Richard Cook
Richard Cook
associated descent landing risk
Entry, descent and landing are very complex, and a lot of things have to go correctly. That's just part of the risk associated with the mission.
continuing draw extremely forever likelihood plus remote sort spend works wrong
The way it works is that you can spend forever continuing to do things. It could be this thing went wrong plus that thing went wrong and another thing went wrong. But the likelihood is extremely remote and so we sort of draw the line.
came
This is where the idea of the movie originated, this is where the inspiration came from and this was the right place for the premiere.
paths wait
There are a lot of different paths that you can be on. We just have to wait to see which one.
complete gave good none obviously point somewhat
In a way, we feel somewhat complete in the sense that we did go through the things we thought were reasonable. Obviously at this point none of that panned out, but we gave it a good shot.
closer ideas lots theories
I know they have lots of theories and ideas, but I don't know that they're any closer to nailing things down.
loss resulted
It potentially resulted in the loss of the mission.
campus safety welfare
It's a safety and welfare issue. It'll make our campus safer.
basic change conscious decision mission parameters solar
It's not the same mission with the solar arrays. It would have to be a conscious decision on NASA's part to say we want to change the basic parameters of the mission.
changing direction moving takes
It's like a battleship changing course. It takes a while, but we're moving in the right direction.
particular premature
It is very much premature to say it is any particular cause.
confident few mars orbit signal spacecraft
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.
appreciate community efforts interest involved mars shown shows
The international community has shown a real interest in being involved in our search, ... We appreciate their efforts and I think it shows that Mars is something that captivates everyone's imagination.
both fit lab smaller tend tight
Both are super-complicated...taking very sophisticated lab experiments and compressing them down smaller to fit into a very tight space...as all rovers tend to be.