We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
Whoever it was who searched the heavens with a telescope and found no God would not have found the human mind if… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
It was a mind-blowing experience, it really was-absolutely an awesome thing. . . . As I got to the top I released… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life's Highs... 1. Laughing hysterically 2. Dancing your heart out 3. Star gazing 4. Shopping 5. Going to the beach 6. Listening… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Imagine we could accelerate continuously at 1 g-what we're comfortable with on good old terra firma-to the midpoint of our voyage, and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
And as we know now, and as I pointed out many times, the great plume of fire at the bottom of the… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
For reasons of national security and out of consideration for some people still alive I have omitted certain material. Some of this… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
To get your name well enough known that you can run for a public office, some people do it by being great… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is a man who is not… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“There I am in my younger days, star gazing Painting picture perfect maps Of how my life and love would be Not… — Indigo Girls Copy Share Image
“I thought it was time I introduced you to one of my favorite things—star gazing.” — Alexa Grace Copy Share Image
A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered on Earth, so vast and… — Alexey Leonov Copy Share Image
I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization. — Gene Cernan Copy Share Image
As the skies appear to a man, so is his mind. Some see only clouds there; some, prodigies and portents; some rarely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am a stranger. I come in peace. Take me to your leader and there will be a massive reward for you… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
We used to joke about canned men, putting people in a can and seeing how far you can send them and bring… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
Today the human race is a single twig on the tree of life, a single species on a single planet. Our condition… — Robert Zubrin Copy Share Image
I have argued flying saucers with lots of people. I was interested in possible. They do not appreciate that the problem is… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
We should do astronomy because it is beautiful and because it is fun. We should do it because people want to know.… — John N. Bahcall Copy Share Image
If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds. Sailors on… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
