The prerequisite that people have a scientific or engineering degree or a medical degree limits the number of female astronauts. Right now,… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut. — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
Dogbert: So, Since Columbus is dead, you have no evidence that the earth is round. Dilbert: Look. You can Ask Senator John… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, they'd say, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" kids would go Wonder Woman,… — Terri Irwin Copy Share Image
I remember reading about Mae Jemison, that astronaut. That was immensely fantastic to me. This woman went to the moon! — Juliana Rotich Copy Share Image
My feelings are 'Godspeed, John Glenn.' But I feel badly that he took a spot away from a young astronaut who had… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
Up here [in space], you're free. Really free, for the first time in your life. All the laws and rules and prejudices… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
“I saw sunrises fade and burn among fleets of sparks. The moon blossomed like a lily carved of bone... The Death of… — Lewis Turco Copy Share Image
From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the… — Liu Yang Copy Share Image
NASA appreciates the efforts of Congress to resolve restrictions placed on our partnership with Russia. Congress' action helps to ensure the continuous… — Michael D. Griffin Copy Share Image
The psychedelic inner astronaut sees things which no human being has ever seen before, and no other human being will ever see… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also. — Claude Nicollier Copy Share Image
President Obama is launching a new $6 billion space policy that will ultimately take astronauts to Mars. Of course, it's $6 billion… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Everyone in the astronaut program has a degree in a science field. The crew are the ones who do the experiments, help… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
My quest to expand access to space began more than a decade ago, when I teamed up with Burt Rutan at Scaled… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton said that her childhood dream was to be an Olympic athlete. But she was not athletic enough. She said she… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the… — Duane G. Carey Copy Share Image
The Americans are still the leaders in human space flight. I feel we have a danger here of kind of stagnating. We're… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I was a rough kid. And this is all I ever wanted to do. I never wanted to be an astronaut. I… — Caleb Plant Copy Share Image
“Every time I see a USA rocket launch, I sit there thinking ‘What an obscene waste of money’.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
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