Space Shuttle Quotes
56 quotes by 45 authors
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I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.
— Buzz Aldrin
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'As a fraction of your tax dollar today, what is the total cost of all spaceborne telescopes, planetary probes, the rovers on Mars, the International…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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You can't get on my level. you gon' need a space shuttle or a ladder; that's forever.
— Lil Wayne
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I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does.…
— Pete Conrad
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. Upon identifying the reason for the explosion of the…
— Richard P. Feynman
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Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
— Robert Crippen
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The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people…
— Robert Crippen
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In 2009 I went up on the space shuttle. I was in space for 16 days and docked at the space station for 11 days.…
— Thomas Marshburn
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Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home, his face might burn up.
— Jack Handey
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Describing the Internet as the Network of Networks is like calling the Space Shuttle, a thing that flies.
— Jon Lester
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Rowing was not simple for me. I nodded whenever the instructor made a point, as if I understood, but I could as easily have assembled…
— Barry S. Strauss
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My daughter just thinks that all moms fly the Space Shuttle
— Eileen Collins
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We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the…
— Marc Garneau
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The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives.
— Ronald Reagan
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You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is sending our grotesquely…
— George Carlin
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[On Richard P. Feynman's live demonstration of the rigidity of the O-rings when cold that doomed the space shuttle Challenger, killing seven astronauts:] The public…
— Freeman Dyson
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If you gave kids peas that didn’t look like peas and said they were a space shuttle, they’re much more apt to eat them because…
— Hod Lipson
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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 attention…
— Ellen Ochoa
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The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at…
— John L. Phillips
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By 1931, after a few years' experience of flying scheduled airlines, those planes were operating at roughly 600 times the safety of the space shuttle.…
— Burt Rutan
Who Wrote These Space Shuttle Quotes
45 authors contributed a total of 56 Space Shuttle Quotes, led by these top contributors: