David Mackay
David Mackay
above accepted commonly
We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.
aircraft far flown
I've been lucky enough to have flown some very interesting aircraft in the past, but SpaceShipTwo is far and away the most exciting of them all.
flight knocking programme walking
I've always hankered after going into space and walking on the moon and Mars. I did want to be an astronaut, and had there been a manned space flight programme in the U.K., I would have been knocking on the door.
medicare question
There's no question Medicare Part D has dampened sales.
air aircraft area brought exciting lived lots lowly north
I was brought up in the north of Scotland, and where I lived was so lowly populated, it was used as a low-flying area by the Air Force, so lots of exciting aircraft used to fly over my village.
age early fly
From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes.
opportunity possible
I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-qualified as possible so you can take that rare opportunity when it comes along.
commercial complex era flight hiatus hugely inevitable opportunity sad shuttle
It's very sad that there's going to be a hiatus in manned space flight from the U.S. The Shuttle was a fantastic, hugely complex vehicle. It was inevitable it would come to an end, but this is the opportunity for the commercial world to get involved. As the Shuttle era ends, another window of opportunity opens.
I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars.
fantastic saw
When I was 12, I saw the Apollo moon landings, and I thought that was really fantastic and exciting and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'
effect good hit medicare realize result sales
We know in the end this is not a good thing. Medicare Part D will have an effect on our sales and we're bracing for it and we realize we're going to take a hit as a result of this program.
chance military travel
I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.
astronaut frustrated grew humans landing life living lots moon seemed space time
I was a frustrated astronaut all my life. I grew up at a time when space seemed to have no boundaries, and lots of us presumed humans would be living on the moon and landing on Mars.
exciting exploring landing looked watched
I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.