Brian Walker Quotes

When you launch in a rocket, you're not really flying that rocket. You're just sort of hanging on.

I'm not going into infinity. I'm going into low earth orbit.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

Gravity is a really heavy force and you don't realize how heavy it is until you haven't felt it for six and a half months.

I haven't the slightest wish to get in a rocket and zoom through the stratosphere.

The ride to orbit was impressive, as it always is. But once I got on board the space station, it really felt like I was visiting an old home; it felt very comfortable.

In 2009 I went up on the space shuttle. I was in space for 16 days and docked at the space station for 11 days. The entire crew did five space walks, of which I was involved with three of them. When you're doing a space walk, you always have a buddy with you. It's a very dangerous environment when you're doing a space walk.

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.

I still dream about being on the space station with the feeling of being weightless. The weightlessness is the most amazing, relaxing and natural feeling.

When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet.

If you're going to go into space, you have to have an objective, a mission. Where do you want to go? Earth orbit? The moon? Mars? What's the technology to get there? You develop the technology for the mission.

The truth is, every single rocket launch off of planet Earth is risky.

I would always consider flying in space again, without a question.

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.

I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out.

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major areas and describe what is done in each area. This will be called The Ultimate Field Trip.

I've always been interested in the idea of space exploration. When I was younger it was just a dream, but the theory of rockets being able to travel through space was very much alive. I found it very exciting.

We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.

The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.

I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer!

One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space.

So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to have a chance to fly it first and hand it over to him.

Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.

Build a rocket ship and leave the earth!