You might have heard about a transformation that can occur when someone first sees Earth from space - how it becomes harder… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Rockets have remained fundamentally unchanged, except for a few exceptions for the last almost 50 years. So, for there to be a… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American.… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
We have self-assessment tools, computer-based tools to see how we are performing mentally in outer space and there's some also very interesting… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The only two countries who will be able to launch people into space will be Russia and China. I've seen the Russian… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The current market cost for a space flight, about a week in space and about six people have gone with the Russians… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
One of the things, and the most exciting, actually definitely the most exciting thing is, having children. You know, I didn't have… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The expense of getting into space is the rocket launch, the rocket itself. Rocket's right now, commercial rockets cost probably somewhere between… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The United States, Russia, and China are the only three countries in the world that can launch astronauts into space. Mostly in… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
On the mission I brought a flag from China, I brought the stone sculpture from Hong Kong, and I brought a scroll… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
My advice for an aspiring astronaut is to really follow your passion. I mean, study something that interests you, but also qualifies… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
If we're not able to launch our own people and operate our own spacecraft anymore then, you know, space - whether it… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Even though I knew I was inside the space shuttle getting ready to go fly, something about it wasn't completely real up… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
My mistakes made were learning how to work with different groups of people. I mean, I went to school at Berkeley, which… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
If you increase the number of rockets you build and you buy, then it's the scale of the economy, the price is going to… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
I'm skeptical of claims that we've been visited by aliens from another planet or other dimension, but I don't rule it out 100 percent.… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
On the mission I brought a flag from China, I brought the stone sculpture from Hong Kong, and I brought a scroll from Taiwan.… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us.… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
I remember getting advice like, "Oh, do what interests you. Don't worry about tomorrow, live for today," kind of thing. And to a degree,… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
When Russians were having troubles, the Space Shuttle supported the Space Station Mir bringing up much needed supplies and replacements, critical spares, really. That… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
We were trying to do as much science as we could because that was the main purpose of the international space station. But without… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
The space station mission was kind of the culmination of all of my experience of being a NASA Astronaut, so it had brought all… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
The expense of getting into space is the rocket launch, the rocket itself. Rocket's right now, commercial rockets cost probably somewhere between $50, or… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
If we're not able to launch our own people and operate our own spacecraft anymore then, you know, space - whether it should be… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
When I was at NASA, I had a house on a small private airstrip that we shared between the flying community. I had a… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
Donald Trump's administration is floating a proposal to return to the moon - and to shut down the International Space Station to help pay… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
Because we didn't cooperate with China, we gave them motivation to develop their own capability. You know, they developed a very capable rocket system,… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share
