"I’m not a risk taker. But astronauts are……" — Story Musgrave
"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 in stride because that’s what I had to do to get into space. That’s where I belong, and I’m pretty good at it."
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25 Quotes by Story Musgrave
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Hubble touches people. When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people.…
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Statistically it's a certainty there are hugely advanced civilizations, intelligences, life forms out there. I believe they're so advanced they're…
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Getting out of the comfortable path, that's what exploration is all about.
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I've already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you…
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Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list…
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I came from an extraordinarily dysfunctional family, full of abuse and alcoholism. And eventually everyone within the family had committed…
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It is humanity's destiny to explore the universe. When we start thinking and working on that cosmic level, we will…
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And So, I Was Not A Military Test Pilot, But As Soon As NASA Expressed An Interest In Flying Scientists…
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If we ever start communicating with living creatures from other planets, the number one priority is, how are you going…
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The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way…
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Their spirituality was in nature, even though Emerson was a preacher on the pulpit, he ended up going out into…
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I think there are huge lessons there, for young people who are getting started in life, as well as other…
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