Building Quote by Aleksandra Mir

I think here in America the space programme was such an enticing thing to be going on, that the thought of a family being…

— Angela Cartwright

My parents grew up during the space race, and I think they imagined the future would be us living on moon bases and everyone…

— Brian K. Vaughan

For me, one of the most fertile consequences of the space program is the extent to which it stimulates people to innovate because they…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

— Neil Armstrong

Sending people into space is very important culturally. That's really the justification. You cannot rationally justify it on the basis of the science and…

— Kip Thorne

We need Big Ideas, as we are in a time of small people, and as Kennedy showed with Apollo, doing something grand in space…

— Rick Tumlinson

NASA was invented as a response to Cold War steps. There are those who presumed that we went to the moon because we're explorers.…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The greatest fallout of the space program, ... was not the close-up view of the moon, but a look at spaceship Earth from afar.…

— Theodore Hesburgh

The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Going to the moon made more sense than being an actress on a TV show. It wasnt a reality.

— Sarah Shahi

Space offers extraordinary potential for commerce and adventure, for new innovations and new tests of will. As Americans, we can't help but reach for…

— Bill Frist

A space nerd as a kid, I learned early that putting a man on the moon took American unity, grit, determination, teamwork, hardship, innovation,…

— Katie Pavlich