Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

New Jersey makes important contributions to the space program. We want to make sure it just doesn't happen in Houston.

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

All space projects push the frontiers of technology and are drivers of innovation.

I'm in favor of changing the destination of humans. There are a lot of manned missions that can be done, but not in the direction of the moon.

The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications.

I think we need to move to the moons of Mars and learn how to control robots that are on the surface. It's not the impatient way of getting there, but Mars has been there a long time.

I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.

I was 8 when we landed on the moon. I was so into the space program as a kid. Eventually, I realized it was very unlikely that a Mexican kid in the early '70s was going to be an astronaut.

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

I can't think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon landings just about the same as everyone else of my generation. But I never really thought about being an astronaut or working in space myself.

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.

Throughout Johnson Space Center's history, contributions to STEM innovation and discoveries has been both through new technologies developed to advance human spaceflight and through educating, inspiring, and hiring students in STEM fields.

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.

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

My dad worked at NASA his whole career; he's a research scientist.

I thought that NASA didn't take biologists and so nothing would come of it. But I knew I would regret it if I did not apply.

There is hardly a facet of an Indian citizen that has not been touched by ISRO's technology.

When I got to college, I discovered how many incredible opportunities NASA offered students pursuing a career in the space industry.

Personally, I've got bigger hopes for NASA. I will stipulate it should keep putting telescopes in space so we can figure out where we fit in the universe, and it should also keep building those little robots that can and do.

I knew I wanted to be a part of NASA in any case, and so I chose my goals in education to be consistent with working at NASA even as, you know, a scientist.

I am not sure what the future holds for me personally, but I envision myself continuing to work on spaceflight programs.

NASA is a big organization with a lot of needs that have to be met. So there are a lot of opportunities.

My dad and my mom convinced me to go into biomedical engineering because they said astronauts going to Mars will need life support systems.

Countless women are alive today because of ideas stimulated by a design flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope.

It's a combination of science, maintenance, and general housekeeping. And then, occasionally, robotics activities or a spacewalk you might get to do.