Richard Cook
Richard Cook
paths wait
There are a lot of different paths that you can be on. We just have to wait to see which one.
ideas less plan
We're sprouting new ideas as we go along, and the plan is more or less the same.
quite state sure
We're in a state where we're not quite sure what's happened,
begin midst next opportunity planning
We are in the midst for proceeding with our planning for our next communications opportunity, which will begin tomorrow.
best confident landing learn pick send
We're going to be able to learn much more from orbit. And I'm confident that in the end we'll pick out the best MSL landing site. If you only have one to send, you send it to the best place you can on Mars.
hoped signal
We didn't get a signal at 8:30 p.m. We hoped we would.
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,
arms issues looked technical
We've looked at a lot of the technical issues and, hopefully, have our arms around a lot of them.
hear period
There is still a very real possibility that we may not hear anything during that whole period of time.
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.
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.
belief everybody goes less signal telling time
As time goes by, and I'm not telling you otherwise, we're less confident. At this point, though, we still have a lot of things we can try and we're doing that ... Everybody has the belief that we can still get a signal from the spacecraft.