I get a call - said, do you want to be an astronaut? I said, oh, my gosh, yes. And he said,… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I've had a great life. And I want that one more thing, to be up in a Virgin Galactic spaceship with Sir… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
A skiing accident got me into all this. Since I was a physical education major and this limited by physical activity. I… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I was brought up that when things don't work out, you go to your alternative. — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I got a hold of NASA, four times, I said, 'I want to become an astronaut.' But nobody would take me. I… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
We hadn't been to space yet, so there was no idea what the human body would have to endure in terms of stress. That's… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I went on to Oklahoma State University, who was the best flight school in the United States at that time from the mid '50s… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I think we all know what actually happened. It was a good old boy network, and there was no such thing as a good… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of astronaut training through the world, Russia, America. And I could always beat the guys on what they were doing… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
We may get a few trips but it is the coming generation of women who really will perform in outer space. — Wally Funk 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 probably waited… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
Russia will have a woman in space before the United States calls for a crash program for women astronauts. — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
