Shuttle Program Quotes

• Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Retirement, America, Space

  "Why We Should Keep Flying the Space Shuttle" by Buzz Aldrin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2010.

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• After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.

  Sally Ride

  Space, Safety, Gone

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• I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.

  Buzz Aldrin

  Thinking, Space, Expectations

  "A Mission To Mars". Interview with David Levin, www.pbs.org. November 18, 2010.

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• No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

  Sally Ride

  Thinking, Space, Risk

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll ever have in my life.

  Sally Ride

  Fun, Space, Facts

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• Se supone que la tecnología nos facilita la vida y nos permite hacer las cosas con mayor rapidez y eficacia. Pero con demasiada frecuencia parece dificultar las cosas, dejándonos con mandos a distancia de cincuenta botones, cámaras digitales con cientos de funciones misteriosas y manuales larguísimos, y coches con sistemas de salpicadero dignos del transbordador espacial.

  James Surowiecki

  Libro, Tecnología, Espacio

  "Feature Presentation". www.newyorker.com. 28 de mayo de 2007.

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• When I was a kid, I was a bit of a space geek. I loved the space program and all things NASA. I would read books about our solar system; I had pictures of the Space Shuttle on my bedroom wall. And yes, I even went to Space Camp.

  Simon Sinek

  Wall, Book, Kids

  "Look On The Bright Side" by Simon Sinek, www.askmen.com.

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• 

  Todas las aventuras, especialmente las que se adentran en un territorio nuevo, dan miedo.

  Sally Ride

  Viajes, aventura, historia

  Sally Ride, Susan Okie (1986). "Al espacio y de vuelta

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• We're going to go to the moon. We're going to go on to Mars. We're going to set up a base on the moon. OK, but no money to pay for it, nothing in the budget for it. And so the decision made at that time was to cancel the whole shuttle program to save money, which I think was very, very short sighted.

  John Glenn

  Moon, Thinking, Decision

  Fuente: www.npr.org

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• The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its environment, how it ages-and what to design next time.

  Eileen Collins

  Moon, Design, Age

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• Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space station.

  Wayne Hale

  Moving, Space, Flying

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• In the space shuttle program, where we had males and females, I can tell you that nobody was doing that [sex] because there's absolutely no privacy. The only privacy would have been in the air lock, but everybody would know what you were doing. You're not out there doing a spacewalk. There's no reason to be in there.

  Mike Mullane

  Sex, Air, Space

  Fuente: www.menshealth.com

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