Alan Stern Quotes

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing.

Anything that stimulates the public's imagination about the nobility and the importance of space exploration is something that I'm very excited to be a part of.

Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.

I believe in the importance of flying in space and the research that we do.

NASA is an utterly fascinating place, and the fact that the buildings look so anonymous almost makes it more fascinating. You walk by a generic office-park-looking building, and you have no idea what's going on inside.

NASA has been scattered to the four winds.

Everyone, red state, blue state, everyone supports space exploration.

The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like.

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on.

Seeing a full display of humanity involved in space is a game-changer for everyone. We've all looked at the stars; we've all imagined what was going on. Not everyone wants to go, but everyone wants to know what it's like.

So much had already been done in space before that, it had all been documented and there were no real surprises in store for us.

Our country... invests a tiny fraction of 1 percent in NASA, and this is what's so amazing to me, is with that small investment, we do so much for the country.

We've explored every type of environment in the solar system at least once.

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

America's love affair with traveling into outer space is deeply entrenched.

NSS is delighted to support the New Horizons mission by helping to share this exciting milestone in space exploration with the general public in America and around the world.

NASA has made a difference.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

We need a space program because we need explorers. Its in our souls.