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 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 can't tell people that are watching how fabulous I feel to have been picked by Blue Origin to go on this… — Wally Funk Blue Copy Share Image
Well, 'aerospace' was really not a name in my young life. Flying airplanes was. And I got my first try at flying… — Wally Funk Aerospace Copy Share Image
I first flew in a plane at eight, and by the age of 10 I had mother drive me out to an… — Wally Funk Age Copy Share Image
Nothing has ever gotten in my way. They say, 'Wally, you're a girl, you can't do that.' I said, 'Guess what, doesn't… — Wally Funk 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 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… — Wally Funk Astronaut 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 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
I've been in the Concorde, I've seen the curvature of the Earth, the beginning of the darkness. I want more - I… — Wally Funk Beginning Copy Share Image
