I took probably about six or seven different tests throughout the U.S. Then I went to Russia and took the cosmonaut tests.… — Wally Funk About 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 Generation Copy Share Image
I'm just disappointed the folks never took a picture of me when I was five years old jumping off the barn into… — Wally Funk Barn Copy Share Image
I applied to NASA four times. And finally, they said, Wally, you know, we're sorry, but you don't have an engineering degree.… — Wally Funk Engineering 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… — Wally Funk Girl 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… — Wally Funk Body Copy Share Image
I wasn't a bra burner, I'm not a political person. I saw there was an old-boys' network, but my philosophy has always… — Wally Funk Always Copy Share Image
Russia will have a woman in space before the United States calls for a crash program for women astronauts. — Wally Funk Astronauts Copy Share Image
I get a call - said, do you want to be an astronaut? I said, oh, my gosh, yes. And he said,… — Wally Funk Astronaut 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… — Wally Funk America Copy Share Image
My first ride in an airplane was at nine years of age, and it was wonderful: the freedom, the smell of the… — Wally Funk Age 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… — Wally Funk Best Copy Share Image
I wanted to go into exploration. I've always been an explorer in my youth. — Wally Funk Always Copy Share Image
I'm a positive person. Things were cancelled? So what? Wally's going on. Why are people so negative? I'm not a quitter. — Wally Funk Negative Copy Share Image
It was the era when women were in the kitchen. Space travel was the old-boy network. — Wally Funk Era Copy Share Image
I was brought up that when things don't work out, you go to your alternative. — Wally Funk Alternative Copy Share Image
Everything that the FAA (the Federal Aviation Administration) has, I've got the license for. — Wally Funk Administration Copy Share Image
I was taught that you could do anything if you wanted it badly enough. — Wally Funk Anything 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 Great 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 Accident 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 Astronaut Copy Share Image
What I am already dreaming about is the roar of the take-off, followed by the absolute silence as we go into orbit,… — Wally Funk Dreams Copy Share Image
I know that my body and my mind can take anything that any space outfit wants to give me - high altitude… — Wally Funk Body Copy Share Image
