Exploration Quote by Ian Bremmer

Rather than being an impediment, NASA can and should be the driver of commerce, the provider of the technology necessary to make some big…

— Homer Hickam

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians…

— Bill Nye

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Too many people view on [space exploration] as a luxury rather than as a fundamental driver to stimulate interest in science to everyone in…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our country... invests a tiny fraction of 1 percent in NASA, and this is what's so amazing to me, is with that small investment,…

— John M. Grunsfeld

The expansion of commercial space exploration holds huge promise and benefits for our country. It will help support government-backed research and programs, provide a…

— Ben Ray Lujan

We need to be very thoughtful about how we propose to spend the money that NASA does have for space exploration. And we need…

— Heidi Hammel

NASA is a big organization with a lot of needs that have to be met. So there are a lot of opportunities.

— Bruce Pittman

Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

NASA is doing nothing but development. They're not doing research in manned spaceflight at all and I see no reason for them to do…

— Burt Rutan

Hopefully, we will get more and more people interested in doing research in space. I think eventually it's also going to be a great…

— Peggy Whitson

In the coming era of manned space exploration by the private sector, market forces will spur development and yield new, low-cost space technologies. If…

— Burt Rutan