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"In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays."
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"That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as large as we feel."
"When you are watching the universe, you are watching yourself! Wherever you visit in the universe, you visit yourself!"
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"The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so much a final frontier as an ultimate frontier; the ultimate frontier " as wide as it is deep. Stars shine coldly in the unimaginable blackness. Out of the darkness, a tiny speck caught the distant light of stars " a tiny gray speck that, as it moved, seemed to grow larger, catching the light just so until it revealed itself to be a ship."
"Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now."
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"We developed already, before the first servicing mission, this has been further developed on the second servicing mission and we refined it this time, all the terminology."
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"Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also."
"My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas."
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"I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time."
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