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Space Quotes
"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"I'd like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."
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"If humanity doesn't land on Mars in my lifetime, I would be very disappointed."
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"In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again."
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"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."
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"And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight."
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"Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space."
3
"The reason we're building SpaceX is to be able to make life multi-planetary."
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"The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we'd never have had the light bulb."
2
"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."
2
"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."
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"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!"
2
"I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration."
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"We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees."
2
"So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight."
2
"On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot."
1
"Land on Mars, a round-trip ticket - half a million dollars. It can be done."
1
"Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit."
1
"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."
1
"You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place."
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"It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad."
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"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."
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"A hole is a space where everything has been moved out so that opportunity has space to move in."
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"We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space."
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"Xerox did OK in moving to digital in the commercial space. They didn't do well in the consumer market, but they're not a consumer brand. They don't even know how to spell consumer."
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"Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty."
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"I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it."
1
"My partner and I are looking at several locations on Park Avenue South and Midtown for a new restaurant space."
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"We need a space program because we need explorers. Its in our souls."
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"Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space."
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"Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue."
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"After the Shuttle checks out on its two upcoming flights, it will be ready to take larger components up to the International Space Station later this fall."
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