Quotes about american-astronaut
american-astronaut several since
I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle. Robert Crippen
american-astronaut city fought guys star visited waste
I have fought the centrifuge ever since. When I visited Star City in Russia, I told them, you guys don't need a centrifuge, they are a waste of time. Wally Schirra
american-astronaut brought people played tragedies
I didn't wish those tragedies upon the people who played them out. It was certainly tragic for them, but not for me. All of those things brought me to where I am. Without those things, I couldn't be who I am, I wouldn't be here. Story Musgrave
american-astronaut far looking people science touches
When you're looking that far out, you're giving people their place in the universe, it touches people. Science is often visual, so it doesn't need translation. It's like poetry, it touches you.
american-astronaut space taken
I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it.
american-astronaut gone phases
When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment. Laurel Clark
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We trained for a lot more malfunctions than any ever happen.
american-astronaut exactly found happening immediate mysteries physician
We'd like to have immediate answers to all of our questions. I think medicine in particular. I found it frustrating as a physician sometimes to not be able to tell someone exactly why something was happening to them. There are still so many mysteries in medicine.
american-astronaut certainly love moon shuttle truly vehicle
I would truly love to see us go back to the Moon and on to Mars; certainly the shuttle is not the right vehicle to make that happen.
american-astronaut privileged selected
I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission. Claude Nicollier
american-astronaut believe beyond envelope experiment pushed reasons short work
It is going to be an experiment of how it works, and I see I have all reasons to believe that it will work fine. But it's a short time. And we also have pushed the envelope here a little beyond what has been done in the past.
american-astronaut area canada gotten mexico minnesota states time traveling united
And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on my motorcycle; and I was really, it was the first time I had really gotten out of the Minnesota area to speak of. Duane G. Carey
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Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us.
american-astronaut chance joke whenever
So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him.
american-astronaut country impressed people
And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were.
american-astronaut entry flight jokes maybe normal seconds
One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter.
american-astronaut course earth exciting perform science
Of course it's exciting to be in space, exciting to look down at the Earth and perform the science experiments and maintenance work. Leroy Chiao
american-astronaut everybody fighter forward jet looks million pounds seven thrust
Obviously, as a jet fighter pilot, everybody looks forward to the ascent; all that power, you know, that seven million pounds of thrust going uphill.
american-astronaut believe finite human intend
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine. Neil Armstrong
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At the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military.
american-astronaut flying maybe saw sitting waiting
I saw the booster, not Sputnik, flying by, and I said, maybe this is the way we should be going, not just sitting back waiting for something to happen.
american-astronaut good
They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one. Alan Shepard
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It's been a long way, but we're here.
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This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. John Glenn
american-astronaut crew exciting mission sure
I can't think of anything that's as exciting as I'm sure this mission will be, and actually being in space. But, we did some training as a crew together.
american-astronaut bit feels motorcycle
I think a lot of people, myself included, like to be... like to do expeditions and trips. To me, this feels a little bit like a motorcycle trip.
american-astronaut half hang lasted marriage says wife
We have managed to hang in for 55 years, which isn't bad. My wife says our marriage has lasted so long because I was away half the time!
american-astronaut people sat
We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up! Christa McAuliffe
american-astronaut amount pounds
We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's X amount of pounds of thrust. And this can happen and that can happen.
american-astronaut concerned crew kinda program whether
I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful.
american-astronaut essence human quest turn
Exploration really is the essence of the human spirit, and to pause, to falter, to turn our back on the quest for knowledge, is to perish. Frank Borman
american-astronaut roll
Roger. Clear the tower. I got a pitch and a roll program, and this baby's really going. Pete Conrad
american-astronaut seconds
The flight was extremely normal... for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting.