Accidents Quote by Eileen Collins Download Open image “I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident” — Eileen Collins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accidents Astronaut Program Programming Wanted
I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I really did… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected. — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
I was a graduate student in 1984 when President Ronald Reagan called for the construction of a new space station. I knew then that… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in… — Robert Crippen Copy Share Image
I applied to NASA four times. And finally, they said, Wally, you know, we're sorry, but you don't have an engineering degree. I said,… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever really decide that you want to be an astronaut. I put in an application and hoped for the best. — Kathleen Rubins Copy Share Image
I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
I got a hold of NASA, four times, I said, 'I want to become an astronaut.' But nobody would take me. I didn't think… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
Why did I want to be an astronaut? That's not an easy question to answer because I know a lot of kids want to… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
We want to explore. We're curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore ...… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
Because of [Amelia Earhart], we had more women available to fly in the 1940's to help us get through World War II. And because… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that wayWe fly… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don’t think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove, — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
I'm honored to be the first woman to have the opportunity to command the shuttle. I don't really think about that on a day-to-day… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
It was no accident, no coincidence, that the seasons came round and round year after year. It was the Lord speaking to us all… — Francine Rivers Copy Share Image
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
The only way to have a funeral is to invite everyone who ever knew the person and just wait for the accident to happen-somebody… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth. — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
I made out with a homeless guy by accident. I had no idea -- he was really tan, he had no shoes on. I… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
Naturally I feel no shame in writing these things because of the time which separates the moment when they are written--when only I can… — Annie Ernaux Copy Share Image
In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump… — Jason Schwartzman Copy Share Image
I don't think it's by accident that I was first attracted to translating two French women poets. — Marilyn Hacker Copy Share Image
Despite my mentors advice that I would never go to heaven fishing with a weighted nymph and a float, I took it up. (As… — Tony Bishop Copy Share Image
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