As we visit Mars multiple times, we will build up infrastructure on the surface to expand the capabilities and reach of humans on Mars. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
The Martian’ may be fiction, but at NASA, we are working to make it a reality. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
We’re going to understand that there is life on other bodies in the solar system. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
To unambiguously settle the questions of whether there was life on Mars, it will take scientists down on the surface. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
With the mission to Mars, the whole world wants to get involved. So we actually have 13 different space agencies from around the world working on the global exploration road map. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
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 Read Quote
To avoid congestion, I get up at 5:10, grab a slice of raisin toast, and leave the house at 6 A.M. My husband, Tim Dunn, who works for an environmental agency, is still asleep when I slip out, and I find that rather annoying. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
As a card-carrying space nerd and NASA’s chief scientist, I love space movies, from ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Star Wars’ to my all-time favorite – ‘The Dish’, an Australian comedy that celebrates that first moment when Neil Armstrong stepped down onto the surface of our moon. Ellen Stofan Read Quote
We have to ask, ‘How can we break a huge challenge like sending humans to Mars into a series of doable, affordable steps? How can we break that problem down into chunks in order to keep making progress?’ Ellen Stofan Read Quote
