Author: Ellen Stofan

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We want to make sure we get living astronauts to the surface of Mars.

We want to make sure we get living astronauts to the surface of Mars.

- Ellen Stofan

We're not going to get humans to Mars until at least the mid-2030s, and the world is going to change by then.

We're not going to get humans to Mars until at least the mid-2030s, and the world is going to change by then.

- Ellen Stofan

There's a huge question of whether you really need water for life.

There's a huge question of whether you really need water for life.

- Ellen Stofan

You see countries like India really investing in their space program because they see it as inspirational and good for their economy.

You see countries like India really investing in their space program because they see it as inspirational and good for their economy.

- Ellen Stofan

To unambiguously settle the questions of whether there was life on Mars, it will take scientists down on the surface.

To unambiguously settle the questions of whether there was life on Mars, it will take scientists down on the surface.

- Ellen Stofan

People see space as a place where you go and cooperate.

People see space as a place where you go and cooperate.

- Ellen Stofan

We're going to understand that there is life on other bodies in the solar system.

We're going to understand that there is life on other bodies in the solar system.

- Ellen Stofan

Being able to have a laboratory on Mars, being able to have some sort of sustained human presence on Mars in the future, I think, is critically important for science.

Being able to have a laboratory on Mars, being able to have some sort of sustained human presence on Mars in the future, I think, is critically important for science.

- Ellen Stofan

So many people I talk to who work in technology, you ask them, 'What got you interested in science?' and those from my generation say, 'The Apollo landings.'

So many people I talk to who work in technology, you ask them, 'What got you interested in science?' and those from my generation say, 'The Apollo landings.'

- Ellen Stofan

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