“Life is funny. I'd applied to the wrong graduate program, but that eventually led me to the right grad program. I'd taken what I thought was the wrong undergraduate major, and that was the thing that set me apart and… — Mike Massimino Copy Share
“I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate about that I'd be willing to risk everything for it. I wanted to know that if I ever got killed, I got killed doing something worthwhile. The kid who looked up at the moon and wasn't… — Mike Massimino Copy Share
“There are emergency placards and safety signs all over the interior of the shuttle, telling you what to do and where to go. That… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“Life is funny. I'd applied to the wrong graduate program, but that eventually led me to the right grad program. I'd taken what I thought was the wrong undergraduate major, and that was the thing that set me apart and allowed me to find my niche. I don't know if there are any lessons to take from that except to… — Mike Massimino Copy Share
“Right after we launched, I realized that all the training we'd on what to do if something went wrong during launch-how to bail out , how to operate the parachutes, how to make an emergency landing-I realized that all those years of training were completely pointless. It was just filler to make us feel okay about climbing into this thing.… — Mike Massimino Copy Share
“My favorite lecturer was Alan Bean, who flew on Apollo 12 and is one of the twelve guys who walked on the moon. After… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“That's how a team works. You help the people around you, and everybody's better off for it. The crazy thing is that most of… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“My childhood dream came true, but now I have a new one. I dream that some of these young people, while they're out there… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“If you work hard and get help from good friends, together you can overcome almost any challenge, no matter how great.” — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“It was one of those perfect nights, listening to the waves crash, feeling the warm summer breeze, watching the sun set over the ocean… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“The camaraderie that firefighters have, that brotherhood that forms among them - my father was a part of that, and it came from having… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“I realized much later in life that the reason this decision between MIT and IBM was so agonizing was because it wasn't really about… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
“The important thing in life is having a passion, something you really love doing, and you take joy in the fact that you get… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
