Expectations Quote by Buzz Aldrin

Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily gotten the…

— Ellen Ochoa

It's pretty amazing to me that we have had a space shuttle program that's lasted for 30 years - for one space shuttle. That's…

— John M. Grunsfeld

It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed to dissipate.…

— Martin Rees

Flying to the International Space Station is a really big deal.

— Robert Bigelow

It's unfortunate, but I know it's the right thing to do to end the shuttle program. If we want to do other things, we…

— Shannon Walker

The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its environment, how…

— Eileen Collins

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

Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not…

— Buzz Aldrin

To me, the amazing thing is that so much that was science fiction back then, political fiction, today is reality. We have indeed a…

— George Takei

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

People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.' This is not the case, and yet that is…

— Buzz Aldrin

The value of the space program is beyond science, it's beyond military; it's a cultural shift in how we think of our place in…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson