Astronaut Quote by Paul Davies

If NASA is to reach beyond the Moon and someday reach Mars, it must be relieved of the burden of launching people and cargo…

— Bill Nye

Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach to things.

— Julie Payette

The big reason why we don't have space colonies and regular trips to the moon is that flying into outer space is just plain…

— Ben Parr

It is only by freeing NASA from routine human transport to low-Earth orbit that we can afford to once again see American astronauts exploring…

— Alan Stern

Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to be a…

— Buzz Aldrin

I guess those of us who have been with NASA kind of understand the tremendous excitement and thrills and celebrations and national pride that…

— Alan Shepard

How do you expect to get us to the Moon if you people can't even hook us up with a ground station?

— Gus Grissom

I believe we need a more opportunistic and democratic approach to lunar exploration, now that we're shifting from U.S. government-sponsored space exploration to private…

— Naveen Jain

“The cheapest orbit available is LEO (Low Earth Orbit). People often think that "orbit" means there's no gravity. This is incorrect. In fact, the…

— Kelly Weinersmith

We need to open the frontier between the Earth and Moon to large-scale human activities, we need to establish human outposts and communities off…

— Rick Tumlinson

As an astronaut, when you're getting ready to go out of that hatch, you know that's the pinnacle of both your career and your…

— Thomas Marshburn

There are countless space activities that would be no less exciting than the moon missions were, I have no doubt. The search for life…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson