Famous Quotes & Sayings

P. J. O'Rourke

Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.

Dana Rohrabacher

On my watch, I've been privileged to peer into the future of dynamic citizen astronauts routinely flying to and from the heavens.

Henry Spencer

In 1960-61, a small group of female pilots went through many of the same medical tests as the Mercury astronauts and scored very well on them - in fact, better than some of the astronauts did.

Wendy Kopp

Throughout history, when societies have been faced with big challenges, they've put their best people on them. During the Space Race, American and Russian scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts pushed the bounds of what was possible and landed men on the moon.

Luca Parmitano

So one thing that I want to do is to make people realize that astronauts in general are very normal people. They are down to Earth, so to speak. I know it sounds contradictive, but we are very normal people. We are very normal people with a fantastic privilege and opportunity to do something that is extraordinary.

Ellen Stofan

We want to make sure we get living astronauts to the surface of Mars.

Richard Behnke

There is an increased chance of blackouts due to magnetic currents on the power grids. This also creates more hazards for astronauts traveling through space.

Brian Anderson

We are kind of the sport utility vehicle in this thing. (Our) job is to get the astronauts off the surface of the Earth. The fun stuff happens when you get to the lunar surface.

Orlando Figueroa

Our astronauts are safely back home, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is safely on its way to Mars.

Kate Christensen

Chan Marshall has one of the most haunting, wrenching voices of any current singer, male or female.

Arne Jacobsen

Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve.

Bill Kurtis

Why die on Mars when you can live in South Dakota? South Dakota, you can live here.

Wendy Liebmann

Here's an interesting thought about what might result: a good-better-best approach, with Macy's the 'good', Bloomingdales the 'better' and Marshall Field's the 'best,'

Alessandra Ambrosio

I've seen Bruno Mars before, he's amazing.

Jim Graham

Marshall has a really strong team. We didn't play badly, they were just that much better.

Doug McCuistion

Mars doesn't treat you very well, for the most part. So this is a very challenging thing to do." ()

Fred Taylor

At some point the volcanism will run out. It ran out on Mars a long time ago, and it has partially run out on Earth,

Colin Pillinger

At the beginning, some people thought we were a 'me too' mission: Send a lander to Mars and take a picture.

Bob McIntyre

I feel we're safely in the state tournament.

Daryl Miller

Sometimes it is problematic how many climbers you can safely put on that ridge.

Cynthia Price

The situation has been successfully and safely resolved.

Scott Wilson

You can safely say the town is interested.