Leroy Chiao Quotes

Canada and space are a natural fit.

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

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.

Space is going to be commonplace.

Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.

I will do my best to support science in Korea and space programs in Korea.

The space station here is a magical place and an incredible science facility.

NASA has made a difference.

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.

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

We have to be plumbers, electricians, construction engineers, or workers, on the space station, but at the same time running a laboratory, being scientists, being the best laboratory assistants we can be. It's all in a bundle; it's very exciting, it's a lot of fun.

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

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

Space exploration and experimentation are critically valuable to our nation. I know of no better way to honor those seven who sacrificed their lives than to recommit ourselves to defend and enhance America's important strategies in space.

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.

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 need a space program because we need explorers. Its in our souls.

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

If we hadn't put a man on the moon, there wouldn't be a Silicon Valley today.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

By venturing into space, we improve life for everyone here on Earth - scientific advances and innovations that come from this kind of research create products we use in our daily lives.

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

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.