If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.
I knew I wanted to be a part of NASA in any case, and so I chose my goals in education to be consistent with working at NASA even as, you know, a scientist.
I had started Zero-G specifically to broaden the public for access to weightlessness.
I did two master's degrees - aeronautics and astronautics, and the second one was technology and policy. That taught me how to think about issues in science and technology as they relate to the general public.
Our aerospace industry is a British success story which relies on Airbus - a collaboration with other E.U. countries.
I thought that NASA didn't take biologists and so nothing would come of it. But I knew I would regret it if I did not apply.
I wanted to be an aerospace engineer because I really like space. But I didn't go to the army.
My dad worked at NASA his whole career; he's a research scientist.
I got this letter asking me if I wanted to or if I would consider going to experimental test pilot school and becoming the first Negro astronaut and I thought it was crazy.
During the past 30 years, European governments have provided more than $15 billion in the form of low- and no-cost loans to Airbus for the specific purpose of developing new aircraft lines.
I'm actually a NASA brat. My father was a rocket scientist. He started working at NASA before it was NASA in 1959.
Science at NASA is all about exploring the endless frontier of the Earth and space.
If you want to work in engineering and to have an impact that's global, come work in the aerospace sector.
We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.
I've always thought of Boeing as the premier aerospace company in the world, so as I was coming up through school, it was the company I aspired to work for.
Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.
We have neglected our aerospace program, and I am detecting a lot of bipartisan support to continue that mission.
I own a small aerospace company that does some business with the U.S. government.
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
