Christa McAuliffe Quotes

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

Space and exploration are also related to inspiration.

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

Science at NASA is all about exploring the endless frontier of the Earth and space.

'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.

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

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

I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows.

At the age of eight, I bought my first telescope and would spend hours gazing at the moon and stars. I remember thinking what it must have been like when man first realized that we were only a very small part of the overall picture.

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

Apollo was designed not to conquer enemies but to conquer ignorance.

Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on.

All we can say is that with hundreds of thousands of nebulae, each containing thousands of millions of suns, the odds are enormous that there must be immense numbers which possess planets whose circumstances would not render life impossible. If we are sufficiently self-centered and choose to deny that any of these support life, no one can prove we are wrong. But I, for one, am not so immensely impressed by the success we are making of our civilization here that I am prepared to think we are the only spot in this immense universe which contains living, thinking creatures, or that we are the highest type of mental and physical development which has ever appeared in the vast compass of space and time.

When 'Apollo 13' appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent.

I'm honored to be recognized among generations of astronauts who were at the forefront of exploring our universe for the benefit of humankind.

It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.

Space is something which makes us question our role here on Earth. It brings out the best of our hopes and dreams.

America's love affair with traveling into outer space is deeply entrenched.

Here we were, the only seven humans in space, repairing a telescope whose only purpose is to enrich the minds of people on planet Earth and increase our understanding of the workings of the universe. I can think of no better peaceful use of space for all humankind.

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

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.

Why do you do science? In this particular case, we don't have a very good reason to be doing this except for the knowledge that it brings. This research is especially important to young people. We all want to know what's going on in the universe.

Great telescopes like the Kecks allow us to explore the River of Time back toward its source.

The universe is so amazing and so limitless, who wouldn't want to study the universe?

Space is a canvas, as large and blank as any ever created, for it is indeed creation itself, and it calls to us to paint upon it with our own dreams and imaginations anything we wish, anything we want, and anything we can imagine.