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 sur….

What we initially conceived as a fairly simple geologic experiment on Mars ultimately turned into humanity's first real overland expedition across an….

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

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

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

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 ca….

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..

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

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 ….

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

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

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..

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

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