Failure Quote by Alan Stern

If you look at space companies, they've failed either because they've had a technical solution where success was not a possible outcome, they were…

— Elon Musk

I feel very strongly that SpaceX would not have been able to get started, nor would we have made the progress that we have,…

— Elon Musk

I think the legacy of the space station will be that we can do something this technically complex in an international way.

— Peggy Whitson

We continue to not only operate the International Space Station but to increase its capabilities as well as commercial contributions.

— Ellen Ochoa

Because now, you know, it's going to be a number of years yet before we have our own new boosters and new spacecraft to…

— John Glenn

There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not…

— Elon Musk

You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable.

— Buzz Aldrin

SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic…

— Elon Musk

We need a continuing presence in space.

— Alan Shepard

I don't like the way the whole thing has developed. And I just hope that we develop our own transportation system, both spacecraft and…

— John Glenn

The National Space Society is proud to have EIS as our flagship spaceflight program, and we look forward to the remarkable results that will…

— Bruce Pittman

To try to really land a spacecraft really on another world is really difficult, and if we lose that ability, it's going to be…

— Bill Nye