Quotes about american-astronaut
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
american-astronaut changed exchange fine fourth guidance last mission third
We have the Fine Guidance Sensors, one of which we will exchange out of three. Another one we changed on the last servicing mission, and on the fourth servicing mission in 2003 or 2004, the third one will be exchanged. Claude Nicollier
american-astronaut circumstance extremely feeling present though
You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise.
american-astronaut apart existence notion overcome strange truths
We have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that such a notion could ever have existed.
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 forward imagine looking looks seeing
Well, let me tell you: when I'm in space, I'm looking forward to looking back and seeing the Earth. I just can't imagine what it looks like. Duane G. Carey
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.
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 meal russian segment spent time worked
I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on his things, and we'd meet up at meal times. So it actually worked out very well. Leroy Chiao
american-astronaut directors efforts figuring ground operate work
But a lot of that kind of work is done pre-flight, coordinating efforts with the flight directors and the ground teams, and figuring out how you're going to operate together.
american-astronaut bit involve sure
Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is.
american-astronaut places taking
The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth.
american-astronaut flights good major shuttle state station
Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights and resumption of major ISS construction.
american-astronaut children spoken wisdom words
Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.
american-astronaut multitude orbit possible scientific space
We're doing a multitude of different scientific experiments on orbit on things that are only possible to be done in the space environment. Laurel Clark
american-astronaut developed further refined
We developed already, before the first servicing mission, this has been further developed on the second servicing mission and we refined it this time, all the terminology.
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.
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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
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My parents always tried to teach us the best of both, the Chinese ethic of hard work and education and the American ethic of innovation of aspiration.
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 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 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.
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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 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.