Dimitar Sasselov Quotes

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

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.

Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.

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.

When we explore other planets, we learn a lot about our own.

I have dedicated my life to answering the great scientific questions of our time and to the incredible adventure of space exploration.

There are other planets besides the Earth and Mars. I'd like to remind you that studying Venus is vital to understanding life elsewhere.

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

There is no limit to what astrophysicists can do. We can be very curious.

Before 1995, the only planets we knew about were the planets in our solar system.

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said Because it is there. Well, space is there, and were going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.

We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there.

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

The space shuttle was designed, at least in part, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. To scientists, the vehicle was a tool; to engineers, it was their creation.

If I didn't choose art, I would have become an astronomer.

The public has an incredible capacity for appreciating the wonder of our planet, our solar system, our universe.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine.

Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.

Planets are too dim to be detected with existing equipment, far away, except in these very special circumstances where they're seen by their gravitational effect.

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

Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar inspected, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked, and even laser blasted.

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.

I actually want to go up into space.