Richard Cook
Richard Cook
ahead decent effort landing risk validation
Obviously, the entry, decent and landing is a very big challenge. I think we're going down the path...retiring a lot of the risk in the technology. But there's still the whole validation process...and still a lot of effort ahead to make that work.
campus safety welfare
It's a safety and welfare issue. It'll make our campus safer.
loss resulted
It potentially resulted in the loss of the mission.
basic change conscious decision mission parameters solar
It's not the same mission with the solar arrays. It would have to be a conscious decision on NASA's part to say we want to change the basic parameters of the mission.
changing direction moving takes
It's like a battleship changing course. It takes a while, but we're moving in the right direction.
particular premature
It is very much premature to say it is any particular cause.
came
This is where the idea of the movie originated, this is where the inspiration came from and this was the right place for the premiere.
quite state sure
We're in a state where we're not quite sure what's happened,
ideas less plan
We're sprouting new ideas as we go along, and the plan is more or less the same.
hoped signal
We didn't get a signal at 8:30 p.m. We hoped we would.
below breaking certain concerns level pieces spacecraft
When you get below a certain level you have concerns about overheating the spacecraft or potentially breaking pieces of it off,
certainly five lasts thinking
If it lasts for five times that...I wouldn't be all that shocked. But we certainly don't want to go into it thinking that way.
begin midst next opportunity planning
We are in the midst for proceeding with our planning for our next communications opportunity, which will begin tomorrow.
paths wait
There are a lot of different paths that you can be on. We just have to wait to see which one.