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Ellen Stofan
American
Scientist
Born:
Feb 24
,
1961
Because
Life
Solar
Space
Think
You
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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
Character
Part
Over
Beyond
Know
Hill
Human
Want
Next
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
You
Doctor
Better
Patient
Nothing
Think
Sick
Progression
Earth
Say
About
General
Only
Take
Study
Like
Understand
Always
How
Scientist
Were
Person
Get
Disease
Gets
Just
Might
Planet
Ill
Now
Humans
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
Will
Once
Mars
Some
About
Rather
Like
Talk
Sort
Because
Permanent
Up
Pioneering
Than
Get
Just
Exploring
Presence
Set
If you think of the Apollo capsule coming into Earth with a parachute, the Mars atmosphere is just so thin, you've got to find some way of slowing yourself down really rapidly.
Ellen Stofan
You
Yourself
Down
Think
Earth
Way
Parachute
Rapidly
Find
Mars
Some
Slowing
Atmosphere
Got
Coming
Just
Apollo
Really
Thin
My key aim is to get man on the surface of Mars by the mid-2030s.
Ellen Stofan
Man
Key
Aim
Mars
Surface
Get
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
Change
World
Mars
Until
Least
Get
Going
Then
Humans
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
World
Space
Mars
Road
Road Map
Global
Mission
Involved
Around
Get
Different
Wants
Agencies
Working
Exploration
Whole
Map
Actually
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
Time
Half
Every
Think
Every Time
Kids
Mars
Give
Volunteers
Talk
Audience
How
Least
Go
Hands
Any
Going
Want
Shortage
Ask
Many
Raise
We're going to understand that there is life on other bodies in the solar system.
Ellen Stofan
Life
Solar
Other
Solar System
System
Understand
Going
Bodies
When we go to explore, we do it as a globe.
Ellen Stofan
Globe
Go
Explore
People see space as a place where you go and cooperate.
Ellen Stofan
You
People
Space
See
Go
Where
Place
Cooperate
When you look at Venus and the Earth, they formed at about the same place in the solar system. They're made of about the same materials; they're about the same size.
Ellen Stofan
You
Solar
Made
Solar System
Earth
System
About
Look
Venus
Materials
Same
Size
Place
Formed
The public has an incredible capacity for appreciating the wonder of our planet, our solar system, our universe.
Ellen Stofan
Solar
Universe
Appreciating
Incredible
Our
Solar System
Our Planet
System
Wonder
Public
Capacity
Planet
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
Will
Build
Visit
Mars
Reach
Surface
Up
Expand
Times
Infrastructure
Capabilities
Multiple
Humans
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
Life
Home
Business
My Life
Own
Universe
Our
Has-Been
About
Around
Understand
How
NASA
Been
Question
Lot
Up
Grew
Centered
Place
Us
Planet
Helping
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
Life
Unlimited
Destinations
Would
Had
Budget
Know
Because
Question
Questions
Probing
Really
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
Life
Solar
Own
Our
Solar System
System
Push
Envelope
Very
Much
View
Seas
Here
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