Also Quote by Donald A. Wollheim

At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I…

— Edgar Mitchell

I was born in 1960, and space theory, especially in the last part of that time and going into the '70s, space was very…

— Sarah Brightman

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

By 1973, we had a space station, the Skylab, and we had multiple probes going up to planets. So, all this wonderful stuff happened…

— Burt Rutan

The panic over Sputnik brought many good things such as a huge increase in science funding.

— Dominic Cummings

Growing up in the '60s and early '70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets…

— Stewart O'Nan

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

I've always been interested in the idea of space exploration. When I was younger it was just a dream, but the theory of rockets…

— Gerry Anderson

As astronauts know better than anyone else, risks, incidents, and mishaps are inevitable in the development of any high-performance vehicle. The emergence of supersonic…

— Leroy Chiao

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.

— Robert Crippen

History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.

— Neil Armstrong

For days after the launch, Sputnik was a wonderful curiosity. A man-made moon visible by ordinary citizens, it inspired awe and pride that humans…

— David Hoffman