Forever Quote by Leroy Chiao

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

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

There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again.

— Buzz Aldrin

I really believe that, in 500 years, we will still remember the International Space Station, because it will have been the first time, really…

— Julie Payette

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

— Santiago Calatrava

At the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military.

— Wally Schirra

America's space program has been the envy and inspiration of the world. It has made landmark scientific discoveries that are a lasting legacy of…

— Alan Stern

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

We continue to not only operate the International Space Station but to increase its capabilities as well as commercial contributions.

— Ellen Ochoa

After Apollo 17, America stopped looking towards the next horizon. The United States had become a space-faring nation, but threw it away. We have…

— Anonymous

We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space…

— Lincoln Davis

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