Accidents Quote by Sally Ride

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

— Michael J. Massimino

After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always…

— Mark Kelly

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

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

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

— Jim Cantrell

All space exploration is risky. As an astronaut, I had to decide each and every time I went to space whether or not to…

— John M. Grunsfeld

The astronauts put their lives at risk to help other people. There's a strength of belief in a person like that that we should…

— Rudy Giuliani

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

Congress often covers the exposed crotch of our human spaceflight program with the figleaf of science when it's an obvious lie to justify the…

— Rick Tumlinson

Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I would not put me back into…

— Ulrich Walter

Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that wayWe fly…

— Eileen Collins

In a big picture sense, it's more national prestige that we're risking. You know, we are proud of our space program, but as we…

— Leroy Chiao