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Space Quotes


"If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed."


"We also had to bring with us some desired scientific equipment over to the station as well as assemble new machines. For that, I had to conduct two space walks."


"What I'm trying to do is, is to make a significant difference in space flight. And help make space flight accessible to almost anyone."


"There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."


"Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive."


"I'd like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."


"The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder."


"In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization."


"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again."


"The future of humanity is going to bifurcate in two directions: Either it's going to become multiplanetary, or it's going to remain confined to one planet and eventually there's going to be an extinction event."


"Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up."


"When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen."


"As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform."


"And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight."


"The reason we're building SpaceX is to be able to make life multi-planetary."



"Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space."


"Dennis the Menace was probably the most realistic comic book ever done. No space aliens ever invaded!"


"The small launch bay was littered with debris. A powerful breeze tore at his black silk shirt as Kilroy made his way across it to the waiting shuttle, evoking a feeling like the fingers of fate were caressing his body. "The Hammer stepped over the body of one of his fallen crew without a trace of care or concern. The air was rushing past him, like a wind, out into space through the wounds in the side of his ship. Fatigued and desperate, the Hammer was running out of options. His ship was a mess, holed in a dozen places, the life support systems failing. Weakened hull sections were collapsing in pressure bursts. The vibrations that shook the deck beneath him now were not from the engines that once drove her forward, but now from the explosions down below, tearing her apart."


"In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors."


"The future is vastly more exciting and interesting if we're a spacefaring civilization and a multi-planet species."


"I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall."


"It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!"


"It seems to be that southern Europeans are just more intimate socially, whereas I like a lot of personal space - like, a mile from the nearest person is fine for me."


"Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going."


"On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot."


"Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit."


"NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts."


"In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses."


"I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major areas and describe what is done in each area. This will be called The Ultimate Field Trip."


"The two are unrelated. I'm not into turtles or space stuff."


"I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people."


"Space exploration and experimentation are critically valuable to our nation. I know of no better way to honor those seven who sacrificed their lives than to recommit ourselves to defend and enhance America's important strategies in space."


"If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another, there's a certain way that it happens."
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