--- title: "4 Going Orbit Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 Going Orbit quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Going Orbit sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/andrea-m-ghez-26557_actually_fortunately-most-things-around-the-super_1070192.jpg" --- > [Fortunately, most things around the supermassive black hole are just going to go around it. They're going to orbit it. They don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-m-ghez/fortunately-most-things-around-the-supermassive-black-hole-are-just/) [Andrea M. Ghez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-m-ghez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/andrea-m-ghez-26557_actually_fortunately-most-things-around-the-super_1070192.jpg) > [“The cheapest orbit available is LEO (Low Earth Orbit). People often think that "orbit" means there's no gravity. This is incorrect. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-weinersmith/the-cheapest-orbit-available-is-leo-low-earth-orbit-people-often/) [Kelly Weinersmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-weinersmith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/kelly-weinersmith-41665_right-now_the-cheapest-orbit-available-is-leo-low_1772956.jpg) > [No one knows how to make going to orbit orders of magnitude safer and orders of magnitude more affordable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burt-rutan/no-one-knows-how-to-make-going-to-orbit-orders-of-magnitude-safer-and/) [Burt Rutan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burt-rutan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/606/burt-rutan-12448_affordable_no-one-knows-how-to-make-going-to-orbit_1958969.jpg) > [Going into orbit around Earth - where the space station is today, and where the space shuttles and John Glenn and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/going-into-orbit-around-earth-where-the-space-station-is-today-and/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_destination_going-into-orbit-around-earth-where-the_2814180.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-orbit/#itemlist", "name": "Going Orbit Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fortunately, most things around the supermassive black hole are just going to go around it. 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