One of the big things about space exploration is that it is as expensive as it is complicated, and you need all the countries of the world to help if you want to accomplish big goals. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
Water-based life is very much an Earth-centric view, and we can push the envelope on that here in our own solar system. We have the methane seas of Titan. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
Mars was this water-based planet, and we know there was stable water on the surface for a long time, which is critical for life having a chance to develop. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
If I had an unlimited budget, I would really be probing that question of life because we know what the questions are, and we know what the destinations are. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
I grew up in this business… A lot of my life has been centered around this question about how NASA is helping us to understand our own home planet… and to understand our place in the universe. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
I’m actually a NASA brat. My father was a rocket scientist. He started working at NASA before it was NASA in 1959. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
We actually look to the scientific community to kind of come back to NASA and tell us what the priorities should be. And then at NASA, we try to look within our budget and say, ‘What can we accommodate, and what are the most important things for the nation?’ Ellen Stofan Read Quote
You see countries like India really investing in their space program because they see it as inspirational and good for their economy. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
