Steve Squyres
Steve Squyres
Steven W. Squyresis the James A. Weeks Professor of Physical Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His research area is in planetary sciences, with a focus on large solid bodies in the solar system such as the terrestrial planets and the moons of the Jovian planets. Squyres is principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. He is the recipient of the 2004 Carl Sagan Memorial Award and the 2009 Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Communication in...
beautiful believe signature taken truly
We have taken a beautiful 360-degree panoramic image, which I truly believe will be one of the signature accomplishments of this mission,
beautiful believe signature taken truly
We have taken a beautiful 360-degree panorama, which I believe is going to be truly one of the signature accomplishments of this mission.
along chris dig driving dust hills lee mountain remember rock shadow side slip struggling stuck stuff wheels wind
Chris will remember vividly as we were struggling along the northwestern flank of that mountain how much loose, fine-grain stuff there was. Our wheels would dig in, we'd slip around and we'd dig in deep. Remember that potato-sized rock we got stuck in the wheel once? It was really treacherous driving because there was accumulated dust there. We were probably in the wind shadow on the lee side of the hills at that point.
image sheer terms
In terms of sheer scenic grandeur, it is the most spectacular image we've taken. It's like nothing else on Mars.
cannot reach
I cannot tell you that we are going to reach those hills,
bedrock continue heading south studying toward victoria
For Opportunity, we're going to continue south through the etched terrain, studying bedrock as we go and heading toward Victoria crater.
looking seen weird
It's not like anything I've ever seen before, ... It's very weird looking stuff.
appear berries bit clearly debating numerous rocks seem seen smaller
The berries are more numerous here, and some seem to be smaller than any weve ever seen. And interestingly, some dont appear to be round. Were still debating what this means, but clearly the hematite is distributed a bit differently here than it has been in any other rocks weve seen at Meridiani,
built fantastic machines tough
It's astonishing to me how well it's going. They're tough machines built by a fantastic team.
dipping geology says similar textures
It's very similar in composition, with very similar textures when you look at it with a microscope, but it's dipping in all different directions. What it says is that the geology around here is pretty complicated.
expect
So expect to see a very big panorama from this spot.
sit
So don't sit here and think, 'Oh, we're going to go to the hills.' We're going to go 'toward' the hills,
challenges deal financial huge launch pad technical
They'd had to deal with huge technical as well as financial challenges. Just to get Beagle 2 to the launch pad is a huge accomplishment.
journey
This is a journey into the unknown, to something completely new.