Because Quote by Helen Sharman

“On Mir, the lights kept going out because it had developed so many electrical problems.”

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I'm not going into infinity. I'm going into low earth orbit.

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While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit in space,…

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The advice I was given was just to make sure you look out of the window occasionally. It's something no astronaut ever gets tired…

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Britain should definitely be part of a Mars mission.

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I get standing ovations at meetings when I say Britain should be involved in human spaceflight. Unfortunately, that goal has been blocked by a…

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It's very exciting that people could actually live on another planet.

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During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn't see outside, but as soon as that was…

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I don't classify myself as the first space tourist because I wasn't as though I paid and had a holiday out of it -…

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We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.

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From space, the earth appears predominantly blue; the clouds are brilliant white. Surprisingly, you don't see much green, although Ireland looks green, and so…

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You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space…

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The view from space is really very special. From the window, you can look back at the Earth and see the stars around you.…

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