- Nov 07, 2020
NASA Quotes
Space agency stories, on and off the launch pad.
This collection of NASA quotes ranges from international partnerships around a space station to everyday technologies like GPS that trace back to broader space investment. For more on capability, see our Ability quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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Floyd Thompson, a white man, desegregated NASA. Period.
- Footage
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All the NASA footage is in the public domain, and it's so beautiful; it's really stunning.
- Practice
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Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
- Government
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The U.S. federal government may be going broke, but it's not because of NASA.
- Discretionary
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Trillions of dollars in out-of-control entitlement spending cannot be remedied by cuts in NASA, or even in the entire discretionary budget, defense included. Rather, the financial bleeding needs to be staunched where the hole is and nowhere else.
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If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years.
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Space in general gave us GPS - that's not specifically NASA, but it's investments in space.
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I had never used the prefix 'Dr.' with my name, but when I started with NASA, I had to. Otherwise, I could not get past the secretaries.
- Assure
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NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage.
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In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle.
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I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet.
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