Richard Preston Quotes

In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.

Of course you don't make any noise in space, because there's no air.

The reason space missions need artificial gravity is clear: humans simply did not evolve to live in zero gravity.

Up in space we don't have a huge wardrobe.

Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.

Most of our history in space has been communicated in terms of action - what people do, a chronological list of events which have transpired - as opposed to the human experience of having done those things.

When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment.

Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great, but we just had to come home.

I'd love to go back to space, I don't know any astronaut who doesn't want to.

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't mind being a human guinea pig.

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

I think if I had to choose, I would rather have gravity instead of zero gravity. It's fun for a while, but I'd rather live on Earth.

There is very little difference between men and women in space.

The future of the human face is space exploration.

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.

In orbit, you're keyed up and aware of everything going on, every little noise, anything that may have special meaning because of where you are.

I'm honored to be recognized among generations of astronauts who were at the forefront of exploring our universe for the benefit of humankind.

As far as entertainment, 'The Right Stuff' is a good movie. As far as a documentary of the early space days, which they purported it to be, it is not at all.

We're not up there in space just to joyride around. We're up there to do things that are of value to everybody right here on Earth.

We have a lot of systems here on board the space station, and we can't call a repair man when one of them breaks.

The first thing to know about space food - it is the ambiance; it is the environment. It is not the food.

I think the more people that can go up to space and look back is great, but it's not just this overview and look back effect. There's also a lot of concrete gains from getting more people up in space.

The International Space Station is a great place to live for a year.

The earth appears fragile and defenceless in the harsh environment of space and when one sees the amount of technology required to keep a human alive in that environment, one begins to feel blessed that one is an inhabitant of planet earth that supports human life.

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