Squyres With A Y Quotes & Sayings

We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater. — Steven Squyres

Is there water still on Mars? I don't have a view on that because we don't have good data to answer that question. One of the biggest mistakes you can make if you're a scientist is to think you know the answer, or wish for a certain answer, before you actually have it. — Steve Squyres

This whole mission has surpassed all of our expectations. — Steven Squyres

The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there. — Steven Squyres

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for. — Steven Squyres

We need to drive like hell and get to the hills before the winter sets in. — Steven Squyres

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out. — Steven Squyres

When we opened our eyes, we saw bedrock exposed in the walls of the crater. — Steven Squyres

I'm not trying to make friends, I'm trying to make money. — Kevin O'Leary

I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like. — Steven Squyres

I met him while I was imprisoned," I say, and my voice sounds far away even to me. "I was just curious." "I wouldn't judge him too harshly," says Fernando. "Jeanine can be extraordinarily persuasive to those who aren't naturally suspicious. I have always been naturally suspicious." ... "Yeah," I say. "So have I. — Veronica Roth

What we initially conceived as a fairly simple geologic experiment on Mars ultimately turned into humanity's first real overland expedition across another planet. Spirit explored just as we would have, seeing a distant hill, climbing it, and showing us the vista from the summit. And she did it in a way that allowed everyone on Earth to be part of the adventure. — Steve Squyres

We're stunned by the diversity of rocks. This stuff looks like it was put into a blender. — Steven Squyres

Force ought to follow justice and not to precede. — Edward Coke

My style of leadership is to lead with the lightest touch that I possibly can. — Steve Squyres

After a short discussion, the conclusion is to dust off the old SHUTDOWN_DAMMIT command that we used to use when things went to hell back during thermal vac. SHUTDOWN_DAMMIT should shut things down cold and should prevent any comm windows from opening up until the commanded wake-up time, which won't be until tomorrow morning. — Steve Squyres

You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again. — Steven Squyres

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public. — Steven Squyres

Create. Don't Compete. — W.Chan Kim

It's not going to fill in the potholes. It's not going to put a roof over people's heads. What it does is it helps to address really fundamental questions of who we are, where we came from, by which I mean we can learn how life came about. — Steven Squyres

We have concluded that the rocks here were once soaked in liquid water. It changed their texture, and it changed their chemistry. We've been able to read the tell-tale clues the water left behind, giving us confidence in that conclusion. — Steve Squyres

Writing a book is just reading one, except you get to choose the perfect ending everytime! — Jennifer Squyres

Mars is telling us something. I'm not sure what it is because It's speaking martian. But it's telling us something — Steve Squyres

I can't ever remember not wanting to be a scientist. — Steven Squyres

My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

There's no way to actually turn the rover off. — Steve Squyres

Teaching history to eighth graders is like being a tour guide for people who hate their vacation. — Chuck Klosterman

These rovers are living on borrowed time. We're so past warranty on them. You try to push them hard every day because we're living day to day. — Steven Squyres