Manned Quotes

35 quotes by 28 authors

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69… — Robert Crippen
As the romance of manned space exploration has waned, the drive today is to find our living, thinking counterparts in the universe. For all the… — Charles Krauthammer
We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only… — Nathan Myhrvold
Get rid of their mast, knock holes in the hull, then get back on board." "You want us to sink her?" Gundar asked, and Halt… — John Flanagan
I guess it wasn't everyday they see a yellow lifeboat with no engine going a hundred knots an hour, manned by three kids. — Rick Riordan
As we begin to comprehend that the earth itself is a kind of manned spaceship hurtling through the infinity of space ~ it will seem… — Hubert H. Humphrey
The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph. — Stephen Hawking
Manned spaceflight has lost its glamour - understandably so, because it hardly seems inspiring, 40 years after Apollo, for astronauts merely to circle the Earth… — Martin Rees
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. But… — Martin Rees
Research into manned spaceflight is shifting from low-Earth orbit to destinations much further away, like Mars and the asteroid belt. But society will have to… — Andy Weir
In the large cities that received new Americans, there flowered a golden age of restaurants, manned by the available talent from abroad and fueled by… — David Joseph Schwartz
To allow public access to orbit, we would need breakthroughs that would lower the cost by a lot more than an order of magnitude and… — Burt Rutan
According to my observation,a batteau, properly manned, shoots rapids as a matter of course, which a single Indian with a canoe carries round. — Henry David Thoreau

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