Quotes on Spaceflight

I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, 'When can we get a chance to experience spaceflight?' I've heard that many, many times: that people got into a new career field hoping that they would be able to experience spaceflight.

Once you've been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is.

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.