Every kilogram of material that you put on a heat shield that's in excess of what you need for a reasonable margin … that's a kilogram of payload that you can't put down on the planet. By reducing the uncertainty of how these things perform, it greatly improves our performance of the whole mission. |
It's like going from a dial-up modem to a DSL connection. |
NASA just doesn't have enough money, and they are being asked to make some vary hard choices. It's necessary to honor our international commitments [to the space station], but its basically coming out of the planetary exploration budget. |
That's good news, ... I'm hearing we're likely to be able to get [HST] into 2008 now. |
That's good news. I'm hearing we're likely to be able to get [HST] into 2008 now. |
That's not to say it's not challenging, ... but the team is making a convincing story. |
The capsule showed excellent performance. |
The team continues to pull rabbits out of the hat. |
This is a monumental achievement for NASA JPL and the space community. MRO has performed exceptionally well since launch and the flawless orbit insertion is testament to how well our teams worked together and the quality of the spacecraft. Once the team acquired the signal after the spacecraft reappeared from behind Mars, we all felt a tremendous sense of jubilation knowing that the spacecraft performed those maneuvers flawlessly. NASA and JPL now have another healthy satellite in orbit around Mars. |
To get two projects ... and to have both so high on the list, I think that says a lot about how we do conservation in Maine. |
Value is in the eye of the beholder. |
We are absolutely delighted by the successful recovery of the Stardust samples. Years of planning, preparation and teamwork paid off handsomely this morning. We're very proud to have played a role in another of NASA's exciting voyages of exploration and look forward to learning what Stardust will tell us about the origins of our solar system. |
We're extremely proud and excited to be partnered with NASA on this mission to Mars, adding to the fleet of spacecraft that are revealing the mysteries of our planetary neighbor. MRO has been performing extremely well over the past seven months and during this cruise stage and the team has been busy monitoring and calibrating many of the spacecraft systems and instruments as we prepare MRO for orbital insertion and its ultimate mission. The entire NASA, JPL and Lockheed Martin team is ready to perform this critical maneuver for MRO and we are looking forward to continuing this exciting voyage of space exploration and discovery. |
We're stuck here 'til tomorrow sometime at least, ... I make pretty good money. But on times when I'm not moving, I don't make nothing. |
We've got a long way to go to get to the science orbit. |