowledge base. We started exploring Mars with Viking by asking some tough questions, which led to more complicated questions and more exploration. We have to think of it like school. We start in kindergarten learning the alphabet and build from there. In kindergarten, we don't jump right into calculus.
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All of its dimensions, in fact, are similar to the other mesas. It's not exotic in any way.
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That's the job Hubble had to do at the moon. It was a noteworthy undertaking. This is in some sense the miracle on the moon.
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It has obviously precipitated a lot of interesting thinking in our science community.
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We haven't conquered the moon. It's a planet the size of Africa and we've been to six spots the size of a large backyard or farm or ranch. That's not exploring. That's touching.