Adventure Quote by Umberto Guidoni

And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to…

— Umberto Guidoni

I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty much among people that…

— Umberto Guidoni

And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government…

— Umberto Guidoni

And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer,…

— Umberto Guidoni

When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty…

— Umberto Guidoni

I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the…

— Umberto Guidoni

In particular, this arm has 7 degrees-of-freedom that makes the overall motion of the arm very complex so that, before you start driving the…

— Umberto Guidoni

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

— Umberto Guidoni

I remember; I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong put feet in the moon.

— Umberto Guidoni

And since Italy was involved in the space station as well as signed an agreement with NASA. And when the possibility to enter the…

— Umberto Guidoni

And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences,…

— Umberto Guidoni

And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Houston for training basically. And…

— Umberto Guidoni