Politics Quote by Octavia E. Butler

The head of NASA ought to be a space professional, not a politician.

— Bill Nelson

“An astronaut is someone who’s able to make good decisions quickly, with incomplete information, when the consequences really matter.”

— Chris Hadfield

“No amount of science will stop a politician.”

— John Sacklin

“Mostly what is called political science seems to me a device, invented by university teachers, for avoiding that dangerous subject politics, without achieving science.”

— Alfred Cobban

“NASA is the civilian face of a military space program.”

— Steven Magee

“I fear we must use bad science to accomplish good politics.”

— James Cambias

“You get an astronaut's life whether you want it or not. Leave it all behind for a world you know nothing about. That's just…

— Joe Hill

“Astronauts are inherently insane. And really noble.”

— Andy Weir

“Government scientists are commonly as corrupt as the corporate government that employs them.”

— Steven Magee

“Damn, girl. You space so hard, you ought to look into a career at NASA.”

— Rachel Caine

“You cannot get them to talk of politics so long as they are well employed,”

— Robert L. Heilbroner

“We’re astronauts. All of the expedition members have been astronauts.”

— Jeff VanderMeer