Alfred McEwen Quotes (11 Quotes)

The images are wonderful. We're learning a great deal about how to best acquire and process these giant images from our very complicated camera.

These are random targets, and they don't hit what we know are the greatest areas of interest on Mars.

At this point we have an idea that water is probably abundant on Mars in the form of ice. It's not a matter of finding water on Mars but learning its importance in climate change ... and clearly it has been important to shaping the landscape.

Mars is the most habitable planet accessible to us. It's not extremely cold or hot. It's possible to imagine human colonies on Mars.

They're great images. They're what all of us were hoping for - better than some people were expecting.

Learning more about where the water is today and where it was in the past will also guide future studies about whether Mars ever supported life.

While a little bit of heat is produced by radioactive decay, this is a very small world and that (heating) is pretty minor.

It's great these images turned out well because a lot of things had to work right, including exactly how the spacecraft points and the stability. It turned out just right.

They are sharp, clear, and beautiful. I am very happy.

Any place where there's liquid water, there's life.

These high-resolution images of Mars are thrilling, and unique given the early morning time-of-day.