David Mackay Quotes

I'm looking forward to getting to space, looking back to earth out the copula window. I think all of it is going to be a completely new experience that I can't quite predict.

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

I'd love to go to space. I would love to peek out a giant window and look back at the blue marble. There's no question; I'd love to do that.

A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine.

I've wanted to go to space, really, since I was a little girl.

I still dream about being on the space station with the feeling of being weightless. The weightlessness is the most amazing, relaxing and natural feeling.

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.

A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a kid, I wanted to wear a spacesuit.

They say that in space, nobody can hear you scream. The first time I stepped out of the airlock, I was ready to scream - not because I was scared but because I was so excited to see the Earth below me.

The first time I went into space was just so much more than you could imagine or prepare yourself for.

I would always consider flying in space again, without a question.

Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.

I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.

Perhaps one day I will go into space.

I actually want to go up into space.

I could have gone on flying through space forever.

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

I'm obsessed with the moon and space travel, so if I could incorporate that, I'd love to go to space.

A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

I always knew I'd go to space.

When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet.

That's really why I want to go to space - I want to be weightless for so long that it gets boring.

I can't imagine anywhere I'd rather be than outside the space shuttle in my space suit next to the Hubble Space Telescope.

I thought I was prepared for space, and it still absolutely defied every expectation and dream. It is an incredible thing to put yourself on a rocket and launch off the planet. It is an amazing thing to see the planet from space. This blue sphere is almost indescribably beautiful.

The views of the Earth are really beautiful. If you've ever seen a space IMAX movie, that's really what it looks like. I wish I'd had more time just to sit and look out the window with a map, but our science program kept us very busy in the lab most of the time.