Space Quote of the Month - December 2003 - January 2004:
"[Mars would]
be a great place to go. It must be a lot like Kitty Hawk was in 1903.
Desert and sandy, from the pictures that I've seen.
It would be a bridge from the past to the future.
It would almost be a modern re-enactment of what they did."
- Aspiring astronaut
Keith Yoerg,
13-year-old great-great-grandnephew of
Wilbur and Orville Wright,
on extending the legacy of the
Wright Brothers.
Space Quote of the Month - November - December 2003:
"...we
have regained the initiative in the exploration of outer space, making an annual
effort greater than the combined total of all space activities undertaken during
the fifties, launching more than 130 vehicles into earth orbit, putting into
actual operation valuable weather and communications satellites, and making it
clear to all that the United States of America has no intention of finishing
second in space.
This effort is expensive --
but it pays its own way, for freedom and for
America. For there is no longer any fear in the free world that a Communist lead
in space will become a permanent assertion of supremacy and the basis of
military superiority. There is no longer any doubt about the strength and skill
of American science, American industry, American education, and the American
free enterprise system. In short, our national space effort represents a great
gain in, and a great resource of, our national strength..."
- President
John F. Kennedy,
from a speech he was scheduled to give in Dallas, Texas on
22 November 1963.
Space Quote of the Month - October - November 2003:
"We
should seek to extend man's capability to live and work in space. The
experimental space station - a large orbiting workshop - will be an important part
of this effort. We are now building such a station - using systems originally
developed for the Apollo program - and plan to begin using it for operational
missions in the next few years. We expect that men will be working in space for
months at a time during the coming decade."
- President Richard Nixon,
announcing
what would later be known as the
Skylab program,
March 1970.
Space Quote of the Month - September - October 2003:
Everyone
has the instinct to explore; humanity always has tended to expand so that it is
easier for us to survive. Nevertheless, I am often asked where we go when we
are launched into space. It's a logical question, because the objective has been
lost somewhat. People understand going to the Moon, but not orbiting the Earth doing science experiments...
Really, the conquest of space cannot be just going back and forth, over and
over. There is no political will to explore the planets... for example, to go to Mars."
- Astronaut Pedro Duque,
(who visited the ISS in October),
April 1997
interview
Space Quote of the Month - August - September 2003:
"In
the skies today we saw destruction and tragedy. Yet, farther than we can see,
there is comfort and hope. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, 'Lift your eyes
and look to the heavens. Who created all these? He who brings out the starry
hosts one by one and calls them each by name. Because of His great power and
mighty strength, not one of them is missing.'
...May God bless the grieving families, and may God continue to bless America. "
- President
George W. Bush,
on the Columbia disaster, Feb 1st 2003
Space Quote of the Month - July - August 2003:
"In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was
a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our
visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited."
- Neil Armstrong,
Apollo 11 30th-anniversary
press conference, 1999.
Space Quote of the Month - June - July 2003:
"I
think I'm going to wait until I'm 75, and then I'm
going to call NASA and say, 'I want to go to Mars.'"
- Dr.
Sally Ride, first American woman in space,
when asked
if she would fly again.
Space Quote of the Month - May - June 2003:
"I
have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a
certain amount of zoom capability, to go a little bit higher and a little bit
faster."
- Mercury 9 astronaut
Gordon Cooper,
in Life magazine, 1959.
Space Quote of the Month - April - May 2003:
"...The
tragedy that has occurred, the fact that we lost our comrades, the fact is that
they gave their lives for the continued space exploration. The fact that we are
together and that it's an international project allows us to continue this
effort. We have the capabilities of different countries that we can put together
to continue. I think that our Expedition confirms that, shows that we continue
working even in such a difficult time period."
- Cosmonaut
Yuri Malenchenko,
on how history will view
Expedition
7 (the first post-Columbia spaceflight).
Space Quote of the Month - March - April 2003:
"We
had highly anticipated their return because we couldn't wait to congratulate
them for their extraordinary performance and their excellent efforts on the
science mission on this very important flight. They dedicated their lives to
pushing the scientific challenges for all of us here on Earth. ... The loss of
this valiant crew is something we will never be able to get over."
- NASA Administrator
Sean O'Keefe,
on the loss of the Columbia astronauts,
Feb 1st 2003.
Space Quote of the Month - February - March 2003:
"All
Americans today are thinking ... of the families of these men and women who have
been given this sudden shock and grief. You're not alone. Our entire nation
grieves with you. And those you loved will always have the respect and gratitude
of this country.
The cause in which they died will continue. Mankind is led into the darkness
beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand.
Our journey into space will go on."
- President
George W. Bush,
addressing the nation after the
Columbia tragedy, Feb 1st 2003.
Space Quote of the Month - January - February 2003:
"I
tend to get more wrapped up in my own small
role as an engineer and scientist and sometimes, probably wrongly, don't look at
the historic significance of things... We still have to carry out our primary
missions and the participants are watching our primary missions and hopefully
some contributions on their own to what we can do in space and bringing it back
to the people."
- Dr. Judith Resnik
(1949-1986),
2nd American woman (and first Jewish person) in space.
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