John M. Grunsfeld Quotes

This is a really big space station. We do a lot of various kinds of work here, different kinds of science experiments; we have over 400 different experiments going on at any one time in different areas, from basic science research to medical technology, that hopefully will benefit more people on Earth.

We are not particularly interested in the prestige of space, but in the scientific aspects of it.

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

NASA is my favorite website. The universe with its abstract nature attracts me. The abstract element in my poetry comes from there.

You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it's like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos.

One of the things I do know is we know very little about our universe. Even though we think we know a lot, and we do know a lot more than we used to, we have a lot to learn about our universe.

Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.

I'm not really into sci-fi movies, but I'm into the science of space a lot. I love astronomy and thinking about the nothingness of the everythingness of space.

It's so astounding the amount of sacrifice the astronauts have to go through to do what they do and all the science involved in space exploration.

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

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.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.

I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.

Some things are only capable of being done in space. Examples of that are looking at our Earth from that far away, and understanding the entire processes of storms and weather patterns, and oceans, and coastlines.

People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.

Canada and space are a natural fit.

I think the mystery of what's out there in the universe is just very compelling.

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.

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

Space and exploration are also related to inspiration.

It is rash to set limits to the progress of science. A man who had maintained at Queen Victoria’s Jubilee that within fifty years one would fly the Atlantic in a matter of hours would have risked being certified and locked up; yet we have seen this happen, and in the circumstances I am not prepared to rule out with any confidence the possibility one day of journeys through space in vessels carrying supplies of food and oxygen to the moon and the nearer planets.

I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are.

Science does not just drive space travel - space travel also drives science.

I like the planets because they are real places that you can go to and send machines to. Faraway astronomy - galactic astronomy and extra-galactic astronomy - is really cool stuff, but to me, it's about destinations.