Launch Pad Quotes

What guy didn't want to be an astronaut growing up?

The thought of being in space, and kind of enclosed, I find would be very claustrophobic. I think I would panic in that situation.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes, when the solid rocket boosters separated, the ride got a lot smoother.

I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.

I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.

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

Even if my job for the day is cleaning the vents or fixing the toilet, it still feels good to be a part of the space program and advancing exploration.

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.

I'm not going into infinity. I'm going into low earth orbit.

Rockets often spiral out of control if you put too much propellant in them.

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.

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Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

What's a space elevator? Simply described, it's a thin ribbon, about 3 feet wide and 60 thousand miles long, stretching upwards from the surface of the Earth. The lower end is bolted to a heavy anchor (think of an oil drilling platform), and the top is capped with a counterweight.

Building and launching rockets has been a lifelong hobby that my son and I share. We regularly travel to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to launch rockets.

Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship?

In terms of film festivals, Cannes is the greatest launch pad.

It's a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug - once you experience it, you can't think of anything else.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

Past experience, on the shuttle and the Titan rockets, suggests that large multi-segment solid rockets have a probability of failure of 0.5 to 1 per cent.

One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.

Remember, I am not trying to orbit the earth. It is a simple elevator ride for 20 minutes.

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

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