Heidi Hammel Quotes

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.

America can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond.

The Space Program is an investment of the nation’s future…. Humans will not be confined to this planet forever.

Sending people into space is very important culturally. That's really the justification. You cannot rationally justify it on the basis of the science and technology we get out of it.

Buzz Aldrin doesn't think we need to go back to the Moon - that we should go straight on to Mars. I'm more on the side that says we should go back to the Moon. I think there's a lot we can utilise the Moon for scientifically.

During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.

What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one.

I don't think the space station will ever do anything for exploration. Putting people up there for a year or more is the only way you will get anywhere near the exploration concept.

I hope I'm still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars.

We must become a space-faring nation.

The future of the human face is space exploration.

Going to Mars would make NASA great again.

The space program is a peaceful project. The next door is opening. We have to go farther into space. But, before that, we need to develop far more improved nutrition and more advanced spacecraft.

It's not a matter of if we're going to go to Mars, it's a matter of when.

Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going to have to live in a secondary position in human space flight for the rest of the century.

Space is going to be commonplace.

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.

We will certainly see teachers, journalists, artists and poets in space. Whatever it takes to the be the best is what it will take to get you into space.

NASA has been scattered to the four winds.

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.

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

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

I'm really hopeful about the future of space exploration and human spaceflight. Civilization as we know it has been defined by exploration. You know, we need to go off and find out what's around the next corner and what's just beyond what we already know. It's part of our being; it's part of our moral fiber to go off and explore.

We've gotta reinvest in space travel. We should've never left the moon.

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