Goals Quote by John M. Grunsfeld

Of course risk is part of spaceflight. We accept some of that to achieve greater goals in exploration and find out more about ourselves…

— Lisa Nowak

NASA is so risk-averse. That's insane for exploration.

— Robert Bigelow

I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.

— Michael J. Massimino

I’m not a risk taker. But astronauts are professionals, so you get out on the field and play ball. I tried to take it…

— Story Musgrave

The question to ask is whether the risk of traveling to space is worth the benefit. The answer is an unequivocal yes, but not…

— William E. Burrows

Ironically, the opportunity to go into space brings you back down to Earth big time! My decision must also take into account my children,…

— Guy Laliberte

I think the greatest danger of the promise of space travel is that it can lead us to be cavalier about the world we…

— Jon Spaihts

We all have our levels of risk tolerance. People who have decided they want to go to space are going to go.

— Jim Cantrell

The conquest of space is worth the risk of life.

— Gus Grissom

We do not become an astronaut because we fear not only the risk of space, but we fear the risk of failure along the…

— Rick Tumlinson

I think the people that want to fly in space, who want to work in space, who want to go to station, these people…

— Roman Romanenko

If I wasn't doing this kind of exploration, I'd like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or…

— John L. Phillips