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It's part of the human character to want to know what's over the next hill, to want to know what's beyond.

~Ellen Stofan

Topics: Beyond Character Hill Human Know Next Over Part Want

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

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Topics: Bodies Going Life Other Solar Solar System System Understand

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Every time I give a talk, I ask the audience - especially if it's kids - how many want to go to Mars. At least half raise their hands. I don't think there's going to be any shortage of volunteers.

~Ellen Stofan

Topics: Any Ask Audience Every Every Time Give Go Going Half Hands How Kids Least Many Mars Raise Shortage Talk Think Time Volunteers Want

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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'

~Ellen Stofan

Topics: Able Around Been Busy Demonstrate Every Everybody Go Lives Look Night Outside People Planet See Sky Star Tell You

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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

Topics: About Accomplish Big Big Things Complicated Countries Expensive Exploration Goals Help Need Space Space Exploration Things Want World You

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What we expect to find, certainly in our own solar system, are probably simple single or multiple-cell forms of life. To get to intelligent life takes stability of conditions over huge, long periods of time.

~Ellen Stofan

Topics: Certainly Conditions Expect Find Forms Get Huge Intelligent Intelligent Life Life Long Long Periods Our Over Own Periods Simple Single Solar Solar System Stability System Takes Time

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I always like to say just think you were a doctor with only one patient. You might understand how that person gets sick, how they get better, but you understand nothing about the progression of disease or how humans in general get ill. Now take an Earth scientist: you only have one planet to study.

~Ellen Stofan

Topics: About Always Better Disease Doctor Earth General Get Gets How Humans Ill Just Like Might Nothing Now Only Patient Person Planet Progression Say Scientist Sick Study Take Think Understand Were You

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Humans can actually read a landscape, go through a lot of rocks - crack them open, throw them, pick up the next one. Rovers are great - they do amazing science - but it is a lot more tedious process; they go much less far than a human can cover in a day.

~Ellen Stofan

Topics: Actually Amazing Cover Crack Day Far Go Great Human Humans Landscape Less Lot More Much Next Open Pick Process Read Rocks Science Tedious Than Them Through Throw Up

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We like to talk about pioneering Mars rather than just exploring Mars, because once we get to Mars, we will set up some sort of permanent presence.

~Ellen Stofan

Topics: About Because Exploring Get Just Like Mars Once Permanent Pioneering Presence Rather Set Some Sort Talk Than Up Will

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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

Topics: Apollo Ask Generation Got Interested Many My Generation People Say Science So Many People Talk Technology Them Those Who Work You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: February 24th, 1961

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