Quotes by Astronauts

You have to actually be weighted to something to do the moonwalk, you know. Mae Jemison
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I was thinking as a little girl growing up that I would be there. When I look at whether we can go to Mars, it's definitely something we can do. Mae Jemison
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I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through. Mae Jemison
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When I was growing up as a little girl and as a teenager, I loved designing and making dogs' clothes and wanting to be a fashion designer. I took art and ceramics. I loved dance. Mae Jemison
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms? Mae Jemison
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I think that people need an adrenalin rush. Folks need something aspirational; they need to do something that is hard. That's what ignites the imagination. Mae Jemison
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When I was a little girl, I thought when I had an opportunity to go into space, I thought I would at a minimum be working on Mars or another large planet because we were doing all of these incredible things. Mae Jemison
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Everyone in the astronaut program has a degree in a science field. The crew are the ones who do the experiments, help to design some of the experiments that come from other primary researchers. So it becomes very important that you have a science background. Mae Jemison
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Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us. Mae Jemison
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When you have teachers saying, 'I don't have enough time for hands-on activities,' we need to rethink the way we do education. Mae Jemison
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I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people. Marc Garneau
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NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage. Marc Garneau
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New standards for safety are now in place and Canada has helped provide tools and techniques that were needed. Technologies like these are innovative and represent great achievements for us. Marc Garneau
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We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible. Marc Garneau
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Through these ongoing activities and possibly in the future, a Canadian will go live and work on the International Space Station and we will continue to make Canadians proud of our achievements in space. Marc Garneau
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In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle. Marc Garneau
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I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA. Marc Garneau
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It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously. Marc Garneau
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In New York, the Mets are winning the World Series in 1969; that was pretty big, but I would say the moon landing was right up there with the Mets in the World Series. So it made a, a big impression on me as a little kid. Michael J. Massimino
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My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related work; human and robot working together. Michael J. Massimino
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For me, the Earth had always been a kind of a safe haven, you know, where I could go to work or be in my home or take my kids to school. But I realized it really wasn't that. It really is its own spaceship. And I had always been a space traveler. Michael J. Massimino
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Being outside during the space walk, the view of the Earth is just spectacular, and getting a chance to do that is just unbelievable, everything about it. You are going around the Earth at 17,500 miles an hour, so you have 45 minutes of sunlight followed by 45 minutes of darkness. You do a lap every 90 minutes. Michael J. Massimino
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I saw this movie 'The Right Stuff' when I was in college, and it really rekindled my interest in being an astronaut. I started taking those steps, and then I realized it would be the chance of a lifetime. It would be a dream life: not just a job, but the whole life. Michael J. Massimino
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As you look back at your life, there are just a million different things that have happened, just in the right way, to allow you to make your dreams come true. And you know, someone has all that under control. Michael P. Anderson
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Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature. Michael P. Anderson
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Science was something that really caught my attention. It was something I really could sink my teeth into. Michael P. Anderson
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