Ron Howard Quotes

I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people.

America's love affair with traveling into outer space is deeply entrenched.

Space is going to be commonplace.

We will certainly see teachers, journalists, artists and poets in space. Whatever it takes to the be the best is what it will take to get you into space.

When the history books are written in a thousand years, when space travel would have become routine, the moment that humans first left Earth will be of huge importance. Star City is a central part of this story and it deserves more recognition.

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.

I'd love to go back to space, I don't know any astronaut who doesn't want to.

I was a frustrated astronaut all my life. I grew up at a time when space seemed to have no boundaries, and lots of us presumed humans would be living on the moon and landing on Mars.

Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.

My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species.

I've always been interested in the idea of space exploration. When I was younger it was just a dream, but the theory of rockets being able to travel through space was very much alive. I found it very exciting.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

We were young, we were pilots, and we were hungry to test the new technology of 'space machines.' And we all wanted to be first.

From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

Growing up in the '60s and early '70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets and I always loved space travel.

I want manned spaceflight, not just back to the Moon, but beyond that. And I want my daughters and my son to have their own July 20, 1969, to remember. Apollo 11 didn't give us wings; it only showed us how far the wings we had would take us.

There is very little difference between men and women in space.

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.