Astronaut Quote by Story Musgrave

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

— Michael J. Massimino

“If you’re an adrenaline junkie, I understand why you’d find that exciting. But I’m not, and I don’t. To me, the only good reason…

— Chris Hadfield

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

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

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'm not a huge risk taker. I think that, for me, I take certain kinds of risks, but if you look at me, you…

— Joan Allen

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

— Jim Cantrell

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

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

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

Nothing's about taking risks as much as doing stuff that other people haven't done before. Just like in racing, it's not about taking risks…

— Travis Pastrana

I'm a risk-taker. It's where my passion lies, so I don't want to play it safe. That means I'm going to fail sometimes.

— Hilary Swank