“You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. I...” — John Poindexter Quote

You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't get failures, you're not pushing hard enough on the objectives.

It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that.

The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored.

TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue.

We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.

We've made science experiments of ourselves and our children.

I was born in 1960, and space theory, especially in the last part of that time and going into the '70s, space was very relevant at that time. It was on television - all the experiments, the moon landings, everything like that.

I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.

The camera has always been a magic wand for me, giving me access to places where I could try new experiments.