Martin Rees Quotes

There are few aspects of everyday life that aren't touched by the technologies developed for space travel.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

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 are not particularly interested in the prestige of space, but in the scientific aspects of it.

Science does not just drive space travel - space travel also drives science.

I think it's really a sign of great American strength that we do invest the money we do in technology, in these hard projects, in NASA.

NASA has made a difference.

My expertise is the space program and what it should be in the future based on my experience of looking at the transitions that we've made between pre-Sputnik days and getting to the moon.

As a member of the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, I am a firm believer in the American space program.

Space is going to be commonplace.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

Rockets are cool. There's no getting around that.

'The Martian' may be fiction, but at NASA, we are working to make it a reality.

We are the only country with an operating rover on Mars. We are an amazing country on tech.

I was thinking as a little girl growing up that I would be there. When I look at whether we can go to Mars, it's definitely something we can do.

Just as the lunar landings inspired many young people to consider careers in space and related fields, the solution of the challenging instrumentation problems presented in space science can inspire young people to push beyond the current state of the art.

The conquest of space is not merely a technological project of interest to a handful of select scientists and specialists, valuable though that research and information may be.

We go across lands, we go across water. And then the next logical step was to start flying just over a hundred years ago and of course, now we're going to look up at the stars and say what's next, what's out there?

What we do at NASA is inspiring. It's reaching, it's visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things.

The American people want and deserve a space program truly worthy of a nation of pioneers.

I will do my best to support science in Korea and space programs in Korea.

The Enterprise In Space program is an exciting opportunity to simultaneously advance cutting edge technologies while getting students from around the world engaged in STEAM and space education.

The Moon! Mars! Asteroids! Rockets! Helium 3! Space solar power! Space tourism! We go through fads, swarm around the hero de jour, and spend far too much time trashing the other guy's ideas in favor of our own.

Space exploration has taken a tremendous technological leap. India as a developing nation has been recognized globally for how it has economized its missions, which have been comparatively low-cost compared with other countries.

We cannot wait for the next Kennedy to set us on our path to the stars.