Canada certainly has a lot to bring to the table.

Our initial findings support the potential existence of some unique varieties of oxygen –rich glassy soils in both the Aristarchus and Apollo 17 regions . They could be well-suited for visits by robots and human explorers to learn how to live off the land on the Moon.

That's the job Hubble had to do at the moon. It was a noteworthy undertaking. This is in some sense the miracle on the moon.

It's more like a space smorgasbord.

We believe hydrogen may be the clue, the fingerprint, of where water may be.

We photographed the Face as soon as we could get a good shot of it.

The elegance of Phoenix is its unprecedented ability to 'follow the modern water cycle' at the surface of Mars by investigating the geochemical signatures of water ice and the polar water transport story in the atmosphere.

Needless to say I am bouncing off the walls... and ecstatic.

We haven't conquered the moon. It's a planet the size of Africa and we've been to six spots the size of a large backyard or farm or ranch. That's not exploring. That's touching.