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It's beyond imagination until you actually get up and see it and experience it and feel it.

It's highly improbable in the limitless vastness of the Universe that we humans stand alone.

Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with.

Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat.

With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.

After six successful Apollo flights, including two lunar landings, people were getting bored.

I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.'

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.

You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.

Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.

For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.

You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.

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

Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them.

And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were.

I suppose I built my share of model airplanes, but I can't remember that I was a flying fanatic.

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.

Information on UFOs, including sighting reports, has been and is still being officially withheld.

The flight was extremely normal... for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting.

We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.

In Mars, we've been given a wonderful set of moons where we can send continuous numbers of people.

How do you expect to get us to the Moon if you people can't even hook us up with a ground station?

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.

We were only on orbit a little over two days so we had no adverse effects from being weightless...

And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight.

I feel like there's too many paintings left unpainted that I just don't want to take the time away.

I've been to the Titanic in a yellow submarine and the North Pole in a Russian nuclear ice breaker.

Cynicism is the easiest of all reactions, right? But it's also so disappointing and self-defeating.

I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on.

And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite.

Now I know why I'm here. Not for a closer look at the moon, but to look back at our home, the Earth.

Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space.

Weve got to go [back to the moon]. But we dont want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars.

The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership.

As I have discovered again and again, things are never as bad (or as good) as they seem at the time.

The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand.

In space-flight terms, six landings on the moon back in the Sixties and Seventies doesn't mean much.

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.

The flight was extremely normal . . . for the first 36 seconds then after that got very interesting.

History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.

In Mars, we've been given a wonderful set of moons... where we can send continuous numbers of people.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth.

We've got to take care of the resources we have on this planet, because there's no resupply possible.

It took a little while to get used to falling asleep without laying down on a bed or having a pillow.

We need to have people up there who can communicate what it feels like, not just pilots and engineers.

The danger is different from the fear. ... [practice] what to do if things go wrong, as well as right.

You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.

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