Age Quote by Eileen Collins

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

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…

— Robert Crippen

When I was in high school we had the first shuttle launch, and it reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the space program. I was in…

— Shannon Walker

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

— Christa McAuliffe

The space shuttle was designed, at least in part, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. To scientists, the vehicle was a tool; to…

— Henry Petroski

I always admired the U.S. as the country of the space shuttle, of technological achievement.

— Santiago Calatrava

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

Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men…

— Nathan Myhrvold

The years of space flight since the orbiting of Sputnik I back in 1957 had produced many fascinating results, but they had also brought…

— Donald A. Wollheim

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 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

I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.

— Buzz Aldrin