Richard Cook
Richard Cook
ideas less plan
We're sprouting new ideas as we go along, and the plan is more or less the same.
paths wait
There are a lot of different paths that you can be on. We just have to wait to see which one.
christmas light looking power signal tree
The signal we are looking for is very, very weak, about 1 watt of power -- or like looking for a Christmas tree light on Mars,
factors several team tension
The tension on the team is up by several factors because of what happened.
particular premature
It is very much premature to say it is any particular cause.
campus safety welfare
It's a safety and welfare issue. It'll make our campus safer.
changing direction moving takes
It's like a battleship changing course. It takes a while, but we're moving in the right direction.
arms issues looked technical
We've looked at a lot of the technical issues and, hopefully, have our arms around a lot of them.
below breaking certain concerns level pieces spacecraft
When you get below a certain level you have concerns about overheating the spacecraft or potentially breaking pieces of it off,
hoped signal
We didn't get a signal at 8:30 p.m. We hoped we would.
quite state sure
We're in a state where we're not quite sure what's happened,